PATHOL 3104 - Investigative Cell Biology

North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2018

Investigative Cell Biology will provide students with a foundation to be effective researchers by providing an understanding of current areas of medical research and knowledge of a variety of laboratory and analytical skills used to investigate these. This course will develop the research skills to prepare students for both a research position as well as postgraduate study. Investigative Cell Biology specifically investigates methodology used to answer real life research questions. Assessment tasks are given during the semester and will develop skills as a scientific researcher such as communication and critical analysis. Investigative Cell Biology has been designed to enable students to develop and improve various skills such as critical thinking, critical evaluation and analysis as well as academic writing, time management and an understanding of planning and conducting research. This exciting and stimulating course will be based around several themes and will be presented by internationally recognised researchers from the Faculty of Health Sciences. Each theme will have a biology and pathology background component introducing students to the lecturers' field of research. This will be followed by review and discussion of research techniques and findings in their research fields and laboratories. Tutorials/workshops will be held with a specific emphasis on the theory and process of current techniques/models, including the application of the method, via videos and examples from scientific ppr. In workshops students may be asked to critically evaluate the information gained from and limitations of the use of particular technique to answer research questions in scientific publications/examples. Students are expected to come along to workshops and be prepared to interact with the lecturer/tutors. This course will stimulate an interest in biological and pathological processes and how scientific research and methodology investigates these. Each of the different assessment components is aimed at developing and improving each student's research skills.

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Course Details

Course Code	PATHOL 3104
Course	Investigative Cell Biology
Coordinating Unit	Health and Medical Sciences Faculty Office
Term	Semester 2
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 3 hours per week
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	HLTHSC 2104 or PATHOL 2200
Incompatible	ANAT SC 3104
Assessment	MCQ tests (x3), literature review, final exam As no longer hosting lab projects through the course directly, students will no longer do SGRP proposal or presentation

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Tania Crotti

Dr Stephanie Plummer
email: stephanie.plummer@adelaide.edu.au
Please place ICB in subject heading

Helen Tsangari
email: eleni.tsangari@adelaide.edu.au

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
This course has been designed to support you to achieve course learning outcomes and develop broad skills that can be used in your academic and professional work.
1. Identify current and emerging research techniques in human health and disease
2. Generate, illustrate and interpret experimental results in a medical research setting
3. Explain how the structures at the level of cells, tissues and organs relate to their overall function in both health and disease states
4. Critically evaluate scientific literature used in medical research
5. Assemble and record a range of medical scientific literature
6. Communicate self-generated medical research findings in written/oral format
University Graduate Attributes

No information currently available.
Learning Resources

Required Resources

No text book required

Online Learning

Please bring laptop/ipad to workshops for active participation and online quizes
Lectures will be uploaded as PDFs and recorded in Echo360 and available through CANVAS
Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Course structure and expectations

Face to face lectures – this course benefits from the real time delivery of content. Academic staff and affiliates from the all the disciplines within the School of Medical Science will be used to deliver lectures specific to cell biology, and current research techniques for investigations. These lectures are supported by workshops/tutorials, whereby smaller groups of students will learn more about techniques and their application. Face to face lectures offer synchronous learning opportunities and enable students to quickly clarify complex descriptions and terminology. As much of the content for this course is NOT supported by textbooks we support the audio and video capture of lecture content as an aid to revision.
Workshops/Tutorials – weekly sessions will enable research discovery and peer interaction as we explore the application and limitations of techniques.
Discussion board – use of the course discussion board is encouraged as will provide an interactive portal for students to post questions that may be of common interest to the group.

This is a 3 unit course, and we expect that students should be spending;
- 2 hours per week attending/listening to lectures
- 1 hour in class workshops/tutorials (including reading and writing)
- 2 hours per week on revision for tests and examinations and prep for workshops.
Workload

No information currently available.

Learning Activities Summary

No information currently available.

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Assessment Task	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Online tests	Summative	3X 10%	1,3
Proposal/review (SGDE)	Summative	20%	4,5,6
End-of-Semester Examination	Summative	50%	1,3

Assessment Detail

Open Book Online Test through CANVAS- To encourage revision and break down learning of key concepts

These will be completed during your workshop
Bring electronic device to be able to log on

Weeks 1-4 content (10%)
Weeks 5-7 content (10%)
Weeks 8-11 content (10%)

Literature Revies
Small Group Discovery Experience (SGDE)
Investigative Cell Biology runs semester long small group projects, which can be considered a “Small Group Discovery Experience”. Students will work in small groups of two or three and will be matched with a topic from an experienced research active senior academic for the duration of the semester. This enables students to research literature around the pathology and research findings in the field with theoretical concepts and provide additional opportunities to clarify complex procedures, descriptions and terminology.

End of Semester Exam (50% of final grade)
There will be a two hour theory examination for this subject.
Important information about exams that all students should be aware of can be found at

www.adelaide.edu.au/student/current/exams/
Tests and examinations will be graded using marks.

Questions in the written theory paper will be based on material covered in the lectures and workshops. The examination aims to examine the depth of a student’s understanding of the topics that have been covered during the semester. The total possible mark for the exam will be specified on the test / examination. Marks for individual questions in the examination will be stated on the question paper.

The marks give a guide as to how much you should write in your answer. Do not assume that, for example, 3
marks means that only 3 points/facts must be covered in the answer. Three marks just means that you need not give as much, or as detailed, information as for a 10 mark question.

Course Learning outcome:

Identify current and emerging research techniques in human health and disease
Explain how the structures at the level of cells, tissues and organs relate to their overall function in both healthy and disease states
University attributes

Deep discipline knowledge
Critical thinking and problem solving

Submission

No information currently available.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through .

Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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