Module BISS2251: HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Department: BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

BISS2251: HAEMATOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To develop a knowledge and understanding of cellular and molecular aspects of the immune system.
• haematopoiesis.
• anaemia.
• the use of blood banking and transfusion in the clinical setting.
• haematologic malignancy.
• To provide practical experience in modern techniques for investigating these issues.

Content

• Blood cell formation.
• Anaemia.
• Haemostasis.
• Blood banking and transfusion.
• Myelodysplasia, Leukaemia and Lyphoma.
• The innate immune system.
• Adaptive immune system.
• T cell-mediated immunity.
• Humoral immunity.
• Primary and Secondary Immunodeficiency.
• The Immunobiology of HIV infection.
• Vaccination.
• Monoclonal antibodies.
• Measurement of immune function.

Learning Outcomes

• At the end of this module students should be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of cellular and molecular aspects of immunology and haematology
• Students should have an appreciation of practical issues of blood banking and transfusion science, haematopoiesis, the major anaemias, haematologic malignancies and the role of immune response in vaccination.

• Students should develop an appreciation of modern techniques used to investigate haematology and immunology in a clinical laboratory setting and gain practical experience in these areas.

• Students should be able to handle and interpret scientific evidence obtained in different clinical areas.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lectures provide a solid foundation for knowledge and understanding, both practical and theoretical, and form a framework for students' self-directed learning.
• Laboratory sessions are used to reinforce the subject knowledge identified in other teaching and learning modes, but also serve to enhance subject specific skills such as of accuracy, reproducibility, data recording and interpretation as well as health and safety in the biomedical laboratory.
• CAL is used both to enhance subject specific knowledge, but also to enhance subject specific skills, for example in the handling of biomedical data as well as key skills, such as IT.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

none

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University