Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
6111BMBMOL
Aims
This module will enable students to develop an in depth understanding of the origins, functions and aberrations of the immune system, microbial interactions with the immune system and infectious diseases and the strategies employed for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and research of immune and infectious diseases.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:In both immunology and microbiology the module will further develop material
introduced at levels 4 and 5 and in core modules at level 6 with particular reference
to Clinical Immunology and Clinical Microbiology. Thus, for example the principles of
the function and measurement of effectors of the immune response will be extended
to include the causes and consequences of a wider range of abnormal immune
function, neoplastic diseases and transplantation reactions together with their
detection, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Immunological techniques used in
clinical and research laboratories will be explained, alongside strategies for
prophylaxis and immunotherapy while attention will be given to showing the gross
structure and ultrastructure of normal cells and tissues and the structural changes
which may occur during disease, and an understanding of immunogenetics will be
included.
The focus of the microbiology will be to develop understanding of the pathogenic
mechanisms of a wide range of microorganisms, including implications for public
health microbiology. To support this, the laboratory investigation of a range of
infectious diseases, including isolation and identification of microorganisms and
approaches to anti-microbial and anti-viral therapy (including drug resistance) and
infection control will be covered.
The practicals in this module are based on the principles of the work undertaken by Biomedical Scientists in the NHS e.g. Clinical Flow cytometry. They will give the student the necessary insight, skills and experience to meet the work place needs of the NHS, where in many instances routine analyses are automated. They have also been developed in consultation with HCPC registered Biomedical Scientists who have confirmed that these practicals are suitable and applicable for provision of functional knowledge and practical insight into the NHS workplace.
Module Overview:
In this module, your education continues in the field of immunology and microbiology as we now focus the knowledge gained at level 4 and 5 onto the clinical aspects of disease.
In this module, your education continues in the field of immunology and microbiology as we now focus the knowledge gained at level 4 and 5 onto the clinical aspects of disease.
Additional Information:This module provides students with advanced knowledge of pathogens, infectious
diseases, immune responses and disorders of immunity.
This module extends the coverage and detail provided on the Immunology and
Infection module (5111BMBMOL). The syllabus will encompass basic and clinical
Immunology and basic and clinical Microbiology. Material covered in this module has
links, in part, with other themes such as Transfusion science, Haematology, and
Cancer. Where appropriate signposting of such material is provided to foster a sense
of integrated learning for the student across the modules.
Since final year students should be prepared for frontline developments in basic and
clinical research the module also undertakes horizon scanning of the newest
paradigms and discoveries. While the focus is on the delivery of core knowledge,
signposting of research that is active in these areas and that is changing our
understanding or is awaiting ratification and may be in the text books soon, is a
salient endeavour. This will engender a feeling of preparedness to hear about the
new developments or controversies in these fields of research and abrogate anxiety
about contemporary knowledge.
Assessments
Test
Centralised Exam