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BM-D00
Professional Development in Biomedical Sciences: Work-Based Reflective Portfolio
The aim of this module is for the student to demonstrate the personal and professional development that has occurred for them since commencing the programme within their Biomedical Scientist or Clinical Scientist role. This is the equivalent of the research dissertation module, requiring submission of a portfolio dissertation demonstrating personal and professional learning and development that has occurred since commencing the programme. The portfolio dissertation will amalgamate and consolidate all previous modules to demonstrate how learning from those modules has influenced practice and facilitated personal and professional development in a practice context.
This module will allow student practitioners to review, appraise and evaluate the application of the knowledge gained throughout the programme within their own professional work environment by providing a portfolio of evidence that is supported by a reflective commentary.
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BM-M00
Biomedical Sciences in Healthcare
This module equips students with an opportunity to critically explore the evolving role of biomedical sciences in the delivery and provision of health care, in a local and global context. Furthermore it equips you the knowledge on key professional standards to critically explore the importance of IBMS and HCPC practice standards, ethical principles and regulatory frameworks to inform patient care, to gain an understanding of the lived patient experience, insight into working as part of a multidisciplinary team and to critically explore professionalism within healthcare delivery that promotes equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI).
This module is designed to provide you with the opportunity to develop your personal and professional development skills to inform and support the application of your knowledge, your experiences, and your reflective practice skills to inform the formation of professionalism competencies and your emerging professional identity as aspiring biomedical, healthcare or life scientists.
Through critical analysis and the application of reflective practice frameworks, you will develop critical self-awareness (personal and professional) to explore leadership, communication, teamwork and to critically evaluate the importance of quality management, risk assessment and the laboratory accreditation process to ensure analytical outcomes are accurate and precise. Furthermore, the module will explore the importance of digital technologies, informatics, and data science to consider how practice can be adaptive to emerging knowledge and new technologies that will inform the future trends in biomedical sciences.
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BM-M01
Concepts and Context of Biomedical Sciences
This module has been designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and principle concepts of biomedical science from a scientific and practice basis. The module will cover the following key topics:¿¿
- Human Anatomy and Physiology ¿ across the life span¿
- Good laboratory practice and Sustainability¿
- Key principles of cellular pathology, clinical biochemistry, medical microbiology, clinical immunology, clinical genetics and haematology¿
- Quality Management: Internal Quality Control (IQC), External Quality Assessment (EQA) and risk management
This module provides students with an opportunity to further develop and explore the fundamental concepts and context of biomedical sciences across the various discipline subject areas, with a primary focus on developing their technical skill competency, adherence with professional standards, embedding the principles of evidence-based practice and the integration of core biomedical science knowledge using a patient-centred clinical case study approach.
The module will support students to actively engage with real-world case studies to apply the fundamental knowledge and technical skills to develop their diagnostic decision making, understanding of the various analytical techniques and develop a proactive approach to applying their problem-solving skills to complex problems. Throughout the module, the theme of professional development and patient experience is highlighted in a syllabus that is focused on quality assurance, laboratory safety and sustainability, data governance, data interpretation, the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), adherence to professional practice standards, ethical practice and the multidisciplinary context of healthcare based on a patient-centred approach.
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BM-M02
Practice and Application of Biomedical Sciences
This module has been designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and principle concepts of biomedical science from a scientific and practice basis. The module will cover the following key topics across the life span:
1. Human Anatomy, physiology and pathology
2. Pharmacology and Toxicology
3. Key principles of cell pathology, clinical biochemistry, clinical microbiology, clinical immunology, clinical genetics and transfusion science
4. Quality Management Systems
5. Near-patient testing (NPT)/Point of Care Testing
This module provides students with an opportunity to further develop and explore the fundamental practical and applied aspects of biomedical sciences across the various discipline subject areas, with a primary focus on developing their technical skill competency, adherence with professional standards, embedding the principles of evidence-based practice and the integration of core biomedical science knowledge using a patient-centred clinical case study approach.
The module will support students to actively engage with real-world case studies to apply the fundamental knowledge and technical skills to develop their diagnostic decision making, understanding of the various analytical techniques and develop a proactive approach to applying their problem-solving skills to complex problems. Throughout the module, the theme of professional development and patient experience is highlighted in a syllabus that is focused on quality assurance, laboratory safety and sustainability, data governance, data interpretation, the principles of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), adherence to professional practice standards, ethical practice and the multidisciplinary context of healthcare based on a patient-centred approach.
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BM-M03
Research and Professional Development Skills
This module equips students with the essential research and professional development skills to become critical users, consumers and generators of research evidence to inform and contribute to the discipline of biomedical sciences. It explores the foundational and advanced concepts of research methods, critical thinking, ethical scholarship, data driven decisions; whilst fostering integral professional competencies such as research design, project management, communication, interpersonal skills, collaborative partnership working, project management, data handling and analysis and reflective practice.
