Undergraduate Course: Emerging Infections (MIBM10023)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Microbiology and Infection (Biomedical Sciences) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Background: 'New' infections emerge, and others are increasing in incidence. This Elective Course provides an opportunity to examine how and why this occurs and to study selected emerging/re-emerging infections in depth.
Organisation: The Elective Course relies heavily on self-directed learning although 4 overview lectures will be given during the course. After an initial briefing session, students will study key emerging/re-emerging infectious agents (eg, anthrax, ebola, HIV, lassa fever, malaria, MRSA and TB) under the guidance of facilitators who will meet with them regularly. Each student will study two particular organisms in depth (organism biology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and pathology, clinical and public health aspects) and present an overview (using powerpoint) of the two agents to the group.
Assessment: For each student, each overview presentation will form 20% of the final mark and, thus, the two presentations constitute 40% of the final mark (hard copies will be made available to examiners alongside general assessment of student performance during presentation and discussion that follows). A review essay exam based on the in-course material forms a further 60% of the final mark. The essay exam will be set at the end of the course (under exam conditions) and will be double-marked.
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Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Increased understanding of biological processes. Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later. |
Assessment Information
| 70% exam 30% ICA |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | ID_Emer_Inf |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Douglas Roy
Tel: (0131) 242 6279
Email: Douglas.Roy@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Tracy Noden
Tel: (0131 6)50 3717
Email: Tracy.Noden@ed.ac.uk |
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