Posted: March 1st, 2023

MD7002 Assessment 1: Written Laboratory Report

MD7002 Assessment 1: Written Laboratory Report

MD7002 Final submission: 4th March 2023, 14.00pm

Module code MD7002
Module title Analysis and Interpretation of Clinical Data
Module leader Dr
Assessment title Assessment 1 – Written Laboratory Report

Assessment weighting 75%
Date of assessment launch Monday 16th January 2023
Date assessment submission Friday 4th March 2022, 2pm (UK time)
Assessment support i.e. drafts or support session dates
Draft submission deadline
Monday 15th February 2023, 2pm (UK time)

Assessment drop-in support session
Tuesday 18th February 2023, 3-5pm on Teams
Learning outcomes to be assessed • Master complex data analysis, including performing statistical analysis and data interpretation
• Deploy high-quality academic writing skills to report results of laboratory investigations in a concise and appropriate scientific manner
• Critically analyse the importance of assay development and quality control in laboratory testing
Aim of assessment
The aim of this assignment is to engage with recording, analysis and interpretation of scientific data. At the same time it will help you improve your academic writing skills.

MD7002 Final submission: 4th March 2022, 14:00 (UK time)

Written Laboratory Report (3000 words)

Data:
Pipetting, dilution and protein assay data were collected from all students on the 17th of January during the practical session. The Excel file with the student database can be found in the MD7002 Moodle space under the Assessment tile below Assessment 1.
You should use these data to complete your Assessment statistical analysis.
Tab 1 “Pipetting” contains the weights database, Tab 2 “Dilutions” contains the dilutions database in the form of absorbance and Tab 3 “Protein Assay” contains the standard curve and unknown protein database in the form of absorbance.
Please scroll to your right to obtain all data triplicates.

Assessment Document:
Your report should include the following sections: introduction, results, discussion, reference list. You do not need to include a methods section in your report.

Introduction
Your introduction should provide some key background information for the reader. You should briefly describe the scenario you worked on Day 3 and introduce the aim(s) of the report. You do not need to provide information on Day 2 activities. The introduction should be supported by reference to relevant literature.

Results
In this section you should present the results you obtained on Days 2 and 3 in a proper scientific manner. Your tables should have proper titles, your figures should have proper legends and be numbered in an ascending order as presented in your text. You should only present and describe the results in this section, do not interpret the data here. No references should be needed in the results section.
The results section should be structured as follows:

Pipetting, dilution and protein assay results
• A table containing YOUR descriptive statistics for all weights measured AND the respective results of the class database
• A standard curve graph with error bars for the dilutions in tubes and in plate of YOUR results AND a separate of your class database
• A standard curve graph with error bats for YOUR protein assay, including the equation and the result concentration of your unknown sample A based on this equation AND the respective class database results

p53 cancer gene RFLP
A family tree showing the genotypes of the individuals
A figure with your fully annotated agarose gel to contain the DNA marker sizes, the sample name on each lane and the size of each DNA band

Blood type
A table with the blood types of the individuals
A figure with the blood typing strip fully annotated

Alkaline phosphatase activity
A graph with the alkaline phosphatase activity of the individuals

Urine sample results
A figure with two panels, one with the photograph of the antibiotic resistance test and one with the dip-stick labelled A and B respectively

HIV test
A figure with two panels, one with the immunoblot strip and one with the Western blot labelled A and B. Both need to be fully annotated

Discussion
This section should have two parts. The first part will discuss the Practical A results and the second will discuss the Practical B results. The use of subheadings will help the reader follow your thought easier.

The following elements should be addressed in your discussion:
• What do your results mean? How do they compare to the class database? What is the reason behind any discrepancies?
• With reference to your data from Practical B you should discuss which sample corresponds to which patient and why as well as evaluate whether the techniques used were appropriate and why/why not.
• Discuss the importance of quality control in laboratory testing and how this parameter may have affected your results
• You should also include a concise conclusion which brings the report together

Submission Instructions:
Please do not write your name on the assignment. You can use your J number next to the title of your assignment which will be “Programme – J number”
Please submit your assignment electronically via the “Assessment 1” Turnitin link which will be found in the MD7002 Moodle space under the Assessment tile below Assessment 1 after the Assessment support session.
It is your responsibility to submit your work on time. Please do not leave your submission until the last minute before the deadline. You might face technical difficulties which might lead to a late submission. If you experience difficulties with the submission please contact LIS on lis.helpdesk@chester.ac.uk and copy me in (i.myrtzioukanaki@chester.ac.uk).
Please ensure that your work is your own and follows established academic standards. All external sources of information should be properly cited using the APA7 referencing format.
All assignments will be assessed for plagiarism using the Turnitin plug-in. In line with good academic practice please ensure that sourced material is reworded in manner appropriate to your assessment and referenced.

Exceptional Circumstances:
The Exceptional Circumstances process can only be used if you are experiencing issues which are serious and exceptional relative to the normal daily challenges presented by academic study, and unpredictable in that you could not reasonably have been expected either to avoid them, or to allow for them in planning the assessment work or preparation.
The full policy, which gives details of the kind of circumstances that will and will not be taken into account, plus the type of evidence that may be accepted, may be found via the following link:
Exceptional Circumstances Portal page
The online application system for exceptional circumstances can be accessed here.
Please note, decisions are made centrally – do not send individual requests to me.

Level 7 Marking Criteria:

You will be assessed for MD7002 assessment 1 using the following marking criteria which is based on the generic marking criteria for level 7.

You will be assessed on four main criteria:
• Knowledge: knowledge and understanding of the academic discipline
• Sources: Reading and use of appropriate sources
• Analysis: Critical analysis and interpretation
• Communication: Communication skills, written and presented

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