Personalised Medicine - BM

2019/2020

Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

First semester of the profile Biomedicine.

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

  • Explain the concepts and problems related to personalized medicine

Skills

  • Apply theoretical knowledge relevant to the biological system of interest
  • Design a proper experimental study
  • Compare and choose relevant experimental methods

Competences

  • Formulate a working hypothesis and teach the students how to test these hypotheses using relevant methods in order to obtain control of a disease process
  • Integrate core knowledge and skills related to personalized medicine
  • Critically demonstrate an understanding at the theoretical and practical level on relevant methodology used for testing biomedical hypotheses.

Type of instruction

The project period is experimentally based and will attempt to allow the students to work in depth in the laboratory.

Exam

Exams

Name of examPersonalised Medicine
Type of exam
Oral exam based on a project
ECTS15
Assessment7-point grading scale
Type of gradingExternal examination
Criteria of assessmentThe criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination Policies and Procedures

Additional information

Please contact the  programme student counsellors if you consider applying to the education and you have questions.

Please consult the Moodle page for your semester and contact the semester coordinator if you have academic questions, or the study secretary if you have administrative questions.

All other enquiries may be directed to Helene Nørgaard, secretary of the Study Board.

Facts about the module

Danish titleIndividualiseret medicin - BM
Module codeMEDMS13K2_7
Module typeProject
Duration1 semester
SemesterSpring
ECTS15
Language of instructionEnglish
Location of the lectureCampus Aalborg
Responsible for the module

Organisation

Study BoardStudy Board of Medicine
DepartmentDepartment of Clinical Medicine
FacultyThe Faculty of Medicine