Postgraduate Course: Molecular Diagnostics of Infection (BIME11119)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course aims to provide the knowledge around modern and emerging technologies for diagnosing infectious diseases including rapid pathogen detection, antibiotic resistance determination, point of care testing, high throughput and automation and global technologies such as next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	Printing own course materials

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Have a good knowledge of emerging and modern technologies for infectious diseases diagnostics Understand principles and opportunities arising from emerging technologies for next generation diagnostics Acquire skills in using scientific literature, critical appraisal and generation of high impact publications