BSc Cardiovascular Medicine

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate in depth knowledge and understanding of the integrated processes underlying the development and management of cardiovascular diseases and apply knowledge of cardiovascular physiology, pharmacology and current evidence-based clinical guidelines in the context of theoretical case-based problems;
- make appropriate use of and appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge;
- analyse the contents of original articles and critically evaluate the articles with respect to study design, analytical methods and presentation and interpretation of research findings;
- demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate and synthesise information from scholarly publications to develop and sustain an argument related to particular aspects of recent cardiovascular research;
- apply knowledge and understanding of cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology to initiate and carry out an extended research project and accurately deploy appropriate standard statistical methods to analyse and critically evaluate data;
- demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills;
- conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable and demonstrate professional competencies, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied;
- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility
- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations
- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences
- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline
- work that draws on a wide variety of material
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion
- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline
- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.