Undergraduate Course: Year 5 - Process of Care 2 (MBCH10021)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 5 Undergraduate) |
| Course type | Placement |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 180 |
ECTS Credits | 90 |
| Summary | In Year 5 - Process of Care 2 students move on from the generalities of clinical practice to encounter a wide variety of key medical specialties. By the end of the course students should be able to assist a doctor in providing clinical care.
The year is organised into seven 5-weeks blocks with the examination diet at the end.
Students build on the knowledge and skills of previous years and increasingly engage in everyday clinical practice within the limits of their competence and under careful supervision. Students rotate around several specialties working in hospital wards as part of a team. Students will be allocated placements in psychiatry, child life and health (paediatrics), obstetrics and gynaecology, as well as some smaller specialities. Students in Year 5 will also undertake a Broadening Medical Experience block where they have an opportunity to develop clinically, professionally and/or academically in an area of their interest.
There are opportunities for formative feedback throughout the Course.
Assessments occur throughout the year with students required to complete a Clinical ePortfolio, and at the end of the year in the form of written exams (MCQ and very short answer questions) and clinical exams (Objective Structured Clinical Examination). Students are expected to demonstrate a professional approach to their studies and conduct. |
| Course description |
Year 5 modules include Psychiatry, Child Life & Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Haematology, Oncology, Palliative Care, Breast Diseases, Urology, Renal, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology (ENT), Anaesthetics and Critical Care and Broadening Medical Experience.
The teaching and learning experiences are varied and include interactive lectures, small group tutorials, directed reading using a range of materials including online lectures and computer-based learning packages, resuscitation, clinical skills and communication workshops. Students can be based in community, clinics, wards, operating theatres, imaging, and investigative labs.
The curriculum and its teaching and learning methods continue to guide the development of self-directed learning. Less of the required knowledge is provided in face to face or online lectures but there will be clear guidance to prioritise students' reading and these methods are complemented by interactive tutorials, often in the clinical setting. The portfolio case reports summaries direct students to explore in-depth the needs of individual patients, and to reflect on and critique current approaches to management. The clinical skills observations offer students another opportunity to take responsibility for their own learning, and emulates the requirements of postgraduate medical training for new doctors. Students are expected to challenge themselves to be observed in new tasks, capture the feedback and store it in their portfolio to help them recall it and use it to improve their performance. At the end of modules, tutors review the evidence of performance (e.g., clinical observations) with students and provide additional written and verbal comments on general progress, with suggestions for developments.
There are many other opportunities for feedback, described below. Students are expected to reflect on this feedback, discuss it with their supervisor and use it to further direct and enhance their own learning.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will have to travel between teaching and placement locations. Students are responsible for these costs; however, travel subsidies are available to offset travel costs and students may be able to claim expenses back for peripheral placements in Years 4, 5 and 6. Accommodation will be provided at most peripheral placements.
Students will also need access to a smart device or laptop to submit course work. Students will be required to have their own stethoscope. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
1800
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Lecture Hours 61,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 123,
Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 250,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 7.5,
Online Activities 63,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 7.5,
Formative Assessment Hours 6,
Revision Session Hours 11,
Other Study Hours 86,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 36,
Placement Study Abroad Hours 750,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
399 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Other Study Hours: those not specified elsewhere.
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
70 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
30 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
IN-COURSE ASSESSMENT (must Pass)
ePortfolio: Students are required to submit a clinical portfolio and submit a variety of items to this throughout the year. This includes:
- Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) which cover the core aspects of clinical practice.
- Clinical skills sign-offs
For the Professionalism requirement of the year, students must have satisfactory attendance and demonstrate professional behaviour in order to progress. This is required across teaching and placement throughout the course.
WRITTEN EXAMS (70% weighting)
The Knowledge Test exam is a year-long assessment, students will undertake paper 1 and paper 2.
CLINICAL EXAMS (30% weighting)
OSCE exam will take place at end of year.
PROGRESSION CRITERIA
Students must pass the written, clinical exams and professionalism requirements in order to progress to Year 6 of the MBChB programme.
Students must achieve a passing mark for the Clinical Examination but must also pass at least 50% of the stations.
Professionalism: Students must complete all attachments, modules and theme teaching without professionalism issues being raised.
This requires students to:
- attend all teaching and learning sessions in the clinical setting, all small-group sessions and those with patients or guest speakers and all interactive sessions
- engage by submitting evidence of required learning and assessment activities on attachment, by submitting/ resubmitting all required portfolio items.
- demonstrate professional conduct listed under four GMC domains - Knowledge, skills and performance; Safety and Quality; Communication, partnership, and teamwork; Maintaining trust
If a placement raises a Concern/Issue about a student's professionalism (including attendance, engagement and professional conduct), the Board of Examiners will decide on any appropriate remediation. All issues must have been satisfactorily addressed by the end of the course allow students to progress to Year 6 Preparation for Practice.
RESIT OPPORTUNITY
If students do not progress from MBChB Year 5, they will have a further opportunity to repeat Year 5 as a second attempt the following academic year. |
| Feedback |
FEEDBACK ON FORMATIVE TASKS
All Year 5 students will undertake two formative Knowledge Tests in Year 5. These will be undertaken online. Students do not need to pass either of these Knowledge Tests, though undertaking them is compulsory.
Students are required to undertake clinical tasks such as practical skills or clerking patients, for practice and feedback. Tutors will directly observe students undertaking some of these tasks and will offer verbal and/or written feedback.
FEEDBACK ON SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
This will be provided when in-course work is returned or, in the case of exams, after the Board of Examiners ratifies marks, and includes:
Knowledge Tests: Students will receive a performance report
Clinical examination: Students will receive a performance report |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Minutes |
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| Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Year 5 Knowledge Test (Paper 1) | 100 | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Year 5 Knowledge Test (Paper 2) | 100 | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets June | Year 5 Knowledge Test (Paper 3) | 100 | | | Outwith Standard Exam Diets February | Year 5 Progress Test | 100 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate appropriate generic personal and professional values and behaviours.
- Demonstrate appropriate skills in clinical practice.
- Demonstrate their knowledge through scholarly application to the care of patients in practice.
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Learning Resources
| Information is given on the virtual learning environment (Learn) to guide students to a range of learning resources that include online lectures, computer-based learning packages, quizzes, reading, and videos (of clinical skills, practical procedures and other content). Refer to the Resource List on Learn for recommended study materials. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Newly qualified doctors will make the care of patients their first concern, applying their knowledge and skills in a competent, ethical and professional manner and taking responsibility for their own actions in complex and uncertain situations.
Newly qualified doctors will recognise biomedical, psychological and social science principles of health and disease, and integrate and apply scholarly principles to the care of patients. Newly qualified doctors will understand the patient journey through the full range of health and social care settings. |
| Keywords | Psychiatry,O&G,Haem,Oncology,Breast,Pall Care,Renal,Uro,ENT,Ophthalmology,Dermatology,paediatric |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kirsty Dundas
Tel: (0131) 242 6509
Email: Kirsty.Dundas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Aiste Gaube
Tel:
Email: agaube@ed.ac.uk |
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