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Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine in a Global Context (GMED11086)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Clinical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaGeneral Courses (Medicine) Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course will provide an outline of the WHO strategy &«Now More than Ever &« and its implications for Primary Care and General Practice . It will explore the social determinants of health and health equity since the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care of 1978 and the role of Family Medicine within primary health care as a strategy for re-orientating health systems, and refocusing the direction of health care. It will examine movements such as the People's Health Movement with its Charter for Health, and analyse lessons learned from Family Medicine integration in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Course will examine the new and emerging best practices in family medicine approaches in rural, peri-urban and urban settings in low, middle and high income countries
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?No
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Online Activities 20, Formative Assessment Hours 20, Summative Assessment Hours 20, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the candidate will:
* Understand the role of the Alma Ata Declaration in shaping health care and be able to trace the shifting boundaries of primary health care over these last 30 years.
* Be able to evaluate different models of community participation in addressing urban -rural disparities and ways of developing new health staff and community partnerships of care.
* Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the value of a Family Medicine type approach in tackling non communicable diseases
* Be conversant with the Social Determinants of Health report and its impact on readjusting primary health care within a global framework.
* Understand the modalities of a range of new Family Medicine training programmes in Asia and Africa
* Critically evaluate case studies of family medicine, policy, implementation strategy, and delivery.
Assessment Information
60 % written assignment
40% peer and tutor review, verbal presentation and joint project work
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
KeywordsGeneral Practice, Alma Ata, Primary Health Care, WHO, Now more than Ever Strategy
Contacts
Course organiserDr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: Liz.Grant@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jan Bunyan
Tel: (0131) 242 6356
Email: jan.bunyan@ed.ac.uk
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