| Semester 1, 2022 External | |
| Units : | 1 |
| Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences |
| School or Department : | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
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Requisites
Co-requisite: BIO2118 and (STA2300 or STA1003)
Overview
Real world experience in the biomedical science laboratory allows students to practically implement the knowledge obtained in their theory-based courses. A working knowledge of equipment and instruments in the biomedical science laboratory as well as quantitative skills for analysing biomedical science data are essential for graduates in biomedical science. Techniques in Comparative Physiology 1 enables students to be instructed and gain training in fundamental techniques in biomedical science, particularly in the disciplines of physiology, pharmacology, biochemistry and cell and molecular biology.
In some disciplines, students need to demonstrate competency before they can progress further in their studies. Competency involves the application skills and knowledge to a particular standard performance. Students need to pass all competency assessments in a course and reach a total passing of 50% to be awarded a passing grade. Competency Assessment Items are identified in the course specification.
Techniques in Comparative Physiology 1 comprises a week of laboratory-based residential school that instructs students to operate biomedical science laboratory equipment and instruments. This equipment and instruments are used to produce data that is analysed using quantitative skills such as generating standard curves and statistics.
This course contains a mandatory residential school.
Course learning outcomes
On the completion of this course the student should be able to:
- Competently apply a range of laboratory techniques;
- Work safely and ethically in the biomedical science laboratory;
- Use quantitative skills to generate, analyse, summarise and report experimental data;
- Employ literature retrieval and academic writing skills to generate a scientific laboratory report.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Laboratory skills in physiology, biochemistry and molecular methods | 50.00 |
| 2. | Data generation, analysis and presentation | 35.00 |
| 3. | Health and safety in the research laboratory | 15.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research (paper) | No | 20 | 4 |
| Critique (oral) | No | 10 | 3,4 |
| Laboratory skills A1 of 2 | No | 30 | 1,2,3 |
| Laboratory skills A2 of 2 | No | 10 | 1,2,3 |
| Report | No | 30 | 3,4 |