Introduction to Sensory Neuroscience: Hearing, Vision, Touch
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MEDS3022 | Medical Education Centre | 3 | 10 | Spring UK |
- Code
- MEDS3022
- School
- Medical Education Centre
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 10
- Semesters
- Spring UK
Summary
This module includes the following topics:-
• Signal transduction processes
• Coding of sensory information and neuronal representation,
• Corneal and retinal anatomy and physiology,
• Early visual cortex
• Visual memory
• Ear anatomy and function
• Peripheral auditory processing
• Central auditory processing
• Skin and the somatosensory system
• Multisensory integration
• Sensory impairment and disease, including practical
• Major classes of clinical management
• Contemporary research
• Course Review
Target Students
BMedSci students only.
Classes
- One 2-hour practicum each week for
- Two 1-hour lectures each week for
10x1hr lectures, 1x2hr practical class. Student-Led: 88 hours.
Assessment
- 20% Coursework 1: SAQ Report
- 80% Exam 1 (1-hour): MCQ Exam (1hr)
Educational Aims
The module ‘Introduction to Sensory Neuroscience: Hearing, Vision, Touch’ is designed so that students can attain some of the outcomes specified by the GMC in Outcomes for Graduates (2018) in the areas of Professional values and behaviours; Professional skills; and Professional knowledge. These are detailed in the Module Learning Outcomes. During the module students will build knowledge to deepen their understanding of the sensory systems, how they work, how they are impaired, and how this affect patients. The module will provide students with a common platform of theoretical and practical knowledge about the functional organisation of the sensory systems at a microscopic and macroscopic level from periphery to cortex; and physiology from signal to transduction at the periphery onto higher order processing and integration of sensory information. Students will gain basic knowledge of common disorders of the sensory systems, current research, and how disorders are assessed and managed clinically. This will enable students to appreciate the mechanistic basis of disease. The module will be delivered as a series of lectures and a practical class involving assessment or the external ear, hearing, and an experiment and reflection on the experience of hearing impairment. Successfully completing the module will also require substantial private study to consolidate understanding of the material covered in the lectures, and to demonstrate an understanding of the nature and significance of the taught material under examination.Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to meet areas within the GMC outcomes as follows. The full wording is found in Outcomes for Graduates (2018).
2s, 3c, 5a, 6a, 6b, 10a, 11b, 17a, 22a, 22b, 22d, 25b, 26e