Course Details in 2025/26 Session

Module Title	LM Geriatric Medicine and the Biology of Ageing.
School	Inst of Inflammation / Ageing
Department	Inst of Inflammation / Ageing
Module Code	02 39086
Module Lead	Dr Thomas Jackson/Prof Janet Lord
Level	Masters Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-8 hours Seminar-8 hours Tutorial-8 hours Practical Classes and workshops-8 hours Guided independent study-168 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The module will be run using pre-recorded lectures, face to face seminars, gamification and flipped classroom techniques, with some practical research methods sessions. This will include 16 hours of lectures and seminars on the following topics: Demographic change and Evolution of ageing The 'hallmarks' of ageing and chronological age vs biological age Cellular senescence, immunesenescence, 'inflammageing' Ageing of the major body systems Multimorbidity – clusters, time course, and treatments Frailty – different models of frailty and their clinical relevance Frailty syndromes – delirium, falls, sarcopenia Geroscience – how can we correct age related changes pharmacologically Lifestyle interventions to target ageing mechanisms Clinical geroscience – correcting cellular senescence and inflammageing in human populations Diseases of ageing in a social and global context Journal Club – discussing recent journal articles (4 hour private study each for 5 papers) with formative assessment on science communication A practical examining research in older people with frailty with measurements of frailty and immunsenescence, both clinical and laboratory as options.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Discuss the basic changes in biology that occur with age, and these are expressed in clinical presentations of disease Understand current and proposed treatments of frailty and ageing disease through the lense of geroscience Discuss the relationships between frailty, multimorbidity and healthy ageing Learn to critique research papers generally and in the biogerontology field specifically
Assessment
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: Assessment: 50% ICA consisting of 2,000 word essay, 50% 3 hour unseen examination consisting of 3Essays Reassessment: All failed components can be resubmitted at the next available opportunity.
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