This course is intended for students wishing to pursue a career as a Health Professions Council-registered Biomedical Scientist; students undertake clinical placements at regional NHS pathology laboratories throughout the programme and course credits are gained in part through work-based learning at each level of study; the vocational and university-based academic components of the course are integrated to provide a multidisciplinary approach to the study of the human body in health and disease; students develop a detailed understanding of normal human function and the development, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases which is applied within a professional practice setting.