Undergraduate Course: Pharmacology Project (PHBM10018)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | Dissertation based on an analysis, or a laboratory-based research project. |
| Course description |
The Pharmacology Project provides the opportunity for you to explore at the cutting edge a defined and current topic under general supervision. Analysis-based projects offer an excellent opportunity to carry out an in-depth review of the current research status of a topical field of interest and its future prospects for development - especially suitable for those students who have already decided that their future career will not be based in experimental pharmacology. A laboratory-based project enables a student to gain insight into the pleasures, difficulties, and complexity associated with Pharmacological research - this experience will be of considerable benefit for any future career but especially for one in laboratory-based research. Group projects emphasize team-work. The project dissertation will showcase and allow for the assessment of your ability to review current literature, present methods and results, discuss findings and make proposals for further studies clearly and concisely, with appropriate statistical analysis to support your conclusions.
Oral presentations will further develop your oral communication skills, thereby enhancing your ability to answer, and to ask, critical questions. This transferable skill will be of considerable value in your future employment.
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Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
381 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Dissertation |
| Feedback |
Feedback organised with students after hand in. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Describe a question requiring original research through critical reading of current literature. Formulate one or more testable hypotheses or central arguments from the question
- Identify appropriate methods and models to test the hypotheses or arguments
- Obtain information to address the hypotheses or arguments using appropriate investigative techniques and research tools. Critically analyse the evidence obtained to refute or support the hypotheses or arguments
- Integrate your findings with those of others, and indicate the impact this has on the field and how future work may address outstanding questions
- Communicate your findings and conclusions effectively through your dissertation, lay-summary, and any associated oral or poster presentations
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Reading List
| ¿Rang and Dale¿s Pharmacology" 8th edition, 2015, Churchill Livingstone. You are also encouraged to keep abreast of developments in pharmacology and related disciplines by reading current issues of British Journal of Pharmacology, Nature, Drug Discovery, Trends in Pharmacological Sciences (T.I.P.S.) and Trends in Neuroscience (T.I.N.S.) which are available as E-journals in the Main Library. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Week 1 to 3 part-time, week 4 to 11 full-time. |
| Keywords | PHARM_Proj |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Sue Fleetwood-Walker
Tel: (0131 6)51 1696
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Catriona Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 1699
Email: |
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