TRM6004 · Clinical and translational haematology and immunology

Overview

In this unit, you will develop and demonstrate a fundamental understanding of the healthy haematological and immune systems. You will develop an in-depth knowledge of haematological diseases, a diverse range of conditions affecting the constituents of blood and blood-forming organs including haemophilia, anaemia, thrombosis, and blood cancers such as leukemia and myeloma. You will further integrate how dysregulation of the immune system contributes to inflammation, allergy, cancer, transplantation and other diseases. Together, this will provide a contextual basis to identify patient outcomes, justify the use of appropriate therapies to respond to patient-specific problems and evaluate pathways to translate haematological and immunological research findings into clinical practice. This unit will consist of online specialist lectures involving researchers and clinicians actively working in the haematology and immunology disciplines and eLearning resources. You will review and evaluate clinical and scientific literature in haematological and immunological diseases, with a focus on clinical and translational medicine perspectives, and present this information in written form, and via oral presentations and posters suitable for a conference presentation. This unit will provide you with an in-depth clinical and translational research knowledge base that will inform your ability to undertake inquiry-based research.

Areas of study: TRNSNLP01 - Translational research PhD program

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify the key cells, molecules and processes that comprise the haematopoietic and immune systems
2. Evaluate how the haematopoietic and immune responses are regulated and integrated
3. Recognise the biological processes and therapeutic targets involved in disorders of the haematologic and immune systems
4. Evaluate appropriate tools and techniques for therapeutic application of disorders of the haematologic and immune systems
5. Critically appraise the key concepts and conclusions from translational haematological and immunological research literature
6. Develop a specific research question grounded in a critical review of the clinical and scientific literature related to an haematological or immunological disease and its current therapies

Workload

12 hours study per week distributed as: • Teacher-directed learning delivered via online lectures, discussion groups and pre and post-learning modules (6 hours per week) • Self-directed learning including private study, reading published studies, reference material and textbooks (6 hours per week)

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.