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

Background: 'New' infections emerge, and others are increasing in incidence. This Elective Course provides an opportunity to examine how and why this occurs and to study selected emerging/re-emerging infections in depth.

Organisation: The Elective Course relies heavily on self-directed learning although 4 overview lectures will be given during the course. After an initial briefing session, students will study key emerging/re-emerging infectious agents (eg, anthrax, ebola, HIV, lassa fever, malaria, MRSA and TB) under the guidance of facilitators who will meet with them regularly. Each student will study two particular organisms in depth (organism biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathology, clinical and public health aspects) and present an overview (using powerpoint) of the two agents to the group.

Assessment: For each student, each overview presentation will form 20% of the final mark and, thus, the two presentations constitute 40% of the final mark (hard copies will be made available to examiners alongside general assessment of student performance during presentation and discussion that follows). A review essay exam based on the in-course material forms a further 60% of the final mark. The essay exam will be set at the end of the course (under exam conditions) and will be double-marked.

? This course is not available to visting students.

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

Home subject area

Microbiology and Infection (Biomedical Sciences), (School of Biomedical Sciences, Schedule T)

Other subject areas

Microbiology and Infection (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 6 weeks

First Class Information

Date Start End Room Area Additional Information 25/09/2007 09:00 11:00 Biomedical Seminar Room 5, Teviot Place, Medical school

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 09:00 13:00 Central

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

70% exam 30% ICA

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

Mrs Patricia Anne Law
Tel : (0131 6)50 3161
Email : Anne.Law@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Simon Talbot
Tel : (0131 6)50 7938
Email : stalbot@ed.ac.uk

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

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