Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Biomarkers for Precision Medicine MED5488 (MCLM11083)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This 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] Biomarkers for Precision Medicine MED5488
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Critically discuss the definitions of various biomarker types and how they relate to current translational strategies, including disease stratification, responsiveness to drug therapy and personalised medicine.
- Critically discuss the methods in identification, optimisation and validation of new and better biomarkers, including statistical evaluation and limitations.
- Critically discuss the biomarker strategies within the clinical trial design, including the current approaches and practice of patient selection.
- Critically evaluate the biomarker identification and validation studies, including those in primary publications and systematic reviews
- Communicate effectively the results of critical evaluation of biomarker identification and validation, and new strategies.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Maree Hardie
Tel:
Email: maree.hardie@ed.ac.uk |
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