Unit name | Heart and Valve Disease |
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Unit code | SOCSM0012 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Professor. Saadeh Suleiman |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
NONE |
Co-requisites |
NONE |
School/department | Bristol Medical School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
This unit aims to deliver a comprehensive coverage of key topics related to adult cardiac and valve disease, including diagnosis of disorders and integration of pathophysiology with clinical management. Topics to be covered include: the clinical problem, patho-biology, genomics, epidemiology, patient assessment. The impact of management of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) on treatment of patients with heart and valve disease. Ongoing pre-clinical and translational research examples will be presented to illustrate the current understanding and progress in the treatment of this clinical problem. The current pre-clinical models that can be utilized to assess the effectiveness of newly proposed approaches will be outlined.
Coursework (contributing a total of 60% to the unit) consisting of:
Please note that students will be given formative feedback on all coursework assessment.
Written exam (contributing a total of 40% to the unit and taken in Bristol) consisting of:
The overall pass-mark for the unit will be 50%. However, students will be required to reach a minimum standard in both their coursework and their written exam; only 5% compensation between the total coursework element and the total exam element will be allowed.