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PHYS40280

Academic Year 2025/2026

Clin/Diag Tools & Approaches (PHYS40280)

Subject:
Physiology
College:
Health & Agricultural Sciences
School:
Medicine
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Assoc Professor Graham Lee
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

To orientate and familiarise students with clinical biochemistry and diagnostic laboratories, in context of overall healthcare service, covering the processes, procedures, policies and techniques relevant to such diagnostic practice including knowledge of the tools and techniques to ensure best evidence-based practice can be applied across the total testing pathway.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Understanding of the application of techniques and tools and framework for implementation and delivery of tests, both generally within clinical diagnostics and specifically within the context of the clinical biochemistry and diagnostic endocrinology laboratory.

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

25
Autonomous Student Learning

125
Online Learning

100
Total

250

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Lectures and critical appraisal of data and published evidence.

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): MCQ, SAQ, Essay and OSPEs End of trimester
Duration:
1 hr(s)
 Graded No
70
 No
Individual Project: Research Ethics application submission and presentation. Week 12 Graded No
15
 No
Assignment(Including Essay): 1 X 3500 word essay Week 12 Graded No
15
 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Summer Yes - 1 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 22, 23 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 21, 26 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 10:00 - 12:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Wed 13:00 - 15:50
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25 Wed 13:00 - 15:50
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