Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine Approach to Maternal and Child Health (GLHE11078)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh Medical School |
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 will discuss how maternal and child health services can be effectively managed and monitored in a primary care setting. The course will integrate teaching on MCH with principles and practice of family medicine, evidence-based medicine, quality improvement and professionalism taught in the first year of the programme. |
| Course description |
The course examines the management of maternal and child health both within the family and the community as well the Global Health approach.
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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:
- Demonstrate a critical awareness of the current international, national and local strategies to improve maternal and child health.
- Apply a range of principles and professional skills of the family doctor to the assessment, care and management of maternal and child health presentations.
- Develop original and creative responses to maternal and child health issues within their own family practice.
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Reading List
| MCWHINNEY, I. R., & FREEMAN, T. (2009). Textbook of family medicine. Oxford, Oxford University Press. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | primary care,family medicine,community medicine |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Lin Watson
Tel:
Email: lwatso10@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Matthew Newlands
Tel:
Email: Matt.Newlands@ed.ac.uk |
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