College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Medicine (Schedule R)

MBChB (28 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02022	Clinical Skills, Personal and Professional Development/Vertical Themes 1	-	Y	20
U02020	Molecules to Society 1	-	Y	80
U02021	Student Selected Component 1	-	S2	20

SCQF Level 9

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U02857	Clinical Skills, Personal and Professional Development/Vertical Themes 2	-	Y	40
U01472	Clinical Skills, Personal and Professional Development/Vertical Themes 3	-	Y	20
U02854	Molecules to Society 2	-	Y	60
U01466	Process of Care - Cardiovascular System	-	Y	25
U01468	Process of Care - Gastrointestinal System	-	Y	25
U01470	Process of Care - Locomotor System	-	Y	25
U02109	Process of Care - Psychiatry	-	S2	0
U01465	Process of Care - Respiratory System	-	Y	25
U01659	Student Selected Component 2a and 2b	-	Y	20
U02912	Student Selected Component 3	-	S1	0

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01761	Clinical Skills, Personal and Professional Development/Vertical Themes 4	-	Y	20
U01664	General Practice	-	Y	10
U01758	Haematology / Oncology / Breast Disease	-	Y	10
U01663	Neurology	-	Y	10
U01756	Obstetrics and Gynaecology	-	Y	30
U01754	Psychiatry	-	Y	30
U01757	Renal/Urology	-	Y	10
U01759	Senses- Dermatology / Ophthalmology / Otolaryngology	-	Y	20
U01760	Student Selected Component 4	-	Y	40

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01936	Child Life and Health	-	Y	30
U01941	Clinical Skills, Personal and Professional Development/Vertical Themes 5	-	Y	30
U01938	General Practice and Geriatric Medicine	-	Y	30
U01937	Medicine	-	Y	30
U01940	Student Selected Component 5	-	Y	30
U01939	Surgery; Accident and Emergency Medicine; Intensive Care Medicine; Anaesthetics and Pain Medicine	-	Y	30

BSc Honours (Medicine) (107 courses)

