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Advancing Critical Care (BMSC40011)
HonoursPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Semester 1
Overview
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The subject comprises a series of advanced lectures, delivered in research seminar format with accompanying readings, each focussing on a key area of critical care research. The aim is to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge base, using a pragmatic approach, that can be applied to both research and clinical care. Lectures cover research methodology and the latest translational research across the three key critical care disciplines of anaesthesia, emergency medicine and intensive care medicine, with topics ranging from clinical trial design, meta analysis, sepsis, delirium and perioperative risk through to toxicology, substance abuse and recreational drug related behaviour.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a mature understanding of experimental design, experimental implementation, data evaluation and communication as it relates to current research in critical care, in a broad ethical context.
- Identify the key themes in critical care research within a clinical hospital research environment and explain how these translate into clinical management of health and disease.
- Select, summarise and critically appraise published research in an area of critical care medicine.
- Communicate the method and findings of a research project in oral and written form.
Generic skills
- Understanding scientific and ethical approaches to clinical questions
- Appreciating how data are evaluated
- Learning how to present a constructive critique of research
- Developing written and oral communication skills to a high standard
- Contributing to intellectual discussion
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BIOM40001 | Introduction To Biomedical Research |
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 1 (Early-Start) (Online)
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12.5 |
Note: these can be taken concurrently (at the same time)
Corequisites
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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BMSC40009 | Critical Care Research Project Part 1 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
An undergraduate science or biomedical degree with previous study in health and/or human physiology, pathophysiology or pharmacology.
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 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Literature review
| Week 6 | 50% |
Oral presentation critiquing a provided paper in a seminar forum (15 minutes presentation and 10 minutes questions)
| Due week 8-12 | 40% |
80% attendance at weekly seminars | Throughout the teaching period | 10% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1
Principal coordinator Adam Deane Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 30 Total time commitment 175 hours Teaching period 28 February 2022 to 29 May 2022 Last self-enrol date 11 March 2022 Census date 31 March 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 6 May 2022 Assessment period ends 24 June 2022 Semester 1 contact information
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Subject notes
Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Biomedicine (Honours) or Bachelor of Science (Honours) to complete this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Biomedicine (Degree with Honours)
Last updated: 31 January 2024