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Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Clinical Practice (MBCH09016)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh Medical School CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course is directed towards helping the student acquire the skills, attributes and related knowledge necessary to pactise medicine.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. As a scholar and scientist, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to apply the principles, methods and knowledge of the relevant disciplines of academic study to selected medical conditions, and take a scholarly and scientific approach to questions in patient care.
  2. As a practitioner, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to assess patients with selected presentations through a patient-focused history and clinical examination, seeking help from colleagues appropriately, demonstrate a range of specified procedural skills with related consent and infection control procedures and use computers to create and share clinical information confidentially and in a de-identified manner.
  3. As a professional, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to direct and regulate personal learning and contributions to group learning, guided by the intended learning outcomes, and a reflective and critical approach, and demonstrate understanding of the core ethical, professional and legal responsibilities expected in clinical practice and contribute to enhancing patient care when opportunities arise, whilst attending to personal health, wellbeing and professional development.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Hilary Young
Tel:
Email: H.Young@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stuart Mallen
Tel: (0131 6)50 3227
Email: Stuart.Mallen@ed.ac.uk
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