SL30053: Communicative skills in pharmacology (BSc)
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 20%, OR 80% |
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After successfully completing this unit, students will be able to:
* Demonstrate an ability to undertake literature searches. * Assimilate and evaluate scientific information. * Present a given topic as an oral communication supported by an infographic. |
| Aims: | To develop further key skills in information retrieval, organisation and communication leading to a seminar presentation. |
| Skills: | ICT, handling information (T/F/A)
Oral and written communication (T/F/A). |
| Content: | Each student will prepare and present a 15-minute oral seminar and infographic on a topic selected from a list of subjects that includes a range of disease states and global health conditions. Talks will address the underpinning pathology of the disease area, genetic and environmental impacts, clinical and pharmacological therapies, ethical issues and the global impact of research in pharmacology. |
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SL30053 is Optional on the following courses:Department of Life Sciences
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