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MCE5103
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
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Level | Postgraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology |
Offered | Clayton First semester (extended) 2013 (Day) Clayton First semester (extended) 2013 (Off-campus) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Sally Catt |
This unit provides students with the skills and opportunity to design and optimise embryo culture systems to ensure the best pregnancy outcomes for couples undertaking infertility treatment. This is achieved through a detailed understanding of critical cellular processes, with an aim to maximize normal embryo growth potential while minimizing stress. Students will learn the methods needed to accurately evaluate embryo quality and develop the ability to micro-manage IVF processes. This unit also provides students with a detailed understanding of cryopreservation techniques and the ability to critically discuss and evaluate these techniques and cryo-banking systems for oocytes, sperm, ovarian and testicular tissue and embryos in human IVF programs. The physico-chemical properties of permeant and non permeant cryoprotectants will be discussed in context with the slow cooling and vitrification methods.
On completion of this unit students will:
Written examination (2.5 hours)(40%)
Literature review for project (35%)
Critical review of Journal Article(25%)
20h contact per week (lectures, tutorials, forums, self-directed study)