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Undergraduate Course: Psychiatry (MBCH10003)

Course Outline
SchoolCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits30
Home subject areaMBChB Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe six week Psychiatry attachment is divided into 1 acute admission ward placement and 1 two week specialist placement. During each of the Year 4 clinical attachments consultants are asked to grade students on their performance, taking into account history taking, mental state examination, formulation and diagnosis, relationships with patients and general contribution to the work of the unit.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  No Quota:  None
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
Additional information Six week clinical attachment. There is a week of joint teaching with Neurology and General Practice.
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours:Minutes
Outwith Standard Exam Diets May1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets February1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets October1:30
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
It is intended that students should be able to conduct a diagnostic psychiatric interview, perform a competent mental state examination as part of this interview, describe their own emotional responses to patients and patients' corresponding emotional responses to clinicians, and show how these can influence the presentation and management of illness. During the course of the Year 4 attachment students are encouraged to relate their clinical experience to the background material provided in lecture courses, seminars and other teaching.
Assessment Information
Candidates WITHOUT clinical examination: - Clinical attachment A 5%; - Clinical attachment B 5%; - Oral on Clinical Issues 40%; - MCQ 50%; TOTAL 100%; If one or both supervising consultants on clinical attachments express concerns about an individual student's clinical competence (with a mark of less that 66%) then that student will receive an additional clinical assessment in the form of a clinical examination (long case). Candidates WITH a clinical examination - Clinical attachment A 2.5%; - Clinical attachment B 2.5%; - Oral on Clinical Issues 20% - Clinical Examination 25%; - MCQ 50%; TOTAL 100%
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr L Thomson
Tel: (0131) 537 6271
Email: L.D.G.Thomson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Judith Bryce
Tel: (0131 6)50 3190
Email: judith.bryce@ed.ac.uk
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