Postgraduate Course: Clinical Syndromes and Infection (BIME11123)

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 ability to diagnose and manage important clinical syndromes where infection is in the differential diagnosis
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

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Course Start Date	28/05/2018
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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.
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Describe and explain the epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, clinical investigation and treatment of a broad range of complex infection syndromes. Describe and explain the relationship between co-morbidities and infection. Explain the diagnosis and understand/evaluate management of infection syndromes arising in special patient groups. Develop evidence-based protocols for the investigation and management of complex infections. Assimilate and interpret relevant history and the findings of clinical examination, and recommend an anti-microbial regimen that takes into account the specific circumstances of the clinical case.