BMSC1322A Evidence Based Reports (Assessment - BMS)
30 Credits Class Size: 200
Module manager: Dr Mathieu Di Miceli
Email: M.C.DiMiceli@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
Objectives
Learning outcomes
Assignment 1-12 credits
Will assess
- Explain how concepts covered link to concepts covered elsewhere in the programme
- Explain the physiological concepts of structure and function, and homeostasis, using examples drawn from the principal body systems and functions.
- Explain how genetic and biochemical approaches are involved in exploring cell biology related to Biomedical Sciences
Assignment 2 -18 credits
Will assess
- Explain how concepts covered link to concepts covered elsewhere in the programme
- Describe the core concepts of pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics
- Explain the key principles of clinical pharmacology
- Recall examples of drugs and how they can be used to treat and modify the pathophysiology of various common diseases and conditions.
- Relate how drugs are discovered and developed within the modern pharmaceutical industry.
- 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
- Explain how concepts covered link to concepts covered elsewhere in the programme
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Private study hours |
0 |
| Total Contact hours |
0 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
0 |
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
The students will receive formative feedback on Evidence Based report 1 to them submit as the summative version, Evidence based reports will test some of the LO’s but not all (all are assessed formatively see application of knowledge assessment block)
Methods of Assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type |
Notes |
% of formal assessment |
| Assignment |
Evidence Base Report 1 |
40 |
| Assignment |
Evidence Base Report 2 |
60 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) |
100 |
An assessment brief and marking criteria will be shared with students for each assignment.
Reading List
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Last updated: 01/10/2025
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