Medical Science

This qualification is offered collaboratively online with St David's Catholic Sixth Form College Cardiff.

Overview

The Medical Science Diploma is equivalent to one A Level. The course deals with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of diseases. Learners will acquire the knowledge, understanding and skills in key scientific principles to support progress to higher education or employment in areas such as physiological sciences or clinical laboratory services. The qualification covers health, physiology, pharmacology, physiological measurement, clinical testing and medical research.

Medical scientists are at the forefront of healthcare services, as they are vital in the diagnosis of disease, determining the effectiveness of treatments and searching for new cures. This Diploma will enable progression to higher education to a range of Applied Science programmes, such as biomedical science, life sciences, and physiology.

Diploma: Year 2 of the course (50%)

• 1 internally marked controlled task

• 1 internally marked practical task

• 1 synoptic exam

Unit 4: Medicines and treatment of disease
25% internally marked controlled assessment 

Covering: Management of medicines, medical pharmacology, principles of cancer treatment, and working as a multidisciplinary team.

Unit 5: Clinical labatory techniques
12.5% externally marketed controlled assessment

Covering: Principles of clinical testing, undertaking clinical labatory tests, processing data from clinical tests.

Unit 6: Medical Case Study
12.5% Written Exam

Covering: Final synoptic exam, all content learned over 2 years examined, case study on a specific disease

Medical scientists are at the forefront of healthcare services, as they are vital in the diagnosis of disease, determining the effectiveness of treatments and searching for new cures. This Diploma will enable progression to higher education to a range of Applied Science programmes, such as biomedical science, life sciences, and physiology.