Postgraduate Course: Applying the Family Medicine Approach Throughout Every Stage of Life (GLHE11095)
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 | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | The course allows students to apply the principles taught in the first year of the programme across the lifecycle of the patient, family, and community. |
| Course description |
This course provides students with the opportunity to explore the breadth of the family medicine approach at all stages of life.
After an introduction to family medicine in the context of primary healthcare globally, students work through learning materials in four themes:
- Health promotion and disease prevention
- Treatment and management
- Multi morbidity
- Health ageing
Each theme will incorporate 4 weeks of teaching. Each will will focus on a different clinical topic and will be explored through the lens of the family medicine approach or appraisal of evidence/guidelines or ethics/professionalism. This provides a breadth of learning and builds on teaching in year one of the programme.
Students will be encouraged to identify their own educational needs. The learning is facilitated by a reflective workbook enabling students to reflect on scenarios encountered in their own practice. Facilitated small group learning will occur directed by the students.
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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
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge skills and understanding to practise in a wide and often unpredictable variety of professional and clinical contexts.
- Apply critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis to issues that are informed by forefront developments in family medicine and primary healthcare.
- Work effectively in a peer relationship with other practitioners.
- Navigate complex professional and ethical issues and make informed judgements using a compassionate and patient-centred approach.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Curiosity of learning and personal and professional development as a self-reflective practitioner.
Research and enquiry to creatively tackle problems and improve quality of care.
Passion to engage with patients, families, communities and health care teams to positively influence the development of family medicine locally and globally. |
| Keywords | Family Medicine,Evidence-based Practice,Ethics,Professionalism,Health Promotion,Disease Prevention |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robin Ramsay
Tel:
Email: robin.ramsay@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Matthew Newlands
Tel:
Email: Matt.Newlands@ed.ac.uk |
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