Postgraduate Course: Embryology (BIME11008)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The course will consist of 10, sessions (2hrs per week)., In the first 3 weeks, the basic principles of human embryology will be described in a series of lectures, covering: Gametogenesis, Development from fertilization to the blastocyst stage, Implantation and placental development and Embryogenesis. The subsequent 6 sessions will be student-lead and will focus on the specific systematic embryology, which complements Course 1 + 5 (Gross Anatomy): Cardiovascular system, alimentary system, urogenital system, nervous system, limbs, head and neck. In these sessions, students will present, in small groups to the whole class on one of these topics. Presentations will be open for discussion, and academic staff will ensure that sufficient material has been covered in each session. Presentations, will be made available via the internet and will form a key learning aid for the course. In addition there will be a Lecture-Demonstration in The Human Embryology-Fetal Collection. An extensive collection of fetal material held within the department will be used to demonstrate many of the subjects covered in prior lectures.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 11, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 87 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 60 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	An MCQ + EMQ (60%) An essay (40%)
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, students should have gained a basic knowledge of normal human development, allowing them to appreciate the organisation of the body as seen by dissection.