Integrated BSc
Clinical Sciences
Course Director
Marsha Y Morgan
UCL Institute for Liver & Digestive Health
Royal Free Campus
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/medicine/teaching/undergraduate
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Knowledge and understanding of clinical science
applied to medicine
• Interface between basic and clinical sciences
• How basic research has contributed to the
understanding of disease pathogenesis and
influenced clinical practice
Clinical Sciences IBSc
• Core 0.5 unit
12.5%
• Core 1.0 unit
25.0%
• Core 1.5 units (project)
37.5%
• Optional unit(s) :
25.0%
– Optional 0.5 unit
12.5%
– Optional 0.5 unit
12.5%
or
– Optional 1.0 unit
25%
Core
Clinical Transition
0.5 Course Unit
Clinical Sciences IBSc
CORE: Clinical Transition
• New from 2012/13
• Designed to accommodate 2nd year students
• Clinical knowledge/skills sufficient for course
• More intensive instruction as needed
Clinical Sciences IBSc
CORE: Clinical Transition
• Basic training
– History taking
– Examination
– Clinical skills
• Evening ward shifts
Clinical Sciences IBSc
CORE: Clinical Transition
Anatomy/Physiology
Pathology/Disease
Interactive tutorials, ward visits, bedside
teaching, interaction with patients
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Clinical Transitions: Assessment
• Reflective Diary (20%)
• Diagnostic pathway poster (30%)
• Ethical debate (30%)
• One 2 hour unseen written examination (20%)
November/ December
Core
The Basics of Clinical Science
1 Course Unit
Eugenics
Helsinki Declaration & GCP
Governance & Human Rights
--political correctness
Data Retrieval
The Pharmaceutical Industry
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Advanced Investigational Techniques
The Bench to the Bedside
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Metabolic
Nephrology
Neurology
O&G
Oncology
Respiratory/CVS
Rheumatology
Surgery/OLTx
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Basics of Clinical Science: Assessment
• One 3 hour written examination
20%
• One negligence project
35%
• One sleuthing project (pairs)
45%
November
Alder Hey
Beverley Allitt
Bristol
Shipman
Fred West
Peter Sutcliffe
Ian Huntley
Ian Brady
King’s Cross Fire
Aberfan
Manchester Air Disaster
Moorgate Crash
Hillsborough
Core
Project
1.5 Course Units
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
• Clinically orientated
• Laboratory/investigational techniques
• Wide variety of projects available
• Department of Medicine
• O&G, ICH/GOS and Surgery
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
Blood alcohol (m g/100m l)
Ethanol Pharmacokinetics in South Asians
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
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0
15
30
45
60
90
120
Time (min)
150
180
210
240
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
The EEG in Hepatic Encephalopathy
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
Biomarkers in Biliary Tract Cancer
Glucose
nucleic acids
Fructose 1,6-P2
phospholipids
amino acids
Phosphoenolpyruvate
ADP
Oncoproteins
M2-PK
(Tetramer)
M2-PK
(Dimer)
ATP
Lactate
Pyruvate
Glutamine
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
Deaths in Scleroderma
New treatments unmask hidden complications
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
Dengue virus and innate immunity
Basis for vaccine development
Clinical Sciences IBSc Projects
Assessment
• Written report:
65%
• Presentation & viva:
15%
• Supervisor’s report:
20%
June
Optional Modules
Optional Extras
2 x 0.5 Course Units
or
1 x 1.0 Course Unit
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Optional Courses
• Selected from other BSc programmes
• List of options provided
• Free choice – no restrictions
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Examples of Optional 1.0 Unit Courses
• Foetal and Neonatal Physiology
• Neurodegenerative Diseases
• Biochemistry of Health and Disease
• Advanced Visual Neuroscience
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Examples of optional 0.5 Unit Courses
• Disease in History
• Cancer Biology
• Sex, Genes and Evolution
• Clocks, Sleep & Biological Time
• Physiological Monitoring
• History of Asian Medicine
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Optional Courses: Assessment
• Variable
• Majority have in course assessments
• Majority have 3 hour written exams in May
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Successes
• Over 70% students awarded 1st
• PhDs: x 2 2008/9; x 4 2009/10; x 2 2010/11; x 1 2011/12
• Academic foundation programme success very high
• Abstracts at national & international meetings
• Several papers published or in press
• Research prizes and travel fellowships
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Selection for this Course
• Up to twelve students
• First choice applicants: interactive open day
• Pass second year examinations
• No other prerequisites
Clinical Sciences IBSc
Why Chose this Course?
• Challenging, innovative, flexible
• Clinically orientated
• Highly successful
• Happy students