C10481v1 Bachelor of Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine Professional)
Award(s): Bachelor of Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine Professional) (BMedSc)CRICOS code: 115508E
Commonwealth supported place?: Yes
Load credit points: 192
Course EFTSL: 4
Location: City campus
Notes
This course is available by internal course transfer from the Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathology). Placements are limited and applicants are competitively assessed for course transfer in their final session of the Pathology course.
Overview
Course aims
Career options
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Course intended learning outcomes
Admission requirements
Assumed knowledge
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Course program
Honours
Other information
Overview
Leverage passion for medical science into a lab-based career. The Bachelor of Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine Professional) connects students with advanced technical skills development and extensive industry experience in medical laboratory environments. Graduates emerge as experts in diagnostic methods for different diseases, as well as in the workflow, regulations and health and safety requirements of professional pathology environments.
The course is designed as a fourth-year add-on to the Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathology). It is only available through a competitive application process to students who complete the pathology program.
Why UTS Science?
As one of Australia’s leading university science faculties, UTS Science is committed to scientific advancement that creates a more sustainable world. Our students join a university that delivers global impact in STEM education and research and a faculty that produces scientists with the power to transform the profession.
UTS Science, one of Australia's leading university science faculties, is committed to scientific advancement that creates a more sustainable world. When students study with UTS, they join a university that delivers global impact in STEM education and research and a faculty that produces scientists with the power to transform the profession.
Course features Course content is dedicated to the acquisition of specialist medical laboratory skills, knowledge and experience. Its comprised of subjects in human pathophysiology, applied pathology technology, molecular pathology and laboratory management, plus a professional placement in a hospital laboratory or related medical environment.
Course aims
Study where medical science happens
Extensive professional placement connects students to people and organisations with the power to shape their careers. On campus, students benefit from curriculum designed in partnership with industry, ensuring that their learning keeps pace with the changing demands of the medical science field.
Purpose-built facilities
As a university of technology, UTS is known for its commitment to practice-based teaching and the integration of new technologies into course design and development. UTS Medical Science students learn in the world-class Hive Super Lab and UTS Science Super Lab, two collaborative, tech-driven learning environments that support simultaneous teaching of multiple classes in one space.
Career options
Prepare to deliver local and global impact in the health care sector. Graduates have a diversity of career options at their fingertips, including as a medical scientist, medical laboratory technician, consultant/advisor or science communicator for:
- public and private hospitals; clinical trial and tissue bank settings; public health units; government departments; diagnostic labs; biotechnology, health technology and pharmaceutical companies; and other agencies/businesses seeking medical science expertise
- medical device companies or inpatient recruitment for clinical trials
- policy and regulatory organisations, such as state health departments and the Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Innovation and Transdisciplinary program
Transdisciplinarity and Innovation at UTSAll UTS students have the opportunity to develop distinctive capabilities around transdisciplinary thinking and innovation through the TD School. Transdisciplinary education at UTS brings together great minds from different disciplines to explore ideas that improve the way we live and work in the world. These offerings are unique to UTS and directly translate to many existing and emerging roles and careers.
Diploma in InnovationThe Diploma in Innovation (C20060) teaches innovation, supports personal transformation and provides the hard skills needed to support the inventors and inventions of the future. Students come out of the Diploma in Innovation, with the hard skills to create and support sectoral and societal transformation. Graduates are able to fluently integrate ideas, across professional disciplines and are inventors of the future.
All UTS undergraduate students (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation) can apply for the Diploma in Innovation upon admission in their chosen undergraduate degree. It is a complete degree program that runs in parallel to any undergraduate degree. The course is offered on a three-year, part-time basis, with subjects running in 3-week long intensive blocks in July, December and February sessions. More information including a link to apply is available at https://dipinn.uts.edu.au.
Transdisciplinary electives programTransdisciplinary electives broaden students' horizons and supercharge their problem-solving skills, helping them to learn outside, beyond and across their degrees. Students enrolled in an undergraduate course that includes electives can choose to take a transdisciplinary subject (with the exception of students concurrently enrolled in the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation). More information about the TD Electives program is available here.
