School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Fundamental Biomedical Techniques
  • Unit Code

    SCH1111
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Megan LLOYD

Description

In the laboratory component of this unit students learn how to: work in accordance with biomedical laboratory safety policy; measure-out solids and liquids to make solutions and buffers of required concentrations and pH; dilute solutions and particles to required levels; employ sterile technique; prepare media, inoculate microbial cultures on liquid and solid media; record microbial growth on plates and under the microscope; and identify microbes of biomedical significance. The principles behind these laboratory operations, and behind the equipment used to perform them, are explained in the lectures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an ability to work in accordance with biomedical laboratory safety policy.
  2. Dilute solutions and particles in the range 10-1 to 10-12.
  3. Inoculate microbial cultures aseptically on to liquid and solid media.
  4. Isolate, purify, amplify, electrophorese, and sequence DNA.
  5. Pipette liquids to an accuracy of 5X10-7 litre.
  6. Prepare sterile media.
  7. Weigh solids to an accuracy of 10-5 gram.

Unit Content

  1. Basic biomedical laboratory techniques.
  2. Laboratory safety, biomedical careers and developing a portfolio.
  3. Microbiological techniques.
  4. Microscopy (light, phase contrast and electron microscopy).
  5. Molecular Genetic Techniques.
  6. Scientific notation, basic formulae and calculations.
  7. Solutions, dilutions, pH and buffers.
  8. The science taught in this unit is cross-cultural and internationally relevant.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures (with industry based lecturers), and practical laboratory classes totalling 4 hours per week. Students will work in teams to discuss 'focus points' that involve the interpretation and critical analysis of data. Guidance on the preparation and compilation of laboratory reports, and on developing a portfolio that can be presented to potential future employers will be provided.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLaboratory reports20%
TestMid semester test30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Fundamental Biomedical Techniques
  • Unit Code

    SCH1111
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Megan LLOYD

Description

In the laboratory component of this unit students learn how to: work in accordance with biomedical laboratory safety policy; measure-out solids and liquids to make solutions and buffers of required concentrations and pH; dilute solutions and particles to required levels; employ sterile technique; prepare media, inoculate microbial cultures on liquid and solid media; record microbial growth on plates and under the microscope; and identify microbes of biomedical significance. The principles behind these laboratory operations, and behind the equipment used to perform them, are explained in the lectures.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate an ability to work in accordance with biomedical laboratory safety policy.
  2. Dilute solutions and particles in the range 10-1 to 10-12.
  3. Inoculate microbial cultures aseptically on to liquid and solid media.
  4. Isolate, purify, amplify, electrophorese, and sequence DNA.
  5. Pipette liquids to an accuracy of 5X10-7 litre.
  6. Prepare sterile media.
  7. Weigh solids to an accuracy of 10-5 gram.

Unit Content

  1. Basic biomedical laboratory techniques.
  2. Laboratory safety, biomedical careers and developing a portfolio.
  3. Microbiological techniques.
  4. Microscopy (light, phase contrast and electron microscopy).
  5. Molecular Genetic Techniques.
  6. Scientific notation, basic formulae and calculations.
  7. Solutions, dilutions, pH and buffers.
  8. The science taught in this unit is cross-cultural and internationally relevant.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures (with industry based lecturers), and practical laboratory classes totalling 4 hours per week. Students will work in teams to discuss 'focus points' that involve the interpretation and critical analysis of data. Guidance on the preparation and compilation of laboratory reports, and on developing a portfolio that can be presented to potential future employers will be provided.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentLaboratory reports20%
TestMid semester test30%
ExaminationEnd of semester examination50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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