Postgraduate Course: Reflective Practice and Principles of General Practice Part 2 (GLHE11028)
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 second part of the course continues to encourage the students to reflect on key elements of good patient-centered care. Three of the five sections focus on good consultation and communication with patients, the central skills required of good family medicine, and these sections require the student to reflect on their current practice, and try some new techniques. The final sections give students tools to practice in an ethical manner, and make good ethical decisions and to reflect on the continual improvement of care provision, and how this may be achieved. |
| Course description |
1. Communication and Consultation Skills 1
2. Communication and Consultation Skills 2
3. Communication and Consultation Skills 3
4. Ethics in clinical practice
5. Leadership and quality improvement in clinical practice
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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:
Exercises and reflection on consultation techniques (30%)
Written paper on quality improvement exercise (70%)
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- adopt a more patient-centered attitude to consultation with patients and put into practice techniques in consultation and communication which facilitate this
- understand bioethical dilemmas and take decisions appropriately
- provide leadership in the family medicine team
- understand the processes behind quality improvement techniques and implement good practice evidence based systems through audit, significant event analysis and review
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Family Medicine principles and practice resilience and health assets |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Robin Ramsay
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Michelle Hart
Tel: (0131 6)50 6525
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