First of all, the course introduction
This course aims to cultivate two compatible future leaders:
Scientific leaders: those who decide to stay in the scientific field and want to lead scientific teams in institutions or pharmaceutical fields, such as heads of genomics, biology, therapeutic development and innovation, and clinical development. These people invent and discover new technologies and treatments on the basis of basic research.
Science Hunters: These science entrepreneurs know the innovation of science leaders, and they mainly know how to turn inventions into innovations. This highly multidisciplinary course will be developed and taught with the industry.
Students will understand the mechanism of normal function and subsequent human disease dysfunction, and improve or cure it through advanced treatment programs. This course will provide students with all tools and quantitative skills needed to understand, develop and implement modern frontier technologies in therapeutic science, covering a series of traditional and new therapeutic methods, including understanding biological pathways and therapeutic mechanisms, diagnostic and prognostic tools, identifying new targets, and characterizing pharmacological characteristics of new compounds, including adverse reactions and toxicity. Close industry partners participate in the development and delivery of this course, which makes it unique in the UK and even internationally. Students will benefit greatly from academic expertise and real-world insights, which will be brought together in academic and industry partnerships.
This course will especially emphasize new therapeutic methods based on but not limited to recombinant protein technology, gene therapy, gene self, cell-based therapy, regenerative medicine and electrotherapy. Students will also understand the social, economic, moral, legal and policy implications of introducing these new therapies. This course closely links this training with industrial, corporate, clinical and regulatory activities to encourage students to consider their studies. This course will especially emphasize new therapeutic methods based on but not limited to recombinant protein technology, gene therapy, gene self, cell-based therapy, regenerative medicine and electrotherapy. Students will also understand the social, economic, moral, legal and policy implications of introducing these new therapies. This course closely links this training with industrial, corporate, clinical and regulatory activities to encourage students to consider their studies.
This course will especially emphasize new therapeutic methods based on but not limited to recombinant protein technology, gene therapy, gene self, cell-based therapy, regenerative medicine and electrotherapy. Students will also understand the social, economic, moral, legal and policy implications of introducing these new therapies. This course closely links this training with industrial, corporate, clinical and regulatory activities to encourage students to consider their studies. The whole social background.
Second, the curriculum objectives
The objectives of this one-year full-time training course are:
To provide students with relevant teaching and experience in modern therapeutic science research and translation;
Let them contact with different research environments at different stages of development, and instill the driving factors and decisions needed at each stage;
Introduce them to the basic and quantitative skills such as experimental design, curriculum management and time management needed for research;
Make students familiar with the practicality of laboratory research, understand the nature of benchmark research, record preservation and data processing, standard operating procedures and good laboratory norms;
Introduce them to the basic analytical techniques needed to understand and study their research;
Cultivate students' effective teamwork and basic scientific writing and speech skills;
Instill students with the importance of scientific methods and the diligence required for research planning and implementation in academic or industrial laboratories;
The course will also:
Attract students from various scientific, medical and technical backgrounds by providing teaching modules and a basic overview of each module;
Let students have a general understanding of the current development and trend of treatment, and prepare for future employment in industry;
Provide students with sufficient experience and guidance in therapeutics, so that they can make wise doctoral course choices or enter a suitable business environment according to their own wishes;
Third, learning outcomes.
Upon successful completion of the master's program, students will:
Developed a broad understanding of modern research technology and a comprehensive understanding of literature, which is suitable for research related to therapeutic science;
I have been exposed to many theories and methods of therapeutics and have been trained in critical thinking in this field.
Develop critical thinking skills to determine the paradigm to promote the reform in the field of therapeutic science;
It has cultivated the key skills needed for the development of world-leading therapeutics, such as cooperation and cooperation; Maintain strong principles, while maintaining flexibility and reality; Decisiveness in the case of blurred boundaries; Mediation skills that promote knowledge sharing, ensure stakeholder ownership and promote innovation;
Obtain professional knowledge in research methods, critical thinking and statistics;
It shows the originality of knowledge application and practical understanding of how to use research and investigation to create and explain knowledge in this field.
Increase the knowledge of a wide range of interdisciplinary research fields and tutors, and provide information for them to choose doctoral courses or industry careers;
Academic and industry-related transferable research skills training, including critical evaluation of current research and research techniques and methods;
Gain real-world insight into the implementation of business and enterprise concepts, practices and tools to promote the success of courses in the field of therapeutic science;
Implement curriculum management knowledge, process, life cycle and specific concepts, tools and technologies to achieve curriculum success;
Systematic thinking and identification of examples to promote change;
The vision of patient-centered standards is rooted in noble morality and morality;
Decisiveness in the case of blurred boundaries;
Solid principles, flexible and realistic at the same time;
Mediation skills that promote knowledge sharing, ensure stakeholder ownership and promote innovation;
Collaboration and cooperation;
Ability to take risks and share rewards;
The course will be provided by academic and industry experts, including formal lectures, interactive courses, group activities, case studies and e-learning.
