Postgraduate Course: Foundations of Family Medicine (GLHE11071)

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 establishes a common understanding of the unique features of Family Medicine, through the collaborative development of a community of learning.
Course description	The course will begin by exploring the history of Family Medicine and development of the core concepts of the speciality through examining key papers in the field. Students will be gradually introduced to basic consultation skills and evidence based medicine in relation to their clinical practice. Through group work students will collectively examine global health challenges that can be addressed through strong family medicine and primary care.

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Course Start Date	19/09/2022
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Online Activities 70, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 10, Revision Session Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 92 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Feedback	Students will be given formative feedback throughout the course on the discussion boards. Feedback on summative assessments will be topic-specific but also cover generic skills, such as academic writing, critical thinking, which will be useful for future courses.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: demonstrate a critical understanding of core concepts and principles of family medicine develop original thinking and creative family medicine responses to problems and issues affecting health communicate using appropriate methods, with peers, patients and communities demonstrate critical reflection on own and others roles and responsibilities