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Blended course. This course is optimised for in-person delivery for all sessions for this course.
Attendance on-campus and in-person is required for:
Module 1 (Statistics) - both statistics workshops
Module 2 (Bioethics) - the overview session and the poster training workshop.
If you are unable to attend an in-person component due to exceptional circumstances, you should contact the course coordinator, Dr Diane Ormsby on diane.ormsby@vuw.ac.nz at the first opportunity, explaining your circumstances. Alternative scheduling or alternative assignments may be possible. Medical certificates or other forms of suporting evidence will be requested for extensions or missing assessments.
This course is in modular format. Each student must complete all THREE compulsory modules. Modules are delivered with in-person on-campus meetings.
Module 1: BioStatistics (Using "R")
Module 2: BioEthics
Module 3: mRNA vaccine development
All students complete all three modules.
In this course you gain tools to examine and communicate concepts within currently developing areas of major importance to biomedical science.
In line with the University Academic Integrity Policy the reuse of a student's own work (i.e., work that has previously been submitted for another assessment task in the same or different course) will be prohibited for this course.
Course learning objectives
Students who pass this course will be able to:
Provide detailed descriptions of current biomedical developments in selected subject areas.
Obtain material pertinent to a given topic from primary and secondary literature sources.
Assess and analyze information/results pertinent to the selected topics.
Synthesize information from diverse, and sometimes contradictory, sources into a reasoned discussion.
Formulate hypotheses from evidence in the topics studied.
Communicate scientific information using a variety of media to different audiences.
Apply the skills and knowledge obtained to a range of new situations.
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The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington values te reo Māori. Students who wish to submit any of their assessments in te reo Māori must refer to The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy - PDF 134kb
He mea nui te reo Māori ki Te Herenga Waka. Ki te pīrangi koe ki te tuhituhi i ō aro matawai i roto i te reo Māori, tēnā me mātua whakapā atu ki te kaupapa here, The Use of Te Reo Māori for Assessment Policy - PDF 134kb
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