Undergraduate Course: Introduction to Clinical Practice (MBCH09016)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh Medical School	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 9 (Year 2 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The course is directed towards helping the student acquire the skills, attributes and related knowledge necessary to pactise medicine.
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 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 9, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 4, Other Study Hours 11, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Placement Study Abroad Hours 15, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 145 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Other Study Hours: those not specified elsewhere.
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 15 %, Practical Exam 85 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Assessment marks will be based on patient study records from Introduction to Clinical Practice, First aid and Resuscitation Skills and end of course Objective Structure Clinical Examination (OSCE) plus 1 hour OSCA online exam.
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: As a scholar and scientist, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to apply the principles, methods and knowledge of the relevant disciplines of academic study to selected medical conditions, and take a scholarly and scientific approach to questions in patient care. As a practitioner, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to assess patients with selected presentations through a patient-focused history and clinical examination, seeking help from colleagues appropriately, demonstrate a range of specified procedural skills with related consent and infection control procedures and use computers to create and share clinical information confidentially and in a de-identified manner. As a professional, on completion of ICP, the successful student will be able to direct and regulate personal learning and contributions to group learning, guided by the intended learning outcomes, and a reflective and critical approach, and demonstrate understanding of the core ethical, professional and legal responsibilities expected in clinical practice and contribute to enhancing patient care when opportunities arise, whilst attending to personal health, wellbeing and professional development.