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
U01013	Antibiotic Crisis	yes	S2	10
U00984	Appetite and Obesity	yes	S1	10
U02686	Applied Molecular Biology	yes	S1	10
U02547	Bioinformatics	yes	S1	10
U01009	Biology of DNA Viruses	yes	S1	10
U01004	Biology of RNA Viruses	yes	S1	10
U01446	Cancer Biology	yes	S1	10
U02546	Cardiac Cellular Physiology	yes	S1	10
U01041	Cardiovascular Pharmacology A	yes	S1	10
U01042	Cardiovascular Pharmacology B	yes	S1	10
U01449	Chronic Inflammatory Disease	yes	S2	10
U02013	Clinical Embryology	yes	S2	10
U01067	Clinical Neuroscience: Degenerative Disease and Brain Tumours	yes	S2	10
U01066	Clinical Neuroscience: Stroke	yes	S2	10
U01045	CNS Diseases	yes	S2	10
U01060	Cognitive Neuroscience	yes	S1	10
U02158	Critical Literature Review	yes	Y	20
U01447	Critical Review of Scientific Literature	yes	S1	10
U01031	Current Topics in Microbiology and Infection	yes	S1	10
U01029	Cystic Fibrosis Microbiological Challenges	yes	S1	10
U00995	Development and Disease	yes	S1	10
U01070	Developmental Neuroscience - Neuroscience	yes	S2	10
U00996	Developmental Neuroscience - Physiology	yes	S1	10
U01043	Eicosanoids A	yes	S1	10
U01044	Eicosanoids B	yes	S1	10
U01025	Emerging Infections	yes	S2	10
U01039	Endocrine Pharmacology A	yes	S1	10
U01040	Endocrine Pharmacology B	yes	S1	10
U01014	Endotoxin	yes	S2	10
U02157	Epidemiology Project	yes	Y	40
U00992	Ergogenic Aids in Sport	yes	S1	10
U02573	Ethical Issues in the Life Sciences	yes	S2	10
U01450	Experimental Design and Data Analysis	yes	S2	10
U01058	Experimental Neuroanatomy A	yes	S1	10
U01059	Experimental Neuroanatomy B	yes	S1	10
U01452	Experimental Pathology Laboratory Project Skills	yes	Y	10
U01451	Experimental Pathology Project	yes	Y	40
U01458	Experimental Pathology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01350	Eye Movements, Balance and Brain Plasticity	yes	S1	10
U01063	General Neuroscience	yes	S1	10
U01445	Genes, Cells and Tissues	yes	S1	10
U01072	Glucocorticoids in the Brain	yes	S1	10
U01010	Healthcare Associated Infection	yes	S1	10
U02572	Healthy Ageing and Disease	yes	S2	10
U01030	Herpesvirus Pathogenomics	yes	*	10
U01007	HIV Replication and Pathogenesis	yes	S1	10
U00982	Hormones, Emotionality and Behaviour	yes	S1	10
U01002	Immune Recognition of and Response to Microorganisms	yes	S1	10
U00985	Immunotherapy	yes	S1	10
U01448	Inflammation and Immunity	yes	S2	10
U01011	Intracellular Bacteria	yes	S1	10
U00991	Ion Channels in Health and Disease	yes	S1	10
U01075	Learning and Memory	yes	S2	10
U02673	Malaria: the microbe, the disease and the search for a solution	yes	S1	10
U01073	Mammalian Chronobiology	yes	S2	10
U00997	Mechanisms of Development	yes	S1	10
U01026	Medical and Veterinary Epidemiology	yes	S2	10
U01290	Medical Biology Core	yes	S1	10
U01289	Medical Biology Project	yes	S2	40
U01346	Medical Biology Project Core	yes	S2	10
U01288	Medical Biology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01032	Microbiology and Infection Project	yes	S2	40
U01033	Microbiology and Infection Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01005	Molecular Approaches to Investigate Bacterial Pathogenesis	yes	S1	10
U01071	Motor Control	yes	TBA	10
U01038	Nature of Receptors Core	yes	S1	10
U00994	Neuroendocrinology	yes	S1	10
U00978	Neuroendocrinology of Pregnancy and Parturition	yes	S1	10
U01068	Neurogenetics	yes	S1	10
U01062	Neuroscience Project	yes	S2	40
U02098	Neuroscience Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01046	Neurotransmitter Mechanisms A	yes	S1	10
U01047	Neurotransmitter Mechanisms B	yes	S1	10
U01015	Oncogenic Viruses	yes	S1	10
U01539	Oxidative Stress and Neurodegeneration	yes	S1	10
U00979	Pain and its Management	yes	S1	10
U01020	Pathogen Evolution	yes	S2	10
U01003	Pathogenesis of Bacterial Gastro-Intestinal Infections	yes	S1	10
U01027	Persistent Virus Infections	yes	S1	10
U02582	Pharmacology of New Mediators	yes	S2	10
U01034	Pharmacology of New Mediators A	yes	S1	10
U01035	Pharmacology of New Mediators B	yes	S1	10
U01051	Pharmacology Project	yes	S2	40
U02687	Pharmacology Research Project Performance	yes	S2	10
U01048	Pharmacology Research Project Preparation	yes	S2	10
U01050	Pharmacology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01000	Physiology Core	yes	S1	10
U01348	Physiology Experimental Design	yes	S2	10
U00986	Physiology Project	yes	S2	40
U01347	Physiology Project Presentation Skills	yes	S2	10
U00998	Physiology Synoptic Examination	yes	S2	10
U01053	PIE Industrial Performance	yes	S2	10
U01054	PIE Oral Examination	yes	S2	10
U01537	PIE Project	yes	S2	40
U02511	Pumps, transporters and cell volume regulation in health and disease	yes	S1	10
U01001	Research Methods in Microbiology and Infection	yes	S2	10
U01055	Respiratory Pharmacology	yes	S1	10
U02672	Sleeping Sickness, Malaria and Toxoplasmosis	yes	S2	10
U01069	Somatosensory Mechanisms	yes	S2	10
U00983	Stress and the Brain	yes	S1	10
U01028	Tapeworms, Flukes and Roundworms.	yes	S1	10
U01061	The Neuromuscular Junction in Health and Disease	yes	S1	10
U02640	The Pathogenesis of Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Diseases	yes	*	10
U01016	Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases)	yes	S1	10
U01023	Vaccines	yes	S2	10
U00990	Vesicle Traffic, Exocytosis and Endocytosis	yes	S1	10
U01021	Virus Interactions with the Immune System	yes	S1	10

