General Practice (U01664)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : MED-4-gp

Students will generally spend time with most of the doctors in your practice, observing consultations and conducting consultations yourself under supervision. They will also be attached to other members of the primary health care team, for example practice nurse, district nurse and health visitor to observe their work and participate with them in their activities where appropriate.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

MBChB, (Medicine, Schedule R)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 20 hour(s) per week for 36 weeks

? Additional Class Information : A 3 week attachment to a general practice, which, in most cases, will be outside the city of Edinburgh. Two individual tutorials with the practice tutor. In addition there will be three group tutorials in the department of general practice.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The intended learning objective is to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to effectively and holistically diagnose clinical problems in the general practice setting.

Assessment Information

There are 2 components to the assessment, with the following weightings.
- Practice Tutor assessment (50%), comprising a standardised assessment of consulting skills (30%) and clinical knowledge, communication skills, attitudes and professional behaviour (20%).
- Portfolio case (50%)