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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS1024 Module Title: BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE PRACTICE 1
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BMS1024
Level: HE1 Module Co-ordinator: COTTELL A Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 15 Number of ECTS credits: 7.5
 
Module Availability
Semesters One and Two
Assessment Pattern

Attendance - Compulsory 
Essay / booklet / short-answer coursework (45%) 
Seminar presentation (15%)
Prepared Portfolio evidence (40%) 
Assessments to be submitted directly to the NHS training facilitator at dates to be confirmed.

 A 60% pass mark is required for this module to progress to Level 2 ABMS. Students with 40-59% for this module may transfer to Level 2 on the BMS route

 

 

 

 

 

 

Module Overview

This module is delivered via 16 tutorials at the University of Surrey campus followed by an 8 week practical placement at one of the following hospitals: Ashford, St. Peters, Frimley Park & Royal Surrey County Hospital.

During the placement there will be six hours of contact time with the training facilitator, and 14 hours of contact time with training officers based at the pathology laboratories.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prerequisites/Co-requisites
None
Module Aims
  • To ensure student competency in preparation of materials for completion of an IBMS Registration Portfolio for the award of a Certificate of Competence (Compliance with Health Professions Council (HPC) and Institute of Biomedical Science (IBMS) standards)
  • To ensure student understanding of the requirements for HPC registration and renewal
  • To ensure student understanding of quality control and the role of Clinical Pathology Accreditation (CPA) in a biomedical science laboratory
  • To understand health and safety and confidentially concerns relating to biological specimens from patients
  • To introduce students to the role and career of a biomedical scientist 
  • To introduce students to the role of biomedical scientists in the diagnosis and management of disease 
  • To introduce students to the scientific principles of diagnostic tests
  • To provide hospital-based training in the following disciplines: Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Cytology, Histology, Phlebotomy, and Immunology
Learning Outcomes

By the end of the module, you will be expected to be able to:-  

  • Provide evidence for an IBMS Registration Portfolio  
  • Demonstrate competency and professionalism in designated placement activities  
  • Define the role of the IBMS and the HPC  
  • Demonstrate safe working practice and Health and Safety policy awareness  
  • Discriminate between the routine principles and applications of: Microbiology, Clinical Chemistry, Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Cytology, Histology and Immunology
  • To understand the scientific principles of diagnostic tests routinely conducted in biomedical science laboratories

 

Module Content

Tutorial

Staff

Topic 

1

NM

Co-terminus degree programme overview

2

NM

The role of the Institute of Biomedical Science

3

NM

The role of the Health Professions Council

4

PNH

Quality and CPA

5

PNH

Phlebotomy and sample requirements

6

NM

Health and safety

7

PNH

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Virology

8

PNH 

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Cytology

9

PNH

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Histology

10

PNH

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Blood Transfusion

11

PNH 

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Microbiology

12

PNH 

Introduction to routine principles and applications of: Biochemistry

13

PNH

Introduction to routine principles and applications of:  Immunology 

14

PNH

Introduction to routine principles and applications of:  Haematology

15

AC/NM

Portfolio day – Preparing for Placement

Methods of Teaching/Learning
Tutorials and practical placement
Selected Texts/Journals
The Science of Laboratory Diagnosis. Burnett and Crocker, 2003 2nd Ed Wiley
Last Updated
5 April 2011