Module manager: Dr Ruth Norman
Email: r.norman@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
This module is not approved as a discovery module
In course Summative SAQ’s and OTLA SAQ’s
Formative SAQ’s
- Explain the physiological concepts of structure and function using examples drawn from the principal body systems and functions.
- Appraise the physiological adaptions to these systems that occur during exercise and how these systems can be disturbed by disease.
- Describe the core concepts of pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics
- Explain the key principles of clinical pharmacology
- Relate how drugs are discovered and developed within the modern pharmaceutical industry.
- Recall examples of drugs and how they can be used to treat and modify the pathophysiology of various common diseases and conditions.
- Explain the neuroscience concepts of structure and function within the nervous system at the cellular, circuit, and network-level.
- Describe how structure and function can be measured experimentally.
- Describe how structure and function can change during development and pathological dysfunction.
- Demonstrate a good understanding of: the diversity of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells; the basic concepts of chemistry and how this helps us understand the structures and functions of the principal macromolecules of cells including proteins and an introduction to enzymes; DNA replication and cell division;
the structures of DNA and RNA, and the enzymology of aspects of their replication, transcription and translation; energy metabolism in micro-organisms, plants and animals; carbohydrates: structures and roles; lipids and cell membranes, including transporters, channels and cell signalling; intracellular structures, including organelles, cytoskeleton and molecular motors; how to appreciate genetic and biochemical approaches involved in exploring cell biology
Reflective Component
- Develop and reflect on research knowledge, skills & behaviours relevant both to the discipline, and for careers beyond the Biomedical and Exercise Sciences;
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| ------------------------- | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Private study hours | 0 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 0 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 0 | ||
The students will receive formative feedback on SAQ’s throughout both semesters- peer marked and generic feedback
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| In-course Assessment | Short answer questions and reflective component. Delivered as in course work with a deadline. | 60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 60 | |
SAQ’s will be problem based exercises with guided questions. Practice of these individually and in groups will be done formatively and peer/generic feedback given SAQ’s will test the LO’s.
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) (S2) | 2.0 Hrs 0 Mins | 40 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 40 | |
The exam SAQ’s will be problem-based exercises with guided questions similar to the in course ones but completed under exam conditions on campus.
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Last updated: 01/10/2025
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