Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine in a Global Context (GMED11086)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will provide an outline of the WHO strategy &«Now More than Ever &« and its implications for Primary Care and General Practice . It will explore the social determinants of health and health equity since the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care of 1978 and the role of Family Medicine within primary health care as a strategy for re-orientating health systems, and refocusing the direction of health care. It will examine movements such as the People's Health Movement with its Charter for Health, and analyse lessons learned from Family Medicine integration in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The Course will examine the new and emerging best practices in family medicine approaches in rural, peri-urban and urban settings in low, middle and high income countries |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Online Activities 20,
Formative Assessment Hours 20,
Summative Assessment Hours 20,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
60 % written assignment
40% peer and tutor review, verbal presentation and joint project work
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course the candidate will:
* Understand the role of the Alma Ata Declaration in shaping health care and be able to trace the shifting boundaries of primary health care over these last 30 years.
* Be able to evaluate different models of community participation in addressing urban -rural disparities and ways of developing new health staff and community partnerships of care.
* Develop a comprehensive knowledge of the value of a Family Medicine type approach in tackling non communicable diseases
* Be conversant with the Social Determinants of Health report and its impact on readjusting primary health care within a global framework.
* Understand the modalities of a range of new Family Medicine training programmes in Asia and Africa
* Critically evaluate case studies of family medicine, policy, implementation strategy, and delivery.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | General Practice, Alma Ata, Primary Health Care, WHO, Now more than Ever Strategy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
Tel:
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Course secretary | Dr Beverly Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368
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