Postgraduate Course: Science Communication/Public Engagement Placement (BIME11081)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | An eight week (one day per week) placement within a science communication / engagement work- setting which will involve the completion and evaluation of a science communication task | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Learning Outcomes 
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:  
1. The successful application of guiding principles in public engagement  
2. An ability to reflect on and improve one¿s own practice 
3. Successful completion of a workplace task  | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
1.Development, delivery and evaluation of a science communication/public engagement task related to the placement. 
2.Reflective summary of key learning points (500 words) |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
| Academic description | 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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| Study Pattern | 
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| Keywords | SCPE-OLDL-PLACE | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Stevenson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258 
Email: E.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289 
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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