ZOOL10010 Medical Zoology

Academic Year 2024/2025

This zoology module forms part of the core curriculum for first year medical students. It introduces students to a diverse array of animals of particular relevance to medical practice, explores concepts of human physiology from an evolutionary point of view, and highlights the usefulness and application of molecular genetics to modern medicine.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completing the module, students should:
1. display comprehensive knowledge of the biology of selected animals of medical significance;
2. understand the significance of the evolutionary process in shaping modern humans;
3. understand how molecular genetics informs modern medicine.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

24
Laboratories

4
Autonomous Student Learning

90
Total

118
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lecture dissemination
Independent literature research
Practical study
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Exam (Online): Mid-semester MCQ exam (online, 1 hour) Week 6 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

20

 No
Report(s): Report from the two laboratory sessions Week 11, Week 12 Graded No

20

 No
Exam (In-person): End of trimester MCQ exam (in-person, 2 hours) End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

60

 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Protists and helminths:
Ghosh, S. and Paniker, C. K. J. (2018) Paniker’s Textbook of Medical Parasitology, 8th Ed. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers.

Mosquitoes and other arthropods:
Mullen G. R. and Durden L. A. (2019) Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 3rd Ed. Academic Press.

Wikipedia: List of parasites of humans
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parasites_of_humans
Name Role
Dr John Finarelli Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Zixia Huang Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Graham Hughes Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Marcin Penk Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Megan Power Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Emma Teeling Lecturer / Co-Lecturer