BS414-5-SU-CO:
Biomedical Science: Practice and Employability (Assessed in Following Year)
2015/16
Life Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Summer
Undergraduate: Level 5
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11 March 2014
Requisites for this module
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BSC B990 Biomedical Science,
BSC B991 Applied Biomedical Science (NHS placement),
BSC B995 Biomedical Science (Including Year Abroad),
BSC B999 Biomedical Science (Including Placement Year)
This module aims to give students experience in Biomedical Science as practiced in a modern NHS laboratory.
Part A: the summer school, takes place after Year 1 summer examinations. Biomedical Scientists from local hospitals will engage with students in workshops and practicals. These will introduce the major disciplines of biomedical science and the professional requirements for NHS laboratory careers. During their second year students will visit an accredited training laboratory in one of our partner hospitals.
Part B: Employability. Transferable skills and career planning are increasingly recognised as being of great importance to graduates. Students will develop skills and understanding of assembling CVs, completing application forms and preparing for interview. A range of internal and external expert speakers will run workshops and other activities. Students will be enabled to identify the skills required to meet their career goals through Professional Development Planning (PDP).
Learning Outcomes (including summer school, careers workshop and practicals).
To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. demonstrate practical and professional understanding of a range of biomedical science topics;
2. have an understanding of the day-to-day work carried out in an accredited NHS laboratory;
3. demonstrate competence in job application skills and engagement with the career planning process;
4. show competence and safe practice in laboratory work including effective observations, measurements and accurate records;
5. demonstrate skills in information retrieval, communication, data analysis and interpretation, numeracy, problem solving and group work.
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Summer School:
Part A: Summer School: (70%)
Practical worksheets (30%)
Group poster presentation (20%)
Reflective diary (20 %)
Part B:
Completion of a job application (30%)
Part A: Summer School: 5 days laboratory and workshop sessions
Part B: careers workshops and presentations
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
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Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
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Celluar Pathology Worksheet |
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Medical Microbiology Worksheet |
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| Coursework |
Haematology and Blood Transfusion Worksheet |
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Clinical Biochemistry Worksheet |
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
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Reassessment
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Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Selwa Alsam, Dr Paul Dobbin
School Undergraduate Office, email: bsugoffice (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
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Dr Issam Ibrahim Saleem Hussain
The University of Lincoln
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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