Undergraduate Course: Medicine (MBCH11002)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 30 |
ECTS Credits | 15 |
| Summary | 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. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
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
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Eight weeks full-time clinical attachment |
| 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 242 6529
Email: jennifer.hill@ed.ac.uk |
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