Postgraduate Course: Emergency Cardiac Critical Care (CRCA11018)
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 | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | Critical care of patients presenting with a cardiac surgical emergency is challenging. Clinical management depends on a comprehensive understanding of the underlying disease processes, complex surgeries and organ support needed by these patients.
You will be able to apply this knowledge to develop clinical skills. You will also appreciate how various disciplines contribute to the teamwork that provides optimal patient outcomes. |
| Course description |
1) Academic Description
You will understand the disease processes that result in
Acute cardiac surgical emergencies. This course will build on earlier components of the Programme: perioperative care in elective cardiac surgery, the recognition, assessment and management of the critically ill, and the application of multiple organ support. Special clinical considerations regarding physiology, cardiovascular disease, pharmacology, and specific organ support will be emphasised. The complexities of clinical decision making and the interactions of members of the inter-professional and multidisciplinary team will be covered.
2) Outline content
Each week of the course will explore a different topic, including acute aortic dissection, massive pulmonary embolism, myocarditis and infective endocarditis. These will be considered using clinical scenarios that develop understanding of advanced organ support, including mechanical cardiac devices and ultimately heart transplantation.
3) Student Learning Experience
Students will learn from a multi-professional team of experts in critical care, anaesthesia, and cardiac surgery.
Students will engage in recorded lectures, tutorials and videos. Each week, students will consider a case-based study, with expert-facilitated group discussions.
Core reading material, web-site links, and links to relevant material in other courses of the programme will be provided. Students will use skills developed in other parts of the Programme, including critiquing recent studies.
Formative self-assessment MCQs will allow students to assess their learning progression.
Students will evidence their learning by writing a clinical information document, and by an essay on the up-to-date clinical management of a case-based scenario.
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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:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the disease processes presenting as acute adult cardiac surgical emergencies
- Demonstrate an understanding of the critical care of these emergencies including mechanical circulatory devices.
- Apply a critical approach to the literature to guide decision-making in the cardiac critical care setting
- Recognise and understand the importance of multidisciplinary teamwork in the management of adult cardiac critical care patients
- Be able to discuss complex ethical issues related to decision making in adult cardiac critical care
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Reading List
A resource list will be provided to ensure access to relevant materials for participation in this course. More details about resource lists can be found at https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/research-teaching-staff/resource-lists/information-for-students
The resource material list will be provided in the virtual learning environment to enhance each week's material.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
a) Mindsets:
Enquiry and lifelong learning:
Graduates of this course will be encouraged to pursue their own curiosity and to learn and develop in the field of critical care, to strive for excellence in their own professional practice, and to strive to improve care for patients as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Aspiration and personal development
Students will be encouraged to draw on their own experiences to identify areas in which they wish to grow and develop acknowledging that different students will have different priorities and aspirations.
Outlook and engagement
Students will be asked to bring to the course experiences from their own practice, often specifically relating to their own geographical and cultural context, that can be used to explore learning, engage with individuals from other international communities on the programme.
b) Skills:
Research and enquiry
Students will use and further develop newly acquired expertise in accessing the literature and critical appraisal, to incorporate the findings of primary research in their arguments, discussions, and assessments.
Personal and intellectual autonomy
Students will be encouraged to use their own personal and intellectual autonomy through their active participation in self-directed learning, discussion boards and collaborative activities to critically evaluate ideas evidence and experiences from an open-minded perspective.
Personal effectiveness
Success on the course will require students to be effective and proactive learners. Using the resources of the course tutors, and the university learning and information environment, students will be encouraged and supported to contribute to their own learning, as well as that of others.
Communication
Excellence in critical care is dependent on excellent communication, and the structure of the interactive (discussion boards and collaborative activities) and assessment elements incorporate constant reinforcement and development of this skill. |
| Special Arrangements |
This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of Learn as the delivery platform. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
All live tutorials will be scheduled through Collaborate in the virtual learning environment, and the dates will be provided within the course information available there. |
| Keywords | Cardiac surgery,critical care,emergency presentations |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Alana Jefferies
Tel: (01312) 426398
Email: ajefferi@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Kimberley Jamieson
Tel:
Email: kimberley.jamieson@ed.ac.uk |
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