Postgraduate Course: Stone Disease (UCHM12007)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 5 |
ECTS Credits | 2.5 |
Summary | Assessment and management of the patient presenting with stone disease. |
Course description |
Apply knowledge to the systematic assessment of patients with stone disease
Critically appraise the techniques employed in diagnosis and management of a urinary stone in kidney, ureter or bladder, and recognise when onward referral is appropriate
Identify the patient presenting with acute ureteric colic, urinary obstruction and sepsis and deduce appropriate management
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
50
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
49 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written Exam 60%, Coursework 40% |
Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Apply knowledge to the systematic assessment of patients with stone disease; Critically appraise the techniques employed in diagnosis and management of a urinary stone in kidney, ureter or bladder, and recognise when onward referral is appropriate; Identify the patient presenting with acute ureteric colic, urinary obstruction and sepsis and deduce appropriate management; Exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in professional activities at a level of independent urological practice.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Louise Buckley
Tel: (0131 6) 51 4936
Email: louise.buckley@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Jones
Tel: (0131) 651 4932
Email: sarah.jones@ed.ac.uk |
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