Postgraduate Course: Stone Disease (GMED12020)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	5	ECTS Credits	2.5
Summary	Assessment and management of the patient presenting with stone disease
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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 50 ( Online Activities 25, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 20 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Discussion Boards (40%), Exam (60%) University Common Marking Scheme (PG) will be applied
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Apply knowledge to the systematic assessment of patients with stone disease; Critically appraise the techniques employed in diagnosis and management of a urinary stone in kidney, ureter or bladder, and recognise when onward referral is appropriate; Identify the patient presenting with acute ureteric colic, urinary obstruction and sepsis and deduce appropriate management; Exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in professional activities at a level of independent urological practice.