Postgraduate Course: Laboratory Practise in Microbiology, Virology and Serology (BIME11116)
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 competency in the use of the clinical laboratory in the investigation, management and prevention of infection |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
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 |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Online Activities 25,
Other Study Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
43 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Online activities include asynchronous discussion
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
Assessment will be based on various online activities including written submissions (web forms), discussion fora and reflective review. Extensive use of selective release (requiring the student to complete one task before being permitted to proceed to the next) technologies will be made to facilitate interactive and dynamic online assignments.
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Be aware of the repertoire of investigations available for a given clinical scenario, and understand their merits and limitations; Be able to refer to the local laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs) for guidance on the nature of the sample and the tests performed
- Understand the correct sample type, volume (where relevant) and optimal conditions for storage and transport that are required for the individual test; Have knowledge of health and safety aspects of laboratory diagnostic procedures and bio-safety level classification when dealing with pathogens
- Understand the principles, uses and limitations of laboratory diagnostic procedures (manual, automated and Point-of-Care) ¿ including microscopy, culture, protein/nucleic acid-based, serological/other assays of host-response, and more novel diagnostics
- Understand the repertoire and use of reference laboratories when dealing with pathogens; Understand the importance of keeping concise, accurate, confidential, and legible records of laboratory investigations; Interpret laboratory investigations and their results accurately.
- Understands results comprehensively with results from other specimens and other investigations such as radiology, biochemistry and haematology; Understand the principles of internal and external quality assurance, and laboratory accreditation; Understand the importance of good record keeping
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Pre analytical phase,analytical phase,post-analytical phase,laboratory management and quality ass |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Till Bachmann
Tel: 0131 242 9438
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Course secretary | Ms Marie-Therese Talensby
Tel: (0131 6)50 3780
Email: |
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