Postgraduate Course: Stone Disease (UCHM12007)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	5	ECTS Credits	2.5
Summary	Assessment and management of the patient presenting with stone disease.
Course description	Apply knowledge to the systematic assessment of patients with stone disease Critically appraise the techniques employed in diagnosis and management of a urinary stone in kidney, ureter or bladder, and recognise when onward referral is appropriate Identify the patient presenting with acute ureteric colic, urinary obstruction and sepsis and deduce appropriate management

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 50 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 1, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 49 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 60 %, Coursework 40 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 60%, Coursework 40%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Apply knowledge to the systematic assessment of patients with stone disease; Critically appraise the techniques employed in diagnosis and management of a urinary stone in kidney, ureter or bladder, and recognise when onward referral is appropriate; Identify the patient presenting with acute ureteric colic, urinary obstruction and sepsis and deduce appropriate management; Exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in professional activities at a level of independent urological practice.