Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Off Site
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
7502CEBMOL-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module will provide you with postgraduate level knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts and issues involved in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), at both a scientific and clinical level. You will be introduced to endocrinology, assisted reproduction treatments and techniques, assessment and preparation of gametes and human embryo in vitro culture. The module will explore the issues and framework surrounding assisted conception in terms of regulation and the law and ethics of the technologies available. Further areas surrounding the fertility patient will be explored such as confidentiality, patient contact, counselling and informed consent. As part of this module, students will be allocated a patient to follow through a treatment cycle to help broaden their understanding of all aspects of fertility investigations and treatment.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Critically discuss ethical and legal issues associated with ART and the treatment of infertility.
2.
Demonstrate advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of gamete handling and grading, embryology, and andrology.
3.
Critically discuss risk management and quality assurance.
4.
Demonstrate the ability to apply critical thinking when presented with a clinical case study.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:• Infertility diagnosis and management of patients
• The human fertilisation and embryology authority (HFEA): Ethics and law in embryology
• Semen analysis and sperm handling including estimating sperm concentration, motility and viability
• Sperm preparation and cryopreservation
• Oocyte pick-up or retrieval
• Oocyte and pre-implantation embryo development, morphology and assessment
• Andrology laboratory risk management and quality assurance
• IVF laboratory risk management and quality assurance
• Students will be allocated a patient to follow through a treatment cycle and consider all the different aspects of their care (assessment for this will be part of the portfolio).
Module Overview:
Provides postgraduate level knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts and issues involved in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), at both a scientific and clinical level.
Provides postgraduate level knowledge and understanding of fundamental concepts and issues involved in Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), at both a scientific and clinical level.
Additional Information:All lectures and practicals will be covered by experts in their respective fields who will introduce the basic principles of ART, both in the clinical and academic setting. Hands on experience will be provided using animal models where required using equipment and consumables (plasticware, pipettes and culture medium) commonly used in IVF clinics. Students will be expected to advance their knowledge of the topics covered in lectures throughout the programme by independent research.