Postgraduate Course: Reflective Practice and Principles of General Practice Part 1 (GLHE11027)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This is part one of a two-part course. This first part aims to show the breadth of family medicine, exploring the various roles and responsibilities of the family physician within the family medicine team, and also exploring the values and attitudes a doctor as a professional needs to practice good patient centered and ethical family medicine. |
| Course description |
1. Roles and responsibilities of the Family Physician 1; managing illness, continuity and co-ordination of care,
2. Roles and responsibilities of the Family Physician 2: prevention of disease and health advocacy
3. Roles and responsibilities of the Family Physician 3; Maintaining good medical practice, teaching and training and family practice management
4. The Doctor as Professional; values, attitudes, feelings and beliefs 1
5. The Doctor as Professional; values, attitudes, feelings and beliefs 2
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
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 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
18 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be examined through:
A personal reflection on attitudes and values - 30%
Written Critical analysis and reflection - 70%
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- understand the unique role family physician has in a medical system
- ¿ understand the many different roles and responsibilities and family physician may have within the system they work in
- ¿ reflect on their current roles in their place of work, and examine how some components of this may be strengthened
- ¿ understand the values and attitudes a family physician should have in order to practice good patent centered family medicine
- ¿ reflect on the risk to good patient care posed by poor values and attitudes and to examine those attitudes within themselves
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Family Medicine principles and practice. Governance and Ethics |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robin Ramsay
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Michelle Hart
Tel: (0131 6)50 6525
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