Assignment (1) 25% [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
Assignment (2) 25% [Learning Outcomes 1,2]
Report (3,000 words) 50% [Learning Outcomes 1,3,4]

Due to the professional nature of the medical illustration programme, it is necessary for all components of assessment to be passed as learners must have a rigorous understanding and working knowledge of each aspect of the course to allow them to become registered by the Health Professions Council. And, as such, no internal compensation should be allowed on these modules.

Creme, P. and Lea, M.R., Writing at University - a Guide for Students, Open University Press, 2003
Watson, R, Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses, Bailliere Tindall, London, 2005
National Photography Guidelines, available at: www.imi.org.uk/guidelines.htm
Visual Communication in Medicine, e-journal published by Taylor and Francis. This e-journal will be available online via the University Website.

Workplace-based Resources

Library and Information Services resources

This module includes learning about the legal, ethical and copyright issues that you are likely to encounter in professional medical illustration practice. You will learn about the legal protection of authorship or ownership of images, key legal and ethical issues in dealing with patients and data relating to patients and you will be required to reflect on issues of patient dignity, cultural, religious and ethnic beliefs, with particular reference to case studies and to your own experience at work. You will also learn how to recognise and describe a range of anatomical features and specific medical conditions, using diagrams and the appropriate medical terminology to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding. Finally, you will learn how to apply word processing, spreadsheet and page layout software, as well as conventional and image databases, slide presentation software and graphics and image editing packages.

At the beginning of this module you will be introduced to all of the research resources that are availabe to you, both at the university and in your place of work, and you will attend a two-day Research Skills workshop at the university. You will then complete a series of coursework assignments, based on your independent research and learning, on the key topics of the module: legal, ethical and copyright issues, anatomy and medical terminology and computer skills for medical illustrators. You will submit answers to a series of questions for each of the first two topics, and a report on the specific applications of a range of software packages, including a detailed case study, for the third. Your independent learning will be supported by a detailed module handbook and your workplace supervisor will be your main point of contact for advice and guidance. You will also be introduced to the University's Personal Development Planning tools, which will help you to develop a record of your growing knowledge, skills and experience.