? Credit Points : 10  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : BMS-4-MEcore

The core course addresses the theme of the Medical Biology Hons BSc Programme:

The scientific basis of human medicine: diseases important nationally and internationally; their identification; the role of biological science in advancing understanding and laying foundation for rational management; implementation of drug design and discovery; integration of new technologies, including genomics/proteomics.

Issues discussed will include: Disease and medicine in society; how biology impacts on medicine; how advances can be used to prevent and treat disease; databases; international health; resources; ethical and socio-economic factors. The core aims to provide familiarity with statistical techniques used in analysis of large data sets in the literature, the principles of designing and conducting clinical trials.

Examples of specific topics are: Ageing, Drug addiction; Development of specific drugs, including trials; Third world diseases.

Teaching methods: Lectures and seminars, and student-led presentations.

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : Permission of the Curriculum Approval Officer.

Home subject area

Medical Biology (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

Other subject areas

Medical Biology (Biological Sciences), (School of Biological Sciences, Schedule K)

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 45 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 20/09/2006 09:00 10:50 Meadows Seminar Room 1

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Wednesday 09:00 10:50 Central

Increased understanding of biological processes.
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later.

December Exam 100% Written Examination Duration 1 hr 30 mins

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST December 1 - 1 hour(s) 30 minutes

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Pascal Lynch
Tel : (0131 6)50 3160
Email : Pascal.Lynch@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof John Russell
Tel : (0131 6)50 2861
Email : j.a.russell@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.dbcls.med.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/