Postgraduate Course: Clinical Syndromes and Infection (BIME11123)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Biomedical 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 | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This course aims to provide the ability to diagnose and manage important clinical syndromes where infection is in the differential diagnosis |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Flexible |
Course Start Date |
19/05/2025 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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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.
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe and explain the epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, clinical investigation and treatment of a broad range of complex infection syndromes.
- Describe and explain the relationship between co-morbidities and infection.
- Explain the diagnosis and understand/evaluate management of infection syndromes arising in special patient groups.
- Develop evidence-based protocols for the investigation and management of complex infections.
- Assimilate and interpret relevant history and the findings of clinical examination, and recommend an anti-microbial regimen that takes into account the specific circumstances of the clinical case.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | sepsis,pyrexia,chronic infections,cardiovascular infections,skin and soft tissue,musculoskeleta |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Richard Smith
Tel: (0131) 242 9125
Email: r.smith@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Ann-Marie Peckham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email: apeckham@ed.ac.uk |
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