Postgraduate Course: Laboratory Practice in Microbiology, Virology and Serology (BIME11116)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
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 competency in the use of the clinical laboratory in the investigation, management and prevention of infection |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the principles, uses and limitations of laboratory diagnostic procedures (manual, automated and Point-of-Care) including microscopy, culture, protein/nucleic acid-based, serological/other assays of host-response, and emerging diagnostics.
- Understand biological, biomedical and fundamental technical background of diagnostic tests, identify unmet needs and gaps in knowledge and understanding and demonstrate ability to develop research programmes to address these gaps.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the repertoire of investigations available for a given clinical scenario, their merits and limitations. Understand results comprehensively and demonstrate competence in key aspects of data handling.
- Understand the principles and role of pathogen reference laboratories, the requirement for internal and external quality assurance, and the process of laboratory accreditation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Pre analytical phase,analytical phase,post-analytical phase,laboratory management and quality ass |
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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