Postgraduate Course: The Global Challenge of Antimicrobial Resistance (BIME11208)
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 reviews the influence of antimicrobial resistance within a global health context; reflecting on the medical, veterinary, agricultural and ecological context.
Course |
| Course description |
This proposal describes a 10 credit course at SCQF level 11, that will be delivered through our virtual learning environment over the period of 6 weeks.
This course does not focus on the molecular machinery of drug resistance, but rather the wider health consequences of emergence and establishment of these phenotypes within a variety of pathogens. We will consider examples from fungi, bacterial, viruses and their vectors - reflecting on the impact within an ecological context.
The political will and investment in addressing this challenge will provide a narrative arc across the course delivery. Questioning not just the ambition for these high level policies, but also the financial
investment and data driven evidence for change.
Alternative to antimicrobial agents will also be considered, and the challenges meeting the requirement for sustainable access to active medication (including conflict situations).
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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:
- Draw and apply knowledge from a range of discipline specific resources to develop original and creative responses to the challenges of antimicrobial resistance across the realm of global health.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the environmental and ecological drivers for the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
- Critically evaluate equity and access to appropriate diagnostic tools and delivery regimes employed in controlling antimicrobial resistance.
- Appreciate and critique the development and application of policy through national and international governance.
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Reading List
| Much of the focus of this course will be driven through student engagement. Resources will be provided as a starting point from which it is expected that students will begin to develop their own reading lists and share this information with others. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Online discussion with tutors and peers will develop confidence in communicating with others and the skills to engage in high level academic discourse.
The independent study aspect of the course will enhance the student's abilities in time-management and self-motivation.
Students are encouraged to use their personal and intellectual autonomy to evaluate ideas, evidence and experience from an open minded and reasoned perspective. |
| Keywords | antimicrobial resistance |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kim Picozzi
Tel: (0131 6)50 6257
Email: Kim.Picozzi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Katherine Shaw
Tel: (0131 6)50 8349
Email: K.Shaw@ed.ac.uk |
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