Surgical and Communication Skills (P02404)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MED-P-MED

This course will introduce the student to the principles of basic surgical and communication skills relevant to surgical practice in general. The course will be based on a recognised syllabus submitted to the Postgraduate Medical Education Training Board by the nine surgical specialties. The aim will be to ensure that the candidate has an understanding of the principles of the professional, management and other generic aspects of surgical practice including clinical governance, medicolegal aspects of surgery and clinical decision making and judgement as applied to surgical patients in the elective, urgent and emergency clinical setting.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Must have passed all three Certificate modules

? Co-requisites : All students registered on the MSc/Dip in Surgical Sciences MUST do this core course.

? Special Arrangements for Entry : All courses will be delivered taught by distance learning, using a purpose-built delivery platform which acts as a course intranet. Registered students are provided with a user name and password that allows them to access this course intranet. The intranet provides a variety of educational material and supports a range of approaches by the students to the material provided. Online delivery will be supported through the provision of interactive multimedia tutorials and discussions with peers and tutors based around case scenarios and virtual patients. The intranet will also house a number of interactive tutorials that allow students to work with information in a self-paced manner to test their understanding of important concepts and principles. Study guides with lecture notes are available. A CD ROM of the course readings is mailed to each student at the beginning of the year.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Surgical Sciences, (Medicine, Schedule R)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Additional Class Information : Students will be expected to participate actively in online discussion activity and to complete at least 10 hours of self-directed study per week. The total workload for the course will be approximately 100 hours.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The programme aims to ensure that candidates have a sound understanding of the principles of the professional, management and generic aspects of surgery as applied to general surgical practice and that will underpin surgical training across the broad range of surgical specialties in the early years of their clinical experience.

Assessment Information

All six core courses in Year 2 are assessed during each module by participation in online discussion, multiple choice questioning and extended item matching questions. An end of year MCQ based examination will be employed to ensure integration of the principles of perioperative care into surgical practice in general. Key principles that will underpin assessment activities are evidence-based practice and the application of theory to clinical practice. The principle of constructive alignment will underpin all assessments. This will ensure the assessment tasks are aligned with the specific course objectives, the content of the course and the teaching methods employed.