General Courses (Medicine) (10 courses)

SCQF Level 8

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
MB0022	Chemical Pharmacology 2	yes	Y	40

SCQF Level 10

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01437	Management & Communication	-	*	10

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01440	Biopharmaceutical Transfusion, Clinical Trials & Clinical Blood Banking	yes	*	20
P01438	Blood Donation Processing & Testing (including Governance/Ethics/Risks of Transfusion)	yes	*	10
P01443	Dissertation in Transfusion, Transplantation & Tissue Banking	yes	*	60
P01439	Immunology & Molecular Biology of Transfusion	yes	*	10
P01436	Information Technology & Donation	-	*	10
P01435	Quality and GMP, Fundamentals of Transfusion Science & Communication	yes	*	20
P01442	Review, Revision and Diploma Examination	yes	*	20
P01441	Transplantation and Tissue Banking	yes	*	20

Dentistry (87 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
MB0256	An Appreciation of Maxillo-Facial Prosthodontics	yes	TBA	5
MB0265	Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy	yes	TBA	15
MB0244	Antimicrobial Therapy of Infectious Oral Disease	yes	TBA	0
MB0202	Behaviour Management and Sedation	yes	TBA	15
MB0241	Behavioural Science, Behaviour Management	yes	TBA	5
MB0226	Biology of Tooth Movement	yes	TBA	15
MB0227	Biomechanics and Appliance Systems	yes	TBA	15
MB0199	Ceramic Restorations for Anterior Teeth	yes	TBA	15
MB0249	Clinical Audit	yes	TBA	0
MB0230	Clinical Practice	yes	TBA	40
MB0222	Communication and Interpersonal Skills	yes	TBA	5
MB0250	Communication, Interpersonal Skills and Team Leadership	yes	TBA	5
MB0255	Complete and Removable Partial Dentures	yes	TBA	20
MB0206	Complete Denture Prostheses	yes	TBA	15
MB0234	Comprehensive Diagnosis and Treatment Planning	yes	TBA	5
P01431	Conscious Sedation 1	yes	TBA	20
P01432	Conscious Sedation 2	yes	TBA	20
P01433	Conscious Sedation 3	yes	TBA	20
P01434	Conscious Sedation 4	yes	TBA	20
MB0220	Control of Cross-Infection	yes	TBA	5
MB0228	Craniofacial Anomalies	yes	TBA	10
MB0225	Craniofacial Growth	yes	TBA	10
P01429	Critical Reading Techniques	yes	TBA	20
MB0205	Dentistry for the Child and Adolescent	yes	TBA	15
MB0238	Developmental Disorders of the Teeth, Mouth and Jaws	yes	TBA	5
MB0216	Diagnosis and Management of Oral Disease	yes	TBA	15
MB0229	Diagnosis and Treatment Planning	yes	TBA	20
MB0245	Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Oro-Dental Trauma	yes	TBA	5
MB0211	Diseases of the Jaws and the Temporo-Mandibular Joints	yes	TBA	5
MB0214	Diseases of the Lymph Nodes and Face	yes	TBA	5
MB0209	Diseases of the Oro-Facial Region	yes	TBA	5
MB0210	Diseases of the Salivary Glands	yes	TBA	5
P01430	Dissertation (Management of Dental Anxiety)	yes	TBA	60
MB0223	Dissertation (Oral Medicine)	yes	TBA	60
MB0252	Dissertation (Paediatric Dentistry)	yes	TBA	60
MB0264	Dissertation (Prosthodontics)	yes	TBA	60
MB0271	Dissertation (Surgical Dentistry)	yes	TBA	60
MB0203	Educational Theory, Appraisal and Assessment	yes	TBA	15
MB0204	Educational Theory, Presentation Skills, Clinical Teaching	yes	TBA	15
MB0198	Endodontic Management of Primary and Permanent Teeth	yes	TBA	15
MB0253	Endodontics and Periodontica as they Relate to Prosthodontics	yes	TBA	5
MB0240	Epidemiology of Oro-Dental Disease	yes	TBA	5
MB0261	Fixed Partial Dentures	yes	TBA	20
MB0232	Growth and Development	yes	TBA	5
MB0224	Growth and Development of the Normal Child	yes	TBA	10
P01428	Hypnosis for Dental Anxiety	yes	TBA	20
MB0268	Imaging in Relation to Surgical Dentistry	yes	TBA	10
MB0257	Implant Supported Prostheses	yes	TBA	20
MB0195	Indirect Restorations for Posterior Teeth	yes	TBA	15
MB0193	Introduction to Management of Dental Caries	yes	TBA	15
MB0262	Laboratory Work Supporting Provision for Patients	yes	TBA	10
MB0242	Local Anaesthesia, Sedation and General Anaesthesia	yes	TBA	10
MB0243	Management of Medically, Physically, Mentally and Multiply Compromised Patients	yes	TBA	0
MB0218	Management of Pain and Anxiety by Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Means	yes	TBA	15
MB0260	Management of Temporo-Mandibular Dysfunction	yes	TBA	10
MB0247	Management of the Missing Tooth including Implants	yes	TBA	5
MB0237	Manifestations of Systemic Disorders	yes	TBA	5
MB0233	Microbiology of Dental Plaque	yes	TBA	5
MB0201	Oral Medicine	yes	TBA	60
MB0207	Orthodontics Within Primary Care	yes	TBA	15
MB0236	Pathogenesis of Oro-Dental Diseases	yes	TBA	0
MB0266	Pathology of the Oral and Dental Tissues	yes	TBA	15
MB0194	Peridontology	yes	TBA	15
MB0146	Pharmacology	yes	TBA	0
MB0254	Prevention of Dental Disease	yes	TBA	10
MB0235	Prevention of Oro-Dental Diseases	yes	TBA	5
MB0270	Principles and Clinical Practice of Dental Surgery	yes	TBA	20
MB0259	Principles and Practice of Occlusion	yes	TBA	5
MB0251	Principles and Practice of Oral Surgery for Children and Adolescents	yes	TBA	20
MB0258	Properties of Biomaterials	yes	TBA	10
P01340	Psychological Anxiety Management 1	yes	TBA	20
P01426	Psychological Anxiety Management 2	yes	TBA	20
P01427	Psychological Anxiety Management 3	yes	TBA	20
MB0219	Radiology and Imaging	yes	TBA	0
MB0221	Research Methodology	yes	TBA	0
MB0248	Research Methodology and Statistics	yes	TBA	5
MB0196	Restoration of the Partially Edentulous Space	yes	TBA	15
MB0246	Restorative Dentistry for Children and Adolescents	yes	TBA	30
MB0267	Resuscitation and Management of Emergencies	yes	TBA	15
MB0213	Selected Diseases of the Eyes and Ears	yes	TBA	5
MB0136	Statistics	yes	TBA	0
MB0200	Surgical Dentistry	yes	TBA	15
MB0215	Systematic Diseases which Produce Oral Manifestations	yes	TBA	10
MB0269	Systemic Disease in Relation to Surgical Dentistry	yes	TBA	15
MB0208	The Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Oral Cavity, Masticatory System, Dental Pulp and Periodontium	yes	TBA	5
MB0217	The Relationship Between Oral Medicine and the Other Dental and Medical Specialties	yes	TBA	10
MB0212	Those Diseases Affecting the Maxillary Antra, Nose and Throat	yes	TBA	5

