2022/3, Trimester 2, FACE-TO-FACE, Edinburgh Napier University
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | FACE-TO-FACE |
| Location of delivery: | SIGHTHILL |
| Partner: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | David Mincher |
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| Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
A series of lectures will afford students with central information and present contemporary examples in Drug Design to stimulate interest and independent learning activities (LOs 1,2,4). Guest lecturers from the pharmaceutical and healthcare professional industries provide students with insights into drug design in practice by covering scientific, economic and ethical aspects (LOs 1,2). Carefully designed interactive tutorials and molecular graphics workshops and laboratory exercises (LO3) stimulate learning by developing problem-solving and presentational skills; the group nature of some of these activities also develops communication and organizational attributes.Laboratory work is designed to parallel techniques adopted in the industry and, in conjunction with the tutorial programme, to allow students the opportunity to solve problems individually and in team exercises. Incisive thinking and critical appraisal, communication and organisational skills are systemically embedded.The module is designed to emphasize that progress in drug design is intrinsically research-driven. The module is delivered by research-aware and research-active staff, supported by industry-based research expertise. Students are given instruction on Literature.The module is supported by a VLE (Moodle) which is used to provide class materials (including lectures, tutorials, workshops and laboratory classes), resource such as animations, videos, direct links to relevant web-based resource, e:submission of all coursework, self-assessment test, interactive teaching resource, and independent study materials to cover expected prior-learning. Reflecting the discipline, students use a wide range of technology to accomplish laboratory work and in silico analysis.
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Provision is made for formative assessment and feedforward in the analysis and evaluation of data generated in the tutorial and workshops sessions (individual and group-based activities) where continuous feedback is provided by staff members, allowing time for reflection and revision of solutions to problems set.
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Summative assessments take the form of an examination (LOs 1,2,4) which assesses overall level of knowledge and understanding of drug design principles applied at the interface of medicinal chemistry and molecular biology; and assessed laboratory reports, prepared to research publication standards (LO3).
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 22 |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 9 |
| Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 21 |
| Independent Learning | Guided independent study | 145 |
| Face To Face | Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 3 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
| Report | 20 | 3 | 10 | HOURS= 0, WORDS= 1000 |
| Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 80 | 1,2,4 | 13 | HOURS= 3, WORDS= 0 |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 20 | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 80 | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |