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Frontiers in Biomedicine (BIOM30001)
Undergraduate level 3Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Semester 2
Subject Coordinator
Dr Rosa Mccarty and Dr Terry Mulhern
Administrative Coordinator
Overview
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In this subject, students are presented with established and developing issues affecting health and disease that require a holistic appreciation of medical biology, including anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, pathology, microbiology, immunology and pharmacology.
Students should gain an integrated understanding of selected health issues that will be explored across their breadth of complexity from molecular mechanisms through to population health considerations. Health issues include: obesity and the metabolic syndrome; allergy, genes and the environment; new approaches to treatment and prevention of drug-dependence; evaluating new therapeutics.
Students should also gain an appreciation of the research process and its relationship to the evolution of therapeutic approaches including public health initiatives that assist in health promotion and disease control, through prevention and effective treatment.
Intended learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should have:
- an ability to use an interdisciplinary approach to studying diseases;
- an ability to use a holistic view of medical biology to systematically analyse diseases for opportunities for intervention;
- the capacity to see how a better understanding of disease biology leads to new public health initiatives, new diagnostic protocols, treatments or prevention of disease through eg. the use of personalised medicines; health promotion; novel applications of established drugs;
- an appreciation of issues in the conduct of ethical research and an ability to act as an advocate for medical research.
Generic skills
Upon completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- the ability to interpret scientific literature and interpret data from electronic databases;
- the capacity to integrate knowledge across disciplines;
- the ability to comprehend a question, evaluate the relevant information and communicate an answer;
- an appreciation of the ability to communicate scientific knowledge to an informed lay audience.
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisites are both:
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BIOM20001 | Molecular and Cellular Biomedicine | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
BIOM20002 | Human Structure and Function | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Completion of 2nd year of Bachelor of Biomedicine
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Assessment
Additional details
- Continuing assessment (40%);
- One practical assessment (10%);
- 2 hour written examination in the final examination period (50%).
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinators Rosa McCarty and Terry Mulhern Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Three x 1 hour lectures per week plus six x 1 hour tutorials per semester plus one x 4 hour practicals per semester Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Subject Coordinator
Dr Rosa Mccarty and Dr Terry Mulhern
Administrative Coordinator
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 31 October 2023
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
On-line readings will be provided through the readings on-line site through the LMS.
- Subject notes
This subject is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedicine.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Biomedicine
Last updated: 31 October 2023