Undergraduate Course: Medicine (MBCH11002)
Course Outline
| School |
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
College |
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
30 |
| Home subject area |
MBChB |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course comprises two four week attachments, in general medicine and acute medicine. In general medicine students will be attached on a one-to one basis to consultant teams and will be expected to 'shadow' the house officers of that team. In acute medicine attachments students will participate in acute assessment of medical emergencies receiving frequent consultant teaching and a course in medical emergencies and resuscitation. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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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 |
Eight weeks full-time clinical attachment |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours:Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets January | | 2:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets March | | 2:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets October | | 2:00 | | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets August | Medicine | 2:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Preparation for practice as a house physician - learning to combine professional attitudes, integrated knowledge and sound clinical skills to make what will be the first (and in some circumstances, only) detailed assessment of a patient presenting to a hospital acute medicine service. This will be achieved by:
a.Learning to discriminate between different causes of a presenting problem
b.Developing knowledge of management of common disorders
c.Consolidating key clinical skills |
Assessment Information
Assessment will include:
(1)a portfolio case selected whilst undertaking the general medicine attachment
(2)a structured evaluation of clinical skills undertaken by consultant teachers in the general medicine attachment
(3)a 'before and after' self-assessment of discriminatory skills undertaken by the student during the acute medicine attachment. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords |
Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr David Kluth
Tel: 0131 242 6785
Email: david.kluth@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Jennifer Hill
Tel: (0131 6)50 3193
Email: jennifer.hill@ed.ac.uk |
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