This module will explore the concepts of both qualitative and quantitative research approaches and support the further development of key competencies and research skills in critical appraisal, searching the literature, statistical analysis and the techniques for the effective dissemination of research findings to a diverse range of audiences.
The module also provides an insight into, and development of, key professional development skills that emphasizes the development of the students emerging professional development, gaining confidence in being an autonomous professional, personal development and wellbeing, working as part of a multidisciplinary team, mentorship and leadership.
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PM-344
Capstone Project
The aim of this module is to provide a capstone experience to students¿ learning, through participating in their own enquiry-based research project, with guidance from an academic supervisor. The project may be laboratory or non-laboratory based, but it will always involve a research question that is drawn from the literature, and focused on a topic relevant to the life sciences. It will ask a research question and involve the critical analysis of research findings. Students will refine their oral and written communication skills to a graduate level through an oral presentation and dissertation on their research findings and conclusions.
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PM-369
Mental Health Literacy
Reports of mental health issues are growing rapidly across the globe. It is within this context that Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has evolved as a distinct component of Health Promotion. MHL focuses on understanding how to obtain and maintain positive mental health; understanding mental disorders and their treatments; decreasing stigma related to mental disorders; and, enhancing help-seeking efficacy (i.e. knowing when and where to seek help and developing competencies designed to improve one¿s mental health care and self-management capabilities). Mental Health Literacy is fundamental to improving a person¿s mental health outcomes, decreasing health inequities in populations, reducing the burden on health and social care services, and to aid the development of preventative, proactive health policy. Mental health literacy is also an important empowerment tool as it increases people¿s resilience and control over their mental health and increases confidence in help-seeking behaviour. For students wishing to pursue careers in medicine or healthcare, an enhanced awareness of Mental Health Literacy will be beneficial for their own mental health, and that of their patients, family, friends, carers and co-workers.
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PMBM01
Research & Innovation in Biomedical Science
Over the course of this module, students will cover core practical steps, theories and philosophies that underpin biomedical and clinical research, with a focus on the transferable skills that allow you to develop and thrive within that research environment. This module will allow students to review, appraise and evaluate the application of the transferable skills and practices that underpin clinical development practices, and the challenges faced from an academic, clinical and industrial perspective.
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PMBM06J
Fundamentals of Biomedical Sciences 2
This module has been designed to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and principle concepts of biomedical science from a scientific and practice basis. The module will cover the following key topics across the life span:
¿ Human Anatomy and Physiology ¿ across the life span
¿ Good laboratory practice and Sustainability
¿ Key principles of cellular pathology, clinical biochemistry, clinical medicalmicrobiology, clinical immunology, clinical genetics and haematology
¿ Quality Management
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PMBM07
Biomedical Sciences in Healthcare
The role of biomedical sciences in the delivery and provision of health care will be explored and critically evaluated within this module. This module is designed to provide you with the fundamental and principal concepts of Health Care, specifically to support the role of Biomedical Science, from understanding the principles and organization of the NHS to exploring valued based healthcare. It will provide learning activities based around the various disciplines within biomedical science(s) within health care, explore the importance of IBMS and HCPC practice standards, understanding the patient experience, working as part of a multidisciplinary team and to critically explore professionalism within healthcare delivery.
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PMCB01
Clinical Biochemistry - Metabolism and Nutrition
This module will explore the key clinical biochemical principles that are relevant to the application of the principles of clinical biochemistry to evaluate the function of the various physiological systems, the biochemistry of the processes involved that support life; from the cellular to whole physiological systems and explore how clinical biochemistry can detect pathological dysfunction. It will critically develop your understanding of the various biochemical processes involved in the analytical detection of function and dysfunction within health and disease states across the life span.
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PMRM00
Professional Foundations of Healthcare & Clinical Science
This module equips students with the critical knowledge and skills to train for roles as effective, ethical, and patient-centred medical physics professionals. Emphasising governance, personal responsibility, and innovation, it fosters a deep understanding of collaborative practice, patient-centred care, and continuous professional development within medical physics. Students explore the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology in both health and disease, with direct relevance to medical physics applications. They will will engage in reflective practice, quality improvement methodologies, and the exploration of future trends, ensuring readiness for contemporary and future medical physics challenges.
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PMRM04
Capstone Research Project
This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.
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PMRM04J
Capstone Research Project (Jan)
This module builds on the knowledge and skills developed in teaching components in part one of their relevant programme. Students will work independently in order to critically explore and add to the evidence base for a topic of relevance to their area of study.
