year-2-study-guide-2.. - School of Medicine - Trinity College Dublin

Week 9
Thurs. 26 th Nov. 9:00 am Molecular Mechanisms of
Cancer 5
10:00 am Molecular Mechanisms of
Cancer 6
Week 10
Thurs. 3 rd Dec. 9:00 am NanoMedicine and medical
applications of molecular
imaging 1
10:00 am NanoMedicine and medical
applications of molecular
imaging 2
Dermot Kelleher
Dermot Kelleher
Yuri Volkov
Yuri Volkov
IMM Building: RSL
IMM Building: RSL
IMM Building: RSL
IMM Building: RSL
Methods of Teaching and Student Learning
The course is taught for the duration of one academic term as a series of lectures
dealing with a wide scope of topics in Molecular and Translational Medicine and is
designed to implement the knowledge accumulated by the students in the closely
related disciplines studied in parallel modules (Anatomy, Clinical Biochemistry and
Molecular Immunology, Microbiology and Pharmacology) for a better understanding
of molecular mechanisms of human disease and contemporary approaches to their
treatment.
Several lectures of the module are focused on the basic molecular mechanisms of
human development, intracellular communications and signalling as well as
molecular, cell and tissue damage and regeneration. The fundamental knowledge
accumulated from these lectures is subsequently applied for the in-depth
understanding of the molecular aspects of disease-related impairs in molecular
functions in the context of translation of this knowledge into clinical practice. The
lectures cover such specific topics as molecular basis of inflammation, cancer,
leukaemia and psychiatric disorders, all of which refer to clinical patient-related
information. The students are also empowered with the cutting edge technological
approaches to diagnostics and therapy, including Nanomedicine, molecular imaging
and medical proteomics.
Due to a wide scope of topics covered by the module, the students are expected to
fully use the taught lecture material and engage in active studying of the suggested
reading resources. On specific topics, particularly relevant to the translational
aspects of molecular medicine, students should expose themselves to the relevant
original research and clinical publications available through the biomedical databases
and library collections.
Methods of Assessment
Summative
The students are assessed via a written examination. The exam consists of two
parts. Part A offers an essay type question (which can be chosen from the list) and
constitutes 30% of the overall mark. Part B consists of short “either/or” type
questions, covering the diverse scope of theoretical material of the course and
including brief clinical case studies. Each of the questions must be attempted and all
of them carry equal percentage of marks (e.g., value of part B is 70% of the total
exam mark and comprises 7 short questions. Each of these, in this case, carries a
weight of 10% of the overall mark for the exam).
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