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Undergraduate Course: Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology (BIME10024)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryEndocrinology is the study of hormones and how they impact on target organs distinct and far from their site of origin. This course will cover the physiology and pharmacology of adrenal and gonadal steroid hormones. We will consider both the conventional and more recently characterised actions elicited by these hormones. We will also discuss the nature of disease states where their action is aberrant, including cardiovascular disease, reproductive disorders, and ageing. Targets for therapeutic intervention (existing and future) will be evaluated. Teaching methods will include seminars, workshops, discussion and presentation of scientific papers, and group literature exercises.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Pharmacology 3 (BIME09003) OR Physiology 3 (BIME09004) OR Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology 3 (MSBM09001)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  0
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 25, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 14, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Revision Session Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 147 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 80% written exam, 20% in course assessment
Feedback This course is designed to be interactive, and so feedback, both from staff to you and vice versa, will take place at every teaching session.
Feedback to you will be available throughout the course in many forms:
- feedback from course staff and peers on your presentations (formative)
- mid-course formative feedback on your group assignment (formative)
- exam preparation session (summative)

In addition, there is a course review session at the end of the course where we welcome all your feedback on any aspect of the course to help us shape the course in the future.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)Endocrine Physiology and Pharmacology2:120
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of the nature of steroid hormones and the general principles of nuclear hormone receptor action
  2. Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of the physiological actions of steroid
  3. Demonstrate an integrated knowledge of pharmacological approaches to manipulate steroid hormone action
  4. Critically assess scientific papers
  5. Clearly summarise, discuss and evaluate scientific experiments and approaches
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsEPP
Contacts
Course organiserDr Dawn Livingstone
Tel:
Email: Dawn.Livingstone@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sarah Reilly
Tel:
Email: sreilly2@ed.ac.uk
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