2022/3, Trimester 1, 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: | Mark Ross |
Module Organiser: | |
Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Approach: |
This module is taught through a range of lectures and tutorials covering the major areas of advanced cardiovascular, skeletal muscle, immune system and cellular physiology, and the effects of exercise on cells and their subsequent adaptations to exercise training/physical inactivity (LOs 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5). Tutorials will be held to help you critically appraise literature, and to understand specific cell signalling pathways important to exercise physiology (nitric oxide pathway, protein synthesis/breakdown pathways) (LOs 1, 2, 3 &4). You will be given example situations (exercise trials/populations), and to describe specific physiological changes to such situations, from organ, down to cellular level (LOs 2, 3, 4).Practicals will support your learning in these main topics that are assessed, and practical sessions will involve answering particular research questions, and you yourself designing the experiments to answer the research question(s) (LO’s 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5).You will have 2 summative assessments including a case study based on data collected in the lab and centrally timetabled exam.
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Formative assessment occurs in the lectures and mostly the small group tutorials, where you and the module leader will critically analyse a series of academic research journal articles. Active debates are conducted, with feedback given throughout. This formative assessment is to guide and help you with your understanding of key exercise physiological concepts for the final written class exam.
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Component 1: Scientific Case Study- (60%, LOs 2,3,5, 2000 words). This case study will involve using laboratory collected data on an athlete. You are asked to present and interpret the data as well as provide insight as to the physiological cellular and molecular underpinning for said data.Component 2: A 2 hour Centrally Timetabled Exam which comprises of 2 essay questions. [40% weighting, covering LOs 1,4]
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Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) |
Face To Face | Lecture | 20 |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 10 |
Independent Learning | Groupwork (Independent Study) | 153 |
Face To Face | Practical classes and workshops | 15 |
Face To Face | Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 2 |
| Total Study Hours | 200 |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words |
Laboratory report | 60 | 2,3,5 | 10 | , WORDS= 2000 |
Centrally Time Tabled Examination | 40 | 1,4 | 14/15 | HOURS= 02.00 |
Component 1 subtotal: | 60 | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 40 | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | |