Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [International Business (Year 3 Entry)] From University of Central Lancashire

The overall aims of the programme are to:

• provide professionally relevant teaching and learning informed by research in an integrated clinical and research environment;
• develop and create a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine able to pursue and develop their roles in the rapidly changing and challenging environment of genomic medicine;
• prepare healthcare professionals for the adoption of genomic technologies and the increasing use of genomic information as part of the diagnostic and treatment pathway;
• develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with the confidence to lead service improvement for safe and high-quality patient care, and with the required knowledge, skills and capability to have a positive personal impact on the work of others;
• develop a cohort of doctors and other professionals allied to medicine with an understanding of research methodologies and clinical opportunities relevant to genomic medicine;
• encourage a commitment to intellectual challenge and evidence-based clinical practice informed by the latest conceptual and theoretical knowledge of genomic medicine;
• develop students' intellectual, practical and transferable skills related to genomic medicine;
• encourage critical thinking related to genomic medicine; and
• conduct systematic research relevant to their professional practice.

Learning Outcomes

The over-arching learning outcomes are as follows.

Knowledge and understanding

• To enhanceÊ studentsÕ knowledge and critical understanding of recent developments in genomic medicine relevant to their present and future roles.
• To develop studentsÕ knowledge and understanding of genomic medicine informed by research in a rapidly changing integrated clinical and research environment.
• To enable deployment of new knowledge in their clinical practice, and to have a positive personal impact on the work of others in their clinical team and wider service.
• To develop an understanding of genomic technologies and to be able to use genomic information as part of the diagnostic and treatment pathway.
• To develop studentsÕ knowledge so that they have the confidence to lead service improvement for safe and high-quality patient care.
• To update and extend studentsÕ understanding of research methodologies and clinical opportunities.
• To demonstrate knowledge, abilities and skills to engage in focused, professionally relevant, independent learning, and through the production of a dissertation.