Unit name | Concepts and Skills (pharmacology) |
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Unit code | PHPH30005 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
Unit director | Dr. Teschemacher |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This unit aims to provide training in core skills and techniques that are vital to effectively read, interpret and criticise the scientific literature, as well as to analyse and communicate scientific findings. It includes: statistics, data quantitation, limits of scientific understanding, critical reading of research literature, scientific writing and presentation and ethics of animal and human experimentation.
In addition, there are lectures and demonstrations to provide training in laboratory techniques used in research. This includes advanced technical workshops, where students gain insight into the use of the latest techniques.
Lectures, practicals, technical workshops and tutorials
The unit will be assessed through:
Intuitive Biostatistics (Harvey Motulsky, Oxford University Press: ISBN:978-0-19-973006-3)
Understanding the New Statistics: Effect Sizes, Confidence Intervals and Meta-analysis (Geoff Cumming, Routledge, New York; ISBN:978-0-415-87968-2)
Reviews and primary articles from the current scientific literature.