BCHM462-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Medical Biochemistry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

The primary goal of this course is to assist student development as scholars and advance their knowledge and literature research skills in the field of Medical Biochemistry. This course will exam broad topics of medical interest where biochemical techniques have been used to examine the basis of human pathological process. The course will examine topic areas of medical research using recent peer reviewed publications. The course focuses on the critical evaluation of the research literature and evulation of competing theories on the mechanism of selected disease pathologies.

This course will study in detail selected aspects of medical biochemistry. Participants are encouraged to develop their public speaking and debating skills during the course. Many of the seminars will be run in the style of a laboratory “journal club” with an emphasis on coffee/tea drinking.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning out comes
    As a student in this course, I will develop the ability to:
  • Demonstrate a sophisticated understanding and evaluation of experimental design, methodology and data in the field of medical biochemistry. (assessment tasks: internal assessment)
  • A sense of how researchers use biochemical techniques to contribute to advancement in the diagnosis and treatment of medical conditions. (assessment tasks: internal assessment)
  • A sense of the importance and limitations of scientific and technical questions in addressing the broader issues of social concern. (assessment task: test)
  • The ability to access and critically assess the scientific literature based on biochemical techniques. (assessment task: internal assessment & test)
  • Developing and trialling your own “teaching to learn” techniques. (task: seminar)

    Transferable Skills
    As a student in this course, I will develop the following skills:
  • Ability to find relevant literature using online databases and develop visual display presentations of the publication.
  • Ability to summarise complex ideas and description of research into key ideas and concepts.
  • Ability to critically assess competing hypothesis and publication.
  • Ability to manage team work. Most jobs require interactions with others to accomplish a task to a particular standard and on time.
  • Greater competence in evaluation and design of techniques relevant to medical biochemistry.
  • Engage in science and technology issues with a broader understanding of their social context.

Restrictions

BIOL436/BCHM401/BIOL462

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinator

For further information see School of Biological Sciences Head of Department

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,054.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

All BCHM462 Occurrences

  • BCHM462-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020
  • BCHM462-20S2 (D) Semester Two 2020 (Distance)
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