Outline:

The first-year Practical Astronomy (Practical Skills 1A) course is directed from the Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy&#039;s observatory in Mill...

The module will develop a student’s professional skills and clinical practice to a level to safely and competently contribute to a telemedicine and...

The module will develop a student’s professional skills and clinical practice to a level to safely and competently contribute to a telemedicine and virtual clinic service with an emphasis on eye care.  Students will be introduced to the terms and concepts of telemedicine, electronic medical records, national electronic health records, standards and interoperability, telemedicine’s areas of use and technologies, ESA activities in Telemedicine for downstream eHealth applications and E-Health in Hospitals. The content for this module will reflect issues that are of current professional interest both from a workforce perspective as well as a patient. Relevant published research and evidence will be critically appraised to determine the likely impact of developments in a telemedicine service. The role of telemedicine in the patient pathway will also be explored

This module aims to provide a substantial understanding of the scope of the science driving the translational biomedicine field. This includes our current...

This module aims to provide a substantial understanding of the scope of the science driving the translational biomedicine field. This includes our current state of knowledge about the biological mechanisms that underlie the most relevant disease as well as the currently available options for diagnosing and treating such diseases.

Core topic areas will include

What are the most important diseases?
	What diseases offer commercial opportunities?
	What are the pathobiological mechanisms that lead to disease?
	How can we diagnose diseases?
	How can we treat diseases?
Content will include the Pathobiology of common diseases, the Technological approaches in diagnostics and the science underpinning common therapeutic approaches (small molecules, biologics, and gene and cell therapy)

The module will be based on a mixture of traditional lectures, tutorials, eLearning and flipped teaching.

This module aims to provide students with the

core scientific background knowledge to enable them to understand the rationale and priorities which drive R&D strategies in the current biotech and pharmaceutical industry
	sound understanding of how science informs therapeutic approaches to disease and the intersections between technology, diagnosis and pathobiology
	technical knowledge to assess the underlying scientific approaches and paradigms which enable the identification of potential entrepreneurial opportunities.