Undergraduate Course: Conception to Parturition (BIME10028)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course aims to give you an understanding from the molecular mechanisms through the physiology and pathophysiology of conception, contraception, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and parturition, and reproductive cancers. It will develop your understanding of the experimental evidence from in vitro, in vivo, animal models and clinical trials. This will be set in the translational context of clinical issues in the fields of gynaecology, obstetrics, urology and neonatology |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 39,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Revision Session Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
150 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Examination (50%)
ICA ¿ Oral presentation of poster (50%)
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| Feedback |
Feedback will be available frequently, and widely throughout the course in many forms, many informal and verbal:
- on specific topics you can raise with staff during lectures and workshops
- on you suggested selection of papers to present for your poster presentation
- from the Course Organiser, other academic staff and your peers on your presentation and poster
¿ You will have an opportunity to write a practice exam question which will be marked and you will receive specific personal written feedback,
- you will participate in an examination techniques workshop and an exam preparation session, all to provide feedback on specific questions on topics raised by students,
- You will be able to review your examination scripts and you will receive individual feedback on your exam scripts
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | Conception to Parturition | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
At completion of this course you will have gained a:
¿ Knowledge of conception, contraception, assisted reproduction, pregnancy and parturition, and reproductive cancers, from their molecular mechanisms, physiology and pathophysiology.
¿ Critical understanding of experimental evidence from a wide range of in vitro, in vivo, animal models and clinical trials.
¿ Knowledge and critical understanding in the translational context of clinical issues in the fields of gynaecology, obstetrics, urology and neonatology.
¿ Scientific communication skills including oral and poster presentations
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Reading List
| Reading list available in timetable. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Reproduction, Gynaecology, Obstetrics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Simon Riley
Tel: (0131) 242 6423
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: |
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