Unit information: Advanced Perfusion in 2023/24

Unit name	Advanced Perfusion
Unit code	BRMSM0068
Credit points	20
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Mr. Oliver
Open unit status	Not open
Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units)	None
Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units)	None
Units you may not take alongside this one	None
School/department	Bristol Medical School
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Unit Information

This unit will enhance your knowledge and understanding of cutting-edge developments in the field of perfusion and enable you to translate best practice into your clinical workplace. It will include teaching and learning on CPB of pregnant patients, ECMO, organ retrieval and isolated limb perfusion. It will include seminars on ‘hot topics’ related to perfusion science.

You will direct your own learning towards specialty areas that you are interested in and are relevant to your career. This unit will provide you with the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, understanding and application of advanced perfusion science theories, techniques and practice to your area of interest.

Your learning on this unit

An overview of content

Content will include the applications of clinical perfusion science beyond cardiopulmonary bypass, including CPB of pregnant patients, ECMO, organ retrieval and isolated limb perfusion. The unit will also consider human factors aspects of clinical perfusion practice and conducting simulation training. Seminars in ‘hot topics’ related to clinical perfusion science will be delivered by various University of Bristol clinical staff and guest lecturers.

How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit

You will acquire knowledge and understanding of advanced perfusion techniques and clinical practice, expanding the breadth and depth of your experience and you will gain confidence to develop and change practice in your workplace.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop relevant clinical questions within your chosen area of interest.
• Understand, evaluate and analyse the scientific and clinical principles of a specific topic within the chosen area of interest to explain and critique the current rationale for practice in this area.
• Apply reflective assessment in the analysis and evaluation of learning new knowledge and skills relevant to a clinical perfusion scientist.

How you will learn

• Core content will be delivered via on-line asynchronous audio / video lectures supplemented with synchronous / asynchronous seminars on current ‘hot topics’ allowing students to engage flexibly with teaching and learning.
• On-line synchronous tutorials
• Self-directed study
• On-line discussion forums

On-line synchronous sessions will provide support through the unit including for coursework tasks. Students will be given formative feedback on all coursework assessments to aid their learning.

How you will be assessed

Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative)

To prepare you for your summative tasks, a protocol for a commonly used perfusion practice will be discussed in a small group tutorial (live on-line and asynchronously using an on-line discussion forum). Additional resources, including relevant starter references and brief individual written reflections, will be shared and summarised by the group. Written feedback will be provided.

Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):

• Summary of evidence base and reflection on a current institutional protocol of practice (1500 words), submitted at the end of TB2. This assessment accounts for 50% of unit mark.

• Case / incident report and reflection on practice (1500 words), submitted at the end of TB2. This assessment accounts for 50% of unit mark.

• Briefly summarise your understanding of the key concepts associated with this protocol / case management.
• Discuss the current evidence for these concepts and how they fit within the framework of current clinical practice.
• Analyse and reflect on the case / incident considering the human factors aspect (e.g. team working and communication skills)
• How has your understanding of these concepts changed with your research? Discuss the knowledge you have gained through this experience and how you will apply it to your future clinical practice.

When assessment does not go to plan

If the overall pass mark for the unit (50%) is not achieved, students will be expected to resit the failed unit assessment. The resit assessment may not be in the same form as the original assessment but will test the same learning outcomes. The resit unit mark will be capped at 50%.

Resources

If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.

If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. BRMSM0068).

How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks, independent learning and assessment activity.

See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.

Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit. The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.