Life Sciences (24 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01369	Cancer Biology	-	S1	40
P01370	Cardiovascular Biology	-	S1	40
P01371	Chemical Biology	-	S2	40
P01372	Developmental Cell Biology (Life Sciences)	-	S1	40
P01425	Dissertation (Genomics)	yes	B5+	80
P01368	Dissertation (Life Sciences)	yes	B5+	80
P01376	Genetics and Disease	-	S2	40
P01377	Genetics and Populations	-	S1	40
P01378	Genomics and Pathway Biology	-	S2	40
P01379	Human Genetics & Model Systems I (Genetics Disease & Development)	-	S1	40
P01380	Human Genetics & Model Systems II (Nucleus & Cytoplasm : DNA to RNA to Protein)	-	S2	40
P01422	Immunology and infection	yes	TBA	40
P01381	Infectious Diseases 1	-	S1	40
P01382	Infectious Diseases 2	-	S2	40
P01383	Inflammation & Inflammatory Disease	-	S2	40
P01384	Modern Optical Methods In Molecular and Cellular Biology	-	S2	40
P01385	Neuroscience	-	S2	40
P01386	Quantitative Trait Analysis & Genomics	-	S2	40
P01387	Reproductive mechanisms	-	S2	40
P01388	Reproductive systems	-	S1	40
P01424	Research Proposal (Genomics)	yes	B5+	20
P01367	Research Proposal (Life Sciences)	yes	B5	20
P01389	Structural Biology	-	S2	40
P01390	Summer Project	yes	B5	60

