Unit name | Biomedical Research, Employability and Enterprise Skills |
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Unit code | MVSF20001 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Robson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Level 4/C Faculty of Biomedical Sciences units |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Life Sciences Faculty Office |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit provides important core competencies for students in the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, to equip them with the skills they will need to succeed in the final year and to enhance their employability after graduation. The unit has three main aims:
The aims of this unit will be achieved through both independent and collaborative work and will foster written and oral communication skills to both scientific and lay audiences. The capacity for self and peer assessment will be developed during the unit.
The intended learning outcomes for the two elements are:
Some activities will take place in discipline specific strands to highlight the subject specific relevance of the material being taught.
The unit will be assessed through a combination of peer and staff assessed tasks.
Peer assessment is an integral part of the unit as it encourages reflective and self-assessment skills. All peer marked tasks will use structured marking proformas which will include simple marking guidelines and sections on "Three things to commend" and "Three things to improve" which will provide feedback to students. Peer assessors will also choose their top two ranked pieces of work within the Employability cell. Peer assessment will be monitored closely by staff and if any student is concerned about their peer mark it will be considered by the Unit Director.
Group work is used extensively throughout the unit and students will be divided into discipline specific teams of 6-8 students for many of the assessment tasks.
A summary of the unit assessment is provided below:
Research and Enterprise element (worth 85% of the unit overall):
Employability element (worth 15% of the unit overall):
Experimental design for the life sciences, Graeme D. Ruxton and Nick Colegrave, Oxford University Press
Medical Statistics at a Glance, Edited by Aviva Petrie & Caroline Sabin and published by Blackwell
Intuitive Biostatistics: A nonmathematical guide to statistical thinking, Harvey Motulsky, Oxford University Press
Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics, Andy Field, Sage Publications Ltd, London
Skills for Success: The Personal Development Planning Handbook, Stella Cottrell, Palgrave
New Business Road Test, J Mullins, FT Prentice Hall