Unit information: Principles of Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences (TTS-A) in 2008/09

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Unit name Principles of Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences (TTS-A)
Unit code PANMM0001
Credit points 30
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Dr. Judson
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

The TTS-A unit provides the basic science which underpins the applied and clinical aspects of Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences. The unit comprises approximately 70 hours of lectures, tutorials and two assignments. The unit is taught in modules, comprising: An introduction to the course (including aspects of being a postgraduate, writing, library and computer skills and plagiarism), haemopoiesis, blood groups, immunology (1 & 2), platelets and coagulation, haematological diseases.