Medical Education (12 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00991	Appraisal in a Clinical Context	-	TBA	10
P00985	Assessment in a Clinical Context	-	TBA	10
P00984	Conducting Small Scale Research in Medical Education	-	TBA	10
P00988	Current Issues in Medical Education	-	TBA	10
P00987	Curriculum Planning	-	TBA	10
P00994	Dissertation (Medical Education)	-	TBA	60
P00989	Educational Research Methodology	-	TBA	20
P00986	Evaluation and Management in Medical Education	-	TBA	10
P00983	Principles of Teaching and Learning	-	TBA	10
P00993	Teaching and Learning Clinical Skills and Techniques	-	TBA	10
P00990	Teaching and Learning in a Clinical Context	-	TBA	10
P00992	The Postgraduate Curriculum	-	TBA	10

Neuroscience (5 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01051	Diploma Dissertation (Neuroscience)	yes	B5+	20
P01052	Masters Dissertation (Neuroscience)	yes	B5+	80
P01050	Research Training Assessment (Neuroscience)	yes	B3	40
P01049	Review of Neuroscience	yes	B2	20
P01048	The Scope of Neuroscience	-	B1	40

Pain Management (15 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01106	Cancer Pain	yes	TBA	25
P01104	Concepts of Pain	yes	TBA	25
P01101	Disability and Pain Rehabilitation	yes	TBA	25
P01094	Introduction to Pain Management	yes	TBA	20
P01674	Introduction to Pain Management 2	yes	TBA	20
P01105	Musculoskeletal Pain	yes	TBA	25
P01103	Orofacial Pain	yes	TBA	25
P01097	Pain Conditions	yes	TBA	20
P01099	Pain in Children	yes	TBA	25
P01100	Pain in Older People	yes	TBA	25
P01098	Pain Management: Clinical Attachment/Case Study	yes	TBA	25
P01095	Pain Mechanisms and Contributors	yes	TBA	20
P01675	Pain Mechanisms and Contributors 2	yes	B5	20
P01096	Priniciples of Pain Treatment and Management	yes	TBA	20
P01102	Psychological Approaches in Pain Management	yes	TBA	25

Public Health Research (24 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P00926	Advanced Protocol Development	yes	B3	10
P00927	Advanced Statistical Methods: Categorical & Survival Data	yes	S2	10
P00942	Advanced Statistical Methods: Continuous Data	yes	S2	10
P00936	Biotechnology and Bioethics	yes	S2	20
P00943	Clinical Trials	yes	S2	10
P00930	Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health	-	S2	10
P00924	Dissertation (Public Health Research)	-	B5+	60
P00938	Epidemiology for Public Health	-	B2	10
P00937	Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Health Improvement	-	S2	10
P00940	Evaluation of Effectiveness in Health Care	yes	S2	10
P01458	Extended Epidemiology	yes	B3	20
P00935	Genetic Epidemiology	yes	B4	10
P00922	Health Promotion	-	S1	10
P00933	Health Service Planning	-	S2	10
P00931	History and Theory of Medical Ethics	yes	B2	10
P01459	Introduction to Epidemiology and Statistics	-	S1	20
P00934	Introduction to Research Methods and Ethics	-	S1	20
P00932	Personhood and rights	yes	B3	20
P00928	Public Health Research : International Issues	-	S2	10
P00941	Research Ethics	yes	B4	10
P01460	Resource Allocation and Health Economics	-	S2	20
P01457	Sociology of Health and Illness	-	S1	20
P00939	Statistics and Analysis	-	S1	10
P00925	Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis	-	S2	10

Reproductive Biology (4 courses)

SCQF Level 11

? Code	? Course Name	? Req.	? Period	? Crdts
P01355	Dissertation (Reproductive Biology)	yes	B5+	80
P01387	Reproductive mechanisms	-	S2	40
P01388	Reproductive systems	-	S1	40
P01354	Research Proposal (Reproductive Biology)	yes	B5+	20