BMS5009 - Industry training and internship - 2019

This unit constitutes the work preparation component to complete the Master of Biomedical and Health Science. It prepares students with the skill set for work and industry preparedness and provides students with a professional internship experience undertaken over two months.

Students will gain skills in developing an employment/work portfolio, including writing a CV and a cover letter, and addressing key selection criteria, for model jobs in the biomedical sciences. They will also learn the skills to develop effective online portfolios to market themselves professionally.

Students will also develop industry awareness for the biomedical and biotechnology industries.

In the internship, students will acquire experience by working in a professional environment in the biomedical and biotechnology industries. The internship will include considerations of ethical issues in the workplace and the development of a workplace written report.

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

• Create a professional written portfolio for different types of positions within the biomedical or biotechnology industries.
• Evaluate explicit and implicit key selection criteria for different types of positions within the biomedical or biotechnology industries and formulate appropriate oral and written responses.
• Design and construct professional online portfolios to promote skills for self-employment in the biomedical and Biotech industries.
• Appraise and critique interview techniques for models of real world jobs in the biomedical or biotechnical industries.
• Apply professional biomedical science skills to generate a workplace -appropriate research report such as preparation of findings for publication or creating a pipeline of product marketing or evaluation.
• Appraise current trends in the biomedical and biotechnology sciences to Identify potential growth areas.
• Evaluate the impact of organisation culture upon ethical practise and approaches to problem solving.
• Formulate and apply a set of professional codes of conduct for a specific internship workplace.

Internships: Maximum 7.5 h/day x 5 days/week x 2 months

• Assemble a work-readiness portfolio of CV, cover letter, and letter on Key Selection Criteria for different biomedical/biotech industries (1,500 words) (15%)
• Design and construct professional online portfolios targeted to employment in the biomedical and Biotech industries (20 minutes) (10%)
• Undertake a behaviour-based professional interview for a model job in the biomedical/biotech industries (15 minutes) (8%)
• Oral presentation on ethical considerations in their internship workplace (20 minutes) (10%)
• Production of a work-environment specific report (3000 words limit) (30%)
• Oral presentation on growth trends in the biomedical and biotech industries (15 minutes) (7%)
• Develop with preceptor a suite of workplace-specific codes for professionalism to be used by preceptor for assessment of competencies and application of (20%)

For the coursework component: Contact 24 hours/week for four weeks.

Internships: Maximum 7.5 h/day x 5 days/week x 2 months

See also Unit timetable information

Biomedical science