London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

This module is led by research-active clinicians and academic immunologists, from across London and the U.K. Our aim is to provide you an introduction into specialist areas of immunology of a number of clinical conditions gaining insight on the mechanisms of the immune system and immune responses in the context of infection, malignancy, and immunological disorders. Through a diverse set of independent lectures, you will learn about the immunology underpinning our understanding and diagnosis of disease and infection, including approaches to treatment and therapy.

The overall module aim is to illustrate the ways in which our knowledge of the basic science of the immune system can be applied to the understanding of mechanisms underlying disease processes, their laboratory diagnosis, and treatment.

Intended learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be able to:

1. Contrast the immunological bases of a wide range of infectious and non-infectious clinical conditions to categorise common patterns;
2. Explain the ways in which information from in vitro work and from in vivo animal model systems applies to human disease;
3. Summarise the main principles, application, and significance of results of diagnostic tests available in the clinical immunology laboratory for the assessment of immune function;
4. Compare and assess gaps in the current approaches to disease therapy;
5. Analyse, synthesise, and present case studies, contributing to a broader knowledge of immunopathogenesis.

Mode of delivery

This module is delivered predominantly face-to-face. Where specific teaching methods (lectures, seminars, discussion groups) are noted in this module specification these will be delivered by predominantly face-to-face sessions. There will be a combination of live and interactive activities (synchronous learning) as well as self-directed study (asynchronous learning).

Assessment

The assessment for this module has been designed to measure student learning against the module intended learning outcomes (ILOs) as listed above. Formative assessment methods may be used to measure students’ progress. The grade for summative assessment(s) only will go towards the overall award GPA.

The assessment for this module will be both online and in person. Assessment will consist of an MCQ examination on the module content (60%, ILOs 1-4) plus an assessed case study presentation (40%, ILO 1-5).

Credits

• CATS: 15
• ECTS: 7.5

Module specification

For full information regarding this module please see the module specification.