Postgraduate Course: Evidence Based Medicine for Rural Family Medicine in rural settings (GLHE11029)
Course Outline
| School | School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Global Health |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will build students' knowledge on how to interpret and analyse knowledge and apply knowledge into clinical practice. Students will learn how to ask and answer clinical questions in their practice and strengthen their interpretive skills in quantifying uncertainties in practice with probabilities.
The course will focus on developing tools for searching, and organising information, for interpreting and using information and for developing processes for managing and applying global evidence into contextually appropriate practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
04/08/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 40,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 40,
Online Activities 40,
Formative Assessment Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
36 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The overall aim of the course is to enable students to understand the concepts of evidence based medicine and the process of application of theory into practice in rural low income settings where high income or westernised evidence based interpretative materials are less sensitive.
On completion of this course, the student will:
1. Be familiar with how to use research information to inform decision making in rural practice for family medicine
2. Be able to relate clinical decision making to clinical outcomes
3. Understand the significance of critically analysing day to day practice
4. Be confident to discriminate between strong and weak evidence, with skills to appraise and evaluate different forms of evidence
5. Be able to manage the multiple and alternative information giving systems that rural family medical practitioners are exposed to including pharmaceutical and alternative medical systems |
Assessment Information
The course will be examined through:
Examinable Case reviews including online presentations and reports 40%
Written Case Critique ( 2000 words) 60%
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Week 1 Understanding concepts of EBM
Week 2 Applying EBM in practice - case studies
Week 3 Understanding critical analysis and building essential research skills
Week 4 Applying EBM in practice - case studies
Week 5 Analysing and Critiquing information systems and building essential research skills
Week 6 Applying EBM in practice - case studies
Week 7 Relating clinical decision making to clinical outcomes and building essential research skills
Week 8 Applying EBM in practice - case studies
Week 9 Understanding the tools for extracting information and building essential research skills
Week 10 Summarising learning |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
The course will be divided into 10 sessions, each lasting a week. Each session will contain written materials and presentations, accompanied by guided reading in the form of links to journal articles with problem-based learning questions.
Two of the sessions will be devoted to assignment preparation, which will be actively facilitated by the course tutors.
Discussion of the content and reading materials will be posted to an online forum, along with students¿ answers to the PBL questions.
Students will be expected to produce a 2000 word case critique by the end of week 10.
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| Keywords | Family Medicine, Evidence based medicine |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
Email: Liz.Grant@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Joanne Ntawuyamara-Marshall
Tel:
Email: Jo.Ntawuyamara-Marshall@ed.ac.uk |
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