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Undergraduate Course: Medicine (MBCH11002)

Course Outline
SchoolEdinburgh Medical School CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits30 ECTS Credits15
SummaryThe course comprises two four week attachments, in general medicine and acute medicine. In general medicine students will be attached on a one-to one basis to consultant teams and will be expected to 'shadow' the house officers of that team. In acute medicine attachments students will participate in acute assessment of medical emergencies receiving frequent consultant teaching and a course in medical emergencies and resuscitation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 300 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 17, External Visit Hours 7, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 9, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 6, Placement Study Abroad Hours 244, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 40 %, Coursework 60 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment will include:
(1)a portfolio case selected whilst undertaking the general medicine attachment
(2)a structured evaluation of clinical skills undertaken by consultant teachers in the general medicine attachment
(3)a 'before and after' self-assessment of discriminatory skills undertaken by the student during the acute medicine attachment.
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)1:35
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)1:35
Outwith Standard Exam Diets February1:35
Outwith Standard Exam Diets October1:35
Outwith Standard Exam Diets AugustMedicine2:00
Learning Outcomes
Preparation for practice as a house physician - learning to combine professional attitudes, integrated knowledge and sound clinical skills to make what will be the first (and in some circumstances, only) detailed assessment of a patient presenting to a hospital acute medicine service. This will be achieved by:
a.Learning to discriminate between different causes of a presenting problem
b.Developing knowledge of management of common disorders
c.Consolidating key clinical skills
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Eight weeks full-time clinical attachment
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Kluth
Tel: 0131 242 6785
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Hill
Tel: (0131 6)50 3193
Email:
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