Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine 3 (GLHE11025)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course is the third of four essential Family Medicine courses focused on building the skill base for Family Medicine practitioners working in rural poorly resourced regions.
The course teaches the clinical knowledge required for diagnosing, and managing relevant conditions with particular emphasis on resource poor primary care setting. It will go on to discuss how maternity and child health services can be effectively managed and monitored in a community setting. Students will be taught about basic services that can be delivered by the primary health care team and how to appropriately use secondary and tertiary care.
Throughout the course activities there will also be an emphasis on the role of Family Medicine in leading to improvements in outcomes in maternal and child heath on an international level.
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| Course description |
The course examines the management of maternal and child health in a primary care setting with emphasis on the maternal and child health within the house hold, the unique family medicine approach and the global health implications of what is taught.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have a critical awareness of the international, national and local common strategies to improve maternal and child health and medicine.
- Be able to apply the principles of assessment, care and management to all maternal health and child health presentations, recognising and responding to maternal health issues and complications and neonate and children presenting with common childhood illnesses.
- Demonstrate leadership skills and make an identifiable contribution to change and development in the practice of family medicine thinking and practice.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Family Medicine |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robin Ramsay
Tel:
Email: robin.ramsay@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Michelle Hart
Tel: (0131 6)50 6525
Email: michelle.hart@ed.ac.uk |
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