Psychiatry (U01754)

? Credit Points : 30 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : MED-4-psych

The six week Psychiatry attachment is divided into 1 acute admission ward placement and 1 two week specialist placement. During each of the Year 4 clinical attachments consultants are asked to grade students on their performance, taking into account history taking, mental state examination, formulation and diagnosis, relationships with patients and general contribution to the work of the unit.

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 : Six week clinical attachment. There is a week of joint teaching with Neurology and General Practice.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

It is intended that students should be able to conduct a diagnostic psychiatric interview, perform a competent mental state examination as part of this interview, describe their own emotional responses to patients and patients' corresponding emotional responses to clinicians, and show how these can influence the presentation and management of illness. During the course of the Year 4 attachment students are encouraged to relate their clinical experience to the background material provided in lecture courses, seminars and other teaching.

Assessment Information

Candidates WITHOUT clinical examination: - Clinical attachment A 5%; - Clinical attachment B 5%; - Oral on Clinical Issues 40%; - Essay 20%; - MCQ 30%; TOTAL 100%; If one or both supervising consultants on clinical attachments express concerns about an individual student's clinical competence (with a mark of less that 66%) then that student will receive an additional clinical assessment in the form of a clinical examination (long case). Candidates WITH a clinical examination - Clinical attachment A 2.5%; - Clinical attachment B 2.5%; - Oral on Clinical Issues 20% - Clinical Examination 25%; - Essay 20%; - MCQ 30%; TOTAL 100%