Undergraduate Course: Molecules to Society 2a (MBCH09019)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh Medical School	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	The course is congruent and contiguous with Year 1, comprising the three principal strands, basic, clinical and social sciences. These are co-ordinated and integrated by problem-based learning scenarios through two modules (neuroscience and nutrition). Each module will include some biomedical science, behavioural and psychosocial science (which are the two major strands) and clinical science, but to varying proportions. The themes of each module will include problems of a patient with disease of a particular organ system. The interrelationship of biological, psychological and social factors in the causation of disease and on the ability of patients to be cured of or to live with the disease will be demonstrated and serve to emphasize that all learning is relevant to the practice of medicine. The purpose of the courses in Year 2 of the medical course is to act as a bridge between the broad introduction in Year 1 and the more specific, systems-based courses that follow in Year 3.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed:	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: 400 ( Lecture Hours 69, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 33, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 12.2, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 5, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 267 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 11 %, Practical Exam 9 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	In-course assessment comprising 2 written assignments together with student Peer Assessment for problem based learning sessions and Student Selected Components. Two written examination papers and a practical examination at the end of the course. The examination papers comprise a structured case paper and an MCQ paper.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Molecules to Society 2a OSCA Paper 1 Semester 1		2:00
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Molecules to Society 2a OSCA Paper 2 Semester 1		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Molecules to Society 2a OSCA Paper 1 Semester 1 RESIT		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Molecules to Society 2a OSCA Paper 2 Semester 1 RESIT		2:00
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)	Anatomy Spot Practical		6:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Anatomy Spot Practical		6:00

Learning Outcomes
The MBChB programme is based on 13 major learning outcomes and the learning objectives in Year 2 are sub-components of these, and published in the course study guides.