Postgraduate Course: Family Medicine 3 (GLHE11025)

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	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course is the third of four essential Family Medicine courses focused on building the skill base for Family Medicine practitioners working in rural poorly resourced regions. The course teaches the clinical knowledge required for diagnosing, and managing relevant conditions with particular emphasis on resource poor primary care setting. It will go on to discuss how maternity and child health services can be effectively managed and monitored in a community setting. Students will be taught about basic services that can be delivered by the primary health care team and how to appropriately use secondary and tertiary care. Throughout the course activities there will also be an emphasis on the role of Family Medicine in leading to improvements in outcomes in maternal and child heath on an international level.
Course description	The course examines the management of maternal and child health in a primary care setting with emphasis on the maternal and child health within the house hold, the unique family medicine approach and the global health implications of what is taught.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Have a critical awareness of the international, national and local common strategies to improve maternal and child health and medicine. Be able to apply the principles of assessment, care and management to all maternal health and child health presentations, recognising and responding to maternal health issues and complications and neonate and children presenting with common childhood illnesses. Demonstrate leadership skills and make an identifiable contribution to change and development in the practice of family medicine thinking and practice.