Postgraduate Course: Specialist Academic Activity (GMED12003)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	30	ECTS Credits	15
Summary	To further develop trainees' critical abilities and underpin surgical knowledge in their chosen subspecialty
Course description	Not entered

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 300 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 70, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 225 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	e-Dissertation (research critique) (75%); Discussion Boards (25%) University Common Marking Scheme (PG) will be applied
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of chosen surgical subspecialty; Identify, conceptualise and offer original and creative insights into novel information and/or recently published data; Produce a written critique of a defined piece of research; Demonstrate originality and creativity in the development and application of new knowledge, understanding and practices