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Postgraduate Course: Infection Prevention and Control (BIME11121)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to provide the ability to understand the principles of infection prevention and control in order to reduce risk of acquiring infection and to control its spread.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Printing own course materials
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  50
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 07/04/2025
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
Assessment will be based on various online activities including written submissions (web forms), discussion fora and reflective review. Extensive use of selective release (requiring the student to complete one task before being permitted to proceed to the next) technologies will be made to facilitate interactive and dynamic online assignments.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Describe and explain the science and evidence base that underpins IP&C.
  2. Describe and explain the principles and processes of IP&C in community settings (e.g. General Practice, General Dental Practice, in Nursing Homes, Hospices, and Mental Health institutions).
  3. Use knowledge of surveillance methods to make effective judgements on advantages and disadvantages before making a recommendation on the most appropriate surveillance methodology or on appropriate interventions.
  4. Demonstrate knowledge and competence in the application of national legislation and guidance to IP&C case studies.
  5. Develop the necessary knowledge of how to evaluate infection control risks associated with clinical practice.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsHealth-Care Associate Infections,surveillance and outbreak management,Chain of Infection
Contacts
Course organiserDr Maria Sanchez Perez
Tel:
Email: Maria.Sanchez@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ann-Marie Peckham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email: apeckham@ed.ac.uk
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