Course intended learning outcomes
| 1.1 | Explain how diseases arise and disrupt normal physiological function and appraise the technologies used to diagnose, treat, and cure diseases. |
| 2.1 | Collect, accurately record, interpret, and draw conclusions from data to solve real-world medical laboratory science problems, and infer how the results of medical research can be translated to pathology professional practice. |
| 3.1 | Evaluate ethical, social, and cultural issues in laboratory medical science in local and global contexts and work responsibly, safely and with respect to diversity and regulatory frameworks. |
| 4.1 | Reflect upon, independently evaluate, and critically appraise current evidence-based literature to identify medical science problems or unmet medical needs and creatively translate medical research results to improve the professional practice in pathology. |
| 5.1 | Effectively communicate medical laboratory science knowledge and research information, and the importance thereof, to a range of audiences using a variety of modes, independently and collaboratively. |
| 6.1 | Develop and apply knowledge of Indigenous Australian contexts to inform professional capability to work effectively with and for Indigenous Australians within the medical science contexts. |
Admission requirements
Applicants must have completed an Australian Year 12 qualification, Australian Qualifications Framework Diploma, or equivalent Australian or overseas qualification at the required level.
This course is available to students who complete the course requirements of the Bachelor of Medical Science Pathology, and demonstrate exceptional academic achievement. Admission is via internal course transfer. Prospective students also submit a statement describing their interest in Laboratory Medicine and their aspirations to develop a career in this field.
The English proficiency requirement for international students or local applicants with international qualifications is: IELTS Academic: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0; or TOEFL iBT: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21; or AE5: Pass; or PTE: 58-64 with a writing score of 50; or C1A/C2P: 176-184 with a writing score of 169.
Eligibility for admission does not guarantee offer of a place.
International students
Visa requirement: To obtain a student visa to study in Australia, international students must enrol full time and on campus. Australian student visa regulations also require international students studying on student visas to complete the course within the standard full-time duration. Students can extend their courses only in exceptional circumstances.
Assumed knowledge
Mathematics; any two units of English; any two units of Science.
Course duration and attendance
Students can complete the Bachelor of Medical Science Pathology program over three years full time or six years part time. Part-time students in the Pathology program are required to attend some classes in daytime hours.
After completion of the Pathology program, the Bachelor of Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine Professional) program is completed in one year of full time study.
Course structure
Students must complete the course requirements of the Bachelor of Medical Science major in Pathology to be eligible for this course.
In the Laboratory Medicine Professional program, students must complete an additional 48 credit points, made up of 24 credit points of core subjects and 24 credit points of professional placement.
Industrial training/professional practice
Students in the Bachelor of Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine Professional) course complete a professional placement in Spring session. This unpaid placement is a minimum of 560 hours.
Students studying the Bachelor of Medical Science Pathology program have an opportunity to undertake internship subjects and receive academic credit for their placement off campus (an external business or research institute) or on campus (UTS research institutes or departments), in a capacity relevant to their academic studies.
Course completion requirements
| STM90680 Scientist's Tool Kit (Life Sciences) | 48cp | |
| MAJ06255 Pathology | 72cp | |
| CBK92300 Electives (Science UG) | 24cp | |
| STM91912 Core Subjects (Laboratory Medicine Professional) Stream | 48cp | |
| Total | 192cp |
Course program
Typical course programs are shown below.
| Autumn commencing, full time | ||
| Year 1 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 65111 Chemistry 1 | 6cp | |
| 91161 Cell Biology and Genetics | 6cp | |
| 33116 Design, Data, and Decisions | 6cp | |
| 60006 Scientific Perspectives for Global Issues | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 65212 Chemistry 2 | 6cp | |
| 91123 Nature and Evolution | 6cp | |
| 91400 Human Anatomy and Physiology | 6cp | |
| 91132 Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91314 General Microbiology | 6cp | |
| 91320 Metabolic Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| 91563 Haematology | 6cp | |
| 91500 Histology | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91401 Immunology | 6cp | |
| 91178 Applications of Molecular Biology | 6cp | |
| 91195 Epidemiology and Pathogenesis of Infections | 6cp | |
| 91827 Advanced Medical Biochemistry | 6cp | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| CBK92069 Transdisciplinary Electives | 6cp | |
| Select 18 credit points from the following: | 18cp | |
| CBK92300 Electives (Science UG) | 24cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91821 Transfusion Science | 6cp | |
| 91180 Immunology and Human Health | 6cp | |
| 91826 Advanced Haematology and Pathology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| 91829 Microbiology Diagnosis | 6cp | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Autumn session | ||
| 91830 Human Pathophysiology | 6cp | |
| 91001 Applied Pathology Technology | 6cp | |
| 91002 Molecular Pathology | 6cp | |
| 91004 Laboratory Management and Quality Control | 6cp | |
| Spring session | ||
| 91003 Laboratory Medicine Professional Placement | 24cp | |
Honours
The Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) (C09031) is available to eligible students with an additional one year of full-time study.
Other information
Further information is available from:
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