Postgraduate Course: Biopharmaceutical Transfusion, Clinical Trials & Clinical Blood Banking (GMED11005)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical 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 | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | To provide an understanding of scientific basis, and application , of large scale pharmaceutical preparation of prescription medicines (plasma products ) from blood plasma as well as the approach to regulation and licensing of these products.
To provide an understanding of scientific basis of adverse immunological reactions to transfusion and the interpretation of these reactions in clinical practice. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
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) |
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written assignment: 2500 words (60%)
Participation in assessments during the week's course (spot tests, or multi-choice question (MCQ) assessment: 40%)
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Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course the student should understand the principles and practice of:
-Plasma Fractionation
-The range of plasma products and their clinical uses
-Clinical trials and regulation of plasma products
At the completion of the course the student should also be aware of the scientific basis and application in clinical practice of:
-haemolytic disease of the newborn.
-ante-natal serological techniques
-the investigation of transfusion reactions
-the laboratory investigation of immune haemolysis
-the adverse immunological effects of transfusion
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Additional Information
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The course will be delivered as a series of lectures combined with tutorials, spot tests and assessment exercise as a one-week residential course in Edinburgh. Students will be assigned background-learning work prior to this week. |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Hilary Critchley
Tel: (0131) 229 2575
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Course secretary | Ms Anne Thomson
Tel: 0141 357 7700
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