MSc Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences
Master
In Bristol
Description
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Type
Master
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Location
Bristol
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Start date
Different dates available
Programme overview
This programme covers a fascinating range of subjects, including molecular biology, genetics, biochemistry, microbiology, immunology, tissue engineering, clinical medicine, laboratory management and statistics.
It is accredited by the Institute of Biomedical Science and is based at NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) in Filton, one of the largest transfusion centres in the world, enabling visits to manufacturing, testing and tissue typing sections. You will learn from specialist lecturers from the University, NHSBT and NHS hospitals, and have an opportunity to become fully embedded in an NHS environment while you develop your knowledge.
The programme will give you extensive practical experience of transfusion and transplantation, allowing you to gain skills that directly relate to your future career. As well as being of academic interest, this continually developing area of healthcare science has a major impact on patients' quality of life.
The programme:
is one of just two specialist full-time courses in transfusion and transplantation, and is a recommended course at level seven in the Career Framework for Health
gives you the opportunity to carry out your MSc project with NHSBT research staff within the transfusion centre
has high contact hours, with teaching each day and practical classes
includes a large skills component (eg writing in different formats, conference and publication skills, assignments with specific study aims)
includes laboratory management, a key skill required at level seven
attracts a diverse range of students (about 50 per cent of whom are from outside the UK), including new graduates, those working in blood centres or blood transfusion/haematology in hospitals, or training to lecture in transfusion
Visit the school web pages to find out more about this programme and watch a video featuring interviews with students.
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Subjects
- Transplantation
- NHS Training
- Writing
- Project
Course programme
Programme structure
The programme comprises eight taught units that run from September to March and a research project that begins in May and runs until August. As an example, project topics have included:
- A study on red cell antibody formation in trauma patients
- Optimisation of platelet antigen detection using recombinant proteins
- Expression of red cell membrane proteins during large-scale red cell culture
- A comparison of stem cell mobilisation drugs for stem cell transplantation.
Assessments are designed to teach skills such as comprehension, scientific writing in different formats and conference skills, and to further knowledge in subject areas not covered in the lectures. Students must pass the taught component to be able to progress to the project.
Part-time students complete the Postgraduate Certificate components in their first year and the Postgraduate Diploma in the second. The project is usually taken during year three to complete the MSc.
Visit our programme catalogue for full details of the structure and unit content of our:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences
- Postgraduate Diploma in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences
- MSc in Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences.
MSc Transfusion and Transplantation Sciences