Undergraduate Course: Medicine (MBCH11002)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh Medical School	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Year 5 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	30	ECTS Credits	15
Summary	The 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
Not being delivered

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