PhD, MSc Medical and Biological Engineering

Year 1

(Award available for year: Postgraduate Certificate)

Learning outcomes

- to demonstrate familiarity and basic knowledge of techniques relevant to the discipline of medical and biological engineering or to demonstrate an advanced understanding of concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge across, or in aspects at, the forefront of the discipline and/or the applications to medical and biological problems;
- to exhibit competence in the exercise of generic and subject-specific intellectual abilities such as experimental biology, experimental laboratory, computational modelling etc;
- to demonstrate an understanding of techniques applicable to their own research, advanced scholarship or area of specific interest within the broader discipline in the area of medical and biological engineering;
- to take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others in the field of medical and biological engineering;
- proactively to formulate ideas and hypotheses and to evaluate these;
- to evaluate current issues and research in the discipline.

PG Diploma
- to demonstrate in-depth, or specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to the discipline of medical and biological engineering or to demonstrate an advanced understanding of concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge at the forefront of the discipline and/or the applications to medical and biological problems;
- to exhibit competence in the exercise of advanced generic and subject-specific intellectual abilities such as experimental biology, experimental laboratory, computational modelling etc;
- to demonstrate a good understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship in the area of medical and biological engineering;
- to take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others in the field of medical and biological engineering;
- proactively to formulate ideas and hypotheses and to evaluate these effectively;
- to evaluate critically current issues and research in the discipline.

MSC
- to demonstrate in-depth, extended or specialist knowledge of techniques relevant to the discipline of medical and biological engineering or to demonstrate an advanced understanding of concepts, information and techniques informed by knowledge at the forefront of the discipline and/or the applications to medical and biological problems;
- to exhibit competence in the exercise of advanced generic and subject-specific intellectual abilities such as experimental biology, experimental laboratory, computational modelling etc;
- to demonstrate a comprehensive advanced understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship in the area of medical and biological engineering;
- to take a proactive and self-reflective role in working and to develop professional relationships with others in the field of medical and biological engineering;
- proactively to formulate ideas and hypotheses and to evaluate these comprehensively;
- to evaluate and creatively critically current issues and research in the discipline.

Transferable (key) skills

Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma & Postgraduate Certificate students will have had the opportunity to acquire the following abilities as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the skills necessary to undertake a higher research degree and/or for employment in a higher capacity in industry or area of professional practice;
- evaluating their own achievement and that of others;
- self direction and effective decision making in complex and unpredictable situations;
- independent learning and the ability to work in a way which ensures continuing professional development;
- critical engagement in the development of professional/disciplinary boundaries and norms.

Assessment

Achievement for the Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the programme and will involve the achievement of the students in:

- demonstrating the ability to apply breadth and/or depth of knowledge to a complex specialist area;
- drawing on a range of perspectives on an area of study;
- evaluating received opinion;
- making sound judgements whilst understanding the limitations on judgements made in the absence of complete data.

Learning context

For Masters (Taught), Postgraduate Diploma and Postgraduate Certificate students the learning context will include the analysis of, and decision making in, complex and unpredictable situations. The structure of the programme will provide breadth and/or depth of study and opportunities for drawing upon appropriate resources and techniques.

Opportunities will be provided for students to develop:
- interests and informed opinions
- their involvement in the design and management of their learning activities
- their communication of their conclusions.

Students will be expected to progress to fully autonomous study and work.