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BIOP520 Medical and Clinical Biotechnology

Updated: 06 October 2011
Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2012
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions BIOP320
Notes None
Combined Units BIOP320 - Medical and Clinical Biotechnology
Coordinator(s) Pierre Moens (pmoens@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will apply elements of biophysics to biological systems as applied to health and forensic science. Students will be introduced to a broad range of topics such as: diagnostic tools used in medical and clinical imaging or tools allowing investigation of molecular interactions at the single particle level. BIOL520 is based on BIOP320 with additional assessment tasks requiring a greater depth of understanding of the material
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of various tools used in Clinical and Medical Research;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of selected methodologies used to investigate health and diseases; and
  3. demonstrate an understanding of the theory underpinning the selected methodologies used in Clinical and Medical Research.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the discipline is a key learning outcome. The students will be able to conceptualise, acquire, apply, integrate, grow and contextualise knowledge. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills will be taught through the workshops and practised and assessed through the preparation, presentation and assessment of a poster. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
The material being taught has global significance and the use of global facilities will be explored. 		True
4 Information Literacy
Preparation of the poster will require the use of information literacy skills. The students will be required to find information on topics related, but not directly covered, by lecture material. This will be assessed. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The students will be required to practise independent learning in order to complete the assessment tasks, so developing lifelong learning skills. 		True True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving will form a significant part of the unit. It will be taught by examples in the lectures and practised by the students. Problem solving will be assessed in the end of the trimester examination. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
The ethical aspects of biomedical research will be taught in the lectures and practised by the students in the laboratory sessions. 		True True
8 Team Work
Team work will be practised in the laboratory sessions. 		True
   

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