| Biomedical science |
- Explains how useful scientific information is obtained from large data sets.
- Explains how a workplace laboratory records and processes large datasets of scientific information and the type of data collected.
- Explains how this meets customer needs and how it ensures traceability e.g. signatures, unique computer logins.
- Explains how the information collected is transformed into a useful form for the customer.
- Analyses how different workplace laboratories store and manage scientific information.
- Analyses how different workplace laboratories communicate with each other and with external customers or regulatory bodies, explaining the purpose of doing so.
- Comments on whether the way in which the information is communicated is fit for purpose and how it could improve.
- Explains and contrast the benefits and the issues involved in obtaining, organizing, retrieving, pooling, and sharing specific types of scientific information e.g. drug test results.
- Explains the ethical and bioethical considerations associated with the storage of scientific information that may be made available to a third party e.g. healthcare records.
- Evaluates the challenges of storing and communicating large quantities of scientific information so that it can be retrieved and used.