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Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Disease Screening Populations MED5332 (PUHR11109)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis is a placeholder course, designed to record marks for the University of Glasgow part of the programme, PRPHDISPME1F: Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study).
Course description Please see [University of Glasgow] Disease Screening Populations (MED5332) for Course Description.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. critically discuss the criteria required to be met before a screening programme can be introduced
  2. evaluate the effectiveness of a screening programme based on data analysis (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, etc), and, where appropriate, suggest strategies for improvement
  3. work as part of a team to investigate a current or proposed screening programme and, with reference to the literature, orally present a critical overview of that programme
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Maree Hardie
Tel:
Email: maree.hardie@ed.ac.uk
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