Unit information: Human Development and Pregnancy in 2015/16

Unit name	Human Development and Pregnancy
Unit code	MEDIM0012
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Professor. Lopez Bernal
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Bristol Medical School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

Unit aims:

• To provide a comprehensive understanding of human fetal and newborn development and growth and the factors that influence normal and abnormal development of key body systems.
• To describe and demonstrate monitoring and screening methods of fetal abnormalities and the management of pregnancies with fetal abnormalities.
• To explore the course of normal pregnancy and birth and to describe the common complications associated with these processes.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of this module students should :

• be able to explain the process of human fetal and newborn development and growth.

• be able to describe factors that influence normal and abnormal human fetal and newborn development and growth.

• be able to identify the routine clinical techniques employed for the measurement of fetal growth and for the identification of common malformations.

• be able to describe the course of normal pregnancy and birth, and the common complications associated with these processes.

Teaching Information

• Lectures (17)
• On line tutorials (5)
• Seminars (1)
• Practical (5)
• Conferencing (5)

Assessment Information

• Coursework (contributing a total of 60% to the module)

A. Essay (1 x 1500 words) 20%B. Practical Log Book (5 x practicals) 15%C. Tutorial's (5 x MCQ's) online 25% 

• Written Exams (contributing a total of 40% to the module)

A. MCQ paper - contributing 20% B. Extended MCQ paper - contributing 20%

Reading and References

• Dewhurst’s Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (8th Ed) D Keith Edmonds. Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

• Clinical Obstetrics: the fetus and mother – Handbook (3rd ed). Eds A E Reece & JC Robbins. Wiley Blackwell 2007

• Langman’s Medical Embryology 12th ed. TW Sadler. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins 2011

• Emery’s Elements of Medical Genetics, P Turpenny and S Ellard, Elsevier, Churchill Livingstone (14th Ed) 2012

• Fetal Medicine, Basic Science and Clinical Practice. Eds CH Rodeck & MJ Whittle, Churchill Press, 2000.

• Maternal-Fetal Medicine (5th Ed). Eds Robert K Creasy & Robert Resnik. Saunders Press, 2003.

• Larsen’s Human Embryology (4th Ed). Shoenwolf, Bleyl, Brauer and Francis-West. Churchill 2008