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LSC-20089 - Module Specification
School of Life Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

LSC-20089 - Clinical Applications of Biomedical Science II
Coordinator: Glenn Hussey Room: HUX102A Tel: +44 1782 7 33880
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 734414

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

The second of our vocational modules exploring the role of Biomedical Scientists working in clinical laboratories. Interactive lectures focus on Haematology, Transfusion Science, Clinical Biochemistry, and Medical Immunology. We explore how the diagnosis, management, and underlying pathobiology of a range of conditions including leukaemia, thrombophilia, metabolic disorders, autoimmunity, and transplantation. We continue to work in small case-based learning tutorials to explore specific patient pathways and think about how to communicate to different groups including clinicians and the general public.

Aims
This module builds on LSC-10070, Clinical Applications of Biomedical Science I, and further explores the applications of biomedical science and the role of Pathology in patient-focused healthcare. Students will learn how scientific theory and understanding of pathobiology of disease can be put into practice by Biomedical Scientists, particularly those working in Blood Sciences: Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology, Haematology and Transfusion Science.
The assessment strategy aims at developing skills to independently research disease and to communicate relevant findings to different audiences as well as to answer questions typically asked of practitioners.

Intended Learning Outcomes

discuss the role of biomedical scientists in the provision of patient-focused healthcare and the contribution made to the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of disease with a specific focus on the role of Clinical Biochemistry, Immunology, Haematology and Transfusion Science laboratories: 1,2,5
describe a range of tests available from Pathology, particularly Blood Science, and explain the clinical relevance of these tests: 1,2,3,4,5
discuss the pathophysiology of human disease and explain how that can be used to investigate screening, diagnosis, monitoring and evaluation of prognosis for patients: 1,3,4,5
evaluate and interpret laboratory-specific information from familiar and unfamiliar biomedical problems: 2,3,4,5
explain the bioscience underpinning diagnostic techniques and clinical scenarios: 1,3,4,5
present an evidence-based argument meant for a) patients and b) health professionals, critically appraising source material and refining that argument for the intended recipient: 1,2
take responsibility for their own learning and reflect upon that learning: 5

Study hours

IN-SITU LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
4x 1 hour tutorials
15x 2 hour Interactive lectures
12x 1 hour CBL tutorials
ASYNCHRONOUS DIRECTED LEARNING:
19x 6 hours engagement with asynchronous content (including consumption, wider reading and note taking)
6 x 4 hours preparation for case-based learning
INDEPENDENT STUDY & ASSESSMENT:
18 hours completing the clinical case study
18 hours completing the patient information leaflet
2x 2 hours completing the exams
76 hours independent study

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Report weighted 20%
Clinical Report
Students choose one from four clinical scenarios and are asked to write a clinical report to explain the role of Biomedical Scientists within a typical patient pathway. 1,500 words.

2: Creative Brief weighted 20%
Patient Information Leaflet
Students are asked to consider the needs of patients within their chosen clinical scenario by producing a patient information leaflet, accompanied by a concise justification as to their design decisions. The leaflet should be no more than a single page of A4 (double-sided), and the justification 5-600 words.

3: Exam weighted 30%
1-hour closed book, invigilated exam within a 2-hour window (SEM1)
The exam contains a mix of multiple choice and short-answer style questions based on content from semester 1 (Haematology and Transfusion Science). The exam is designed to take 1-hour to complete, but all students are given a 2-hour window to ensure a more inclusive approach. This exam must be closed book due to IBMS requirements.

4: Exam weighted 30%
1-hour closed book, invigilated exam within a 2-hour window (SEM2)
The exam contains a mix of multiple choice and short-answer style questions based on content from semester 2 (Clinical Biochemistry and Medical Immunology). The exam is designed to take 1-hour to complete, but all students are given a 2-hour window to ensure a more inclusive approach. This exam must be closed book due to IBMS requirements.

5: Competence weighted 0%
Class participation: engagement with, preparation and participation with case-based learning
Students will have the opportunity to take on the role of scribe, chair, and group member during case-based learning (CBL) tutorials. The tutor will monitor their level of engagement in the CBL process across the year, including participation in group discussions, preparation for tutorials, communication, and problem solving to ensure that it is at a minimum threshold required to meet professional body requirements.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025