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Module One Assignment
Professor Phil Warner
Module One Assignment: ‘Translation of
New Medicinal Products to the Clinic’
• This assignment intends to demonstrate that you
can meet the following module learning
outcomes:
• demonstrate a critical awareness of translational
medicine approaches currently being adopted in
academia and industry
• demonstrate the ability to search, integrate and
appraise appropriate sources of scientific
information through written coursework
Module One Assignment
• Select a disease of from the list provided and
then choose the paper from the list appropriate
to that disease to help you focus your study
• Review the incidence, pathology, clinical
symptoms and currently available treatments
• Discuss the possible limitations of currently
available treatments, such as side-effects, costs,
availability, treatment-refractory patients etc.
Module One Assignment
• Describe ongoing initiatives for improved
treatment options, such as novel drug
targets, novel therapies currently in
development etc.
• Critically assess whether the new
treatments in development will offer
improved treatment options
Module One Assignment
• Guide to length and presentation:
• Maximum 2500 words (excluding abstract
and references)
• Typed in minimum of 12 pt font and using
at least 1.5 spacing
Module One Assignment
DEADLINE: 9.30 am on Monday 2nd
November 2009
Module One Assignment
• DELIVER HARD COPY to your ICRI campus
• Submit as a Word document to Turnitin on
Blackboard (via ‘Assignments’ button > Module
1 assignment submission > view/complete).
Final electronic submission must be the same as
the hard copy. You have the opportunity to view
your Turnitin report and make multiple
submissions but you will only receive a report
once in any 24 hour period.
Penalties
• A sliding penalty factor will be applied to all work
handed in after the deadline. 10% of the final
mark will be subtracted for each day beyond the
deadline. If work is handed in more than five
days after the deadline no mark will be given.
Late submission of work will only go unpenalised when serious mitigating
circumstances occur, such as would be
supported by a medical doctor’s certificate. In
such cases certificates must be presented as
soon as practicable.
Plagiarism
• Plagiarism is classed as an academic offence
because the ethos of Higher Education in the UK
is one of learning and development rather than
the repetition of other people’s work.
• Guidelines on plagiarism have already been
provided, but if at any time you are in doubt
about what constitutes cheating or plagiarism,
and particularly if you have any doubt about how
to reference material properly, please consult
your Course Director, supervisor or personal
tutor.
Marking Scheme
• Review the incidence, pathology, clinical
symptoms and currently available treatments (20
marks)
• Discuss the possible limitations of currently
available treatments, such as side-effects, costs,
availability, treatment-refractory patients etc (10
marks)
• Describe ongoing initiatives for improved
treatment options, such as novel drug targets,
novel therapies currently in development etc (20
marks)
Marking Scheme
• Critically assess whether the new treatments in
development will offer improved treatment
options (10 marks)
• Presentation (15 marks) Marks are
approximately equally split if the following
features are demonstrated:
• Appropriate font style and size
• Good spacing of text, paragraphs and use of
justification of text
• Good use of Titles, subtitles
Marking Scheme
• Appropriate use of figures and tables, with their
reference in main text
• Appropriate use of figure legends, table legends,
labels
• Good general English in terms of spelling and
punctuation
• Use of correct tense
• Appropriate use of terminology (not too basic,
but with appropriate definition where necessary
• A good ‘flow’ of English and logical structure to
the assignment
Marking Scheme
• References (15 marks) Marks will be awarded
through demonstration of use of an appropriate
selection of sources; correct citation in main text;
and appropriately styled detailed list of sources
at the end of the document
• Abstract (10 marks) Marks will be awarded for
giving a clear, well-written summary of your
essay, limited to 200 words.
The Subject Areas
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HIV / AIDS
Breast Cancer
Diabetes
Asthma
Leukaemia
Relevant papers.
These are provided as PDFs