Fourth, teaching methods.
This innovative and highly multidisciplinary course is developed and provided by industry partners, which puts students in a favorable position and is taught by world-leading academic and industry experts in the field of therapeutic science. The teaching content of this course includes extensive core teaching in the following fields: 2 1 century health care challenges and future shaping factors; Drug discovery, design, production, safety and characterization; New model and advanced treatment; Clinical aspects of treatment development; Equipment, diagnosis and fusion technology; Regulatory, legal, communication and policy issues; Business, entrepreneurship and leadership training.
One-on-one supervision in the first two semesters, the course director will be the main supervisor of the students, and at least two formal one-hour meetings will be held during the period. The third semester is supervised by the student's research course director, who is responsible for supervision. The supervision of the course is one-on-one, with at least 8 hours of contact time. Seminars and courses Throughout the course, lectures and seminars will be widely used to provide information. Students sometimes share lectures with other master's courses in order to interact with other students. The lectures given by academic staff will account for about 50% of the official teaching time, and the rest will be provided by industry experts. Some teaching will be provided in the form of seminars to promote open discussion around specific topics or theories. The whole university has a large number of weekly and monthly seminar series in many fields of therapeutic science, and it is strongly recommended that students participate as much as possible. Generally speaking, the student union
We encourage students to discuss the topics and theories they read in class, or weigh their advantages independently, or consider their legal/regulatory or ethical influence in the real environment of therapeutic science. Discussion will be an important part of the whole master's course experience, so that students can not only gain other extensive views on the same topic, but also consider different reasons and be familiar with psychology, logic and industrial environment.
Experimental and practical research: This course will include at least 20 hours of seminars at each teaching stage. Lecture is an important part of the teaching of this course, and each teaching semester contains at least 80 hours. Learning in practice will be an important part of this course. These courses are designed to give students a deeper understanding of the working environment, experimental methods and technical knowledge, as well as the understanding of academic and industrial materials taught in the courses. Students will work independently, in pairs or as part of a small team. For some elements, including practical elements, they need to submit their works.
Problem-based/inquiry-based learning and field trip: Field trip will be an important part of this course. Similar to laboratory and practical work, field work can help students put theoretical knowledge into practice, or see how to adjust this knowledge according to the treatment field. Travel can last from a few hours to a whole day. Some well-known treatment companies near Cambridge are keen to invite students of this course to their websites to show the practical application of the information they will teach, and they are also willing to run the information based on real questions and inquiry. Seminar. Here, students will face real-life problems or situations and need teamwork to investigate potential solutions and determine the skills or knowledge needed to effectively manage this situation. Students' courses during this period will be held from April to June every year. Students will have an academic and industry tutor who will work closely with them to provide papers with original works in their chosen fields of interest. According to the equipment, relevant data and professional knowledge required by the supervision team, according to the requirements of each course, it is placed in an academic or industrial environment.
In the first two semesters, the course director will meet with the students and provide feedback when necessary. As the first two semesters mainly include lectures and seminars, it is expected that no formal feedback is needed, but attendance will be monitored and seminars and group activities will be attended. After completing the written evaluation, students will be informed of their interim results and will provide feedback. At the end of the second and third semesters, students will meet with their course supervisors to discuss the progress. Students should give regular feedback when writing course assignments.
Five, the paper requirements
According to the research during the internship in a university or company, heavyweight papers with no more than 10000 words will account for a large proportion of trademarks. Classes and courses will be tailored to the needs of individual students, which may involve basic science, translational medicine or more business-oriented research. It will be carried out in the places of participating companies (supervised by universities) or university laboratories (supervised by industries). All courses will be approved by the academic director of the course and the biological degree Committee as appropriate standards for the master's degree in therapeutics. It is expected that this paper will provide new findings and/or real insights about current problems in therapeutic science, rather than just reviewing current technical know-how or practice. All courses will be developed by academic and industry leaders before being offered to students. This paper accounts for 65% of the total score of the whole year.
At the end of the first semester, students will submit a treatise of no more than 5000 words (65,438+05% of the final grade). At the end of the second semester, students should submit a treatise of no more than 5,000 words (accounting for 65,438+05% of the final grade). All thesis topics must be approved by the course director before the course development. A year-end research symposium will be held, and students will be asked to make oral reports and make research posters. This element accounts for 5% of the overall trademark of that year. Students may also need to attend viva in person in late August or early September.