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ME33SM: SUSTAINABLE MEDICINE (2022-2023)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:19


Course Overview

The aim of this course will be to address the concepts that underpin sustainability in healthcare. It will encourage the student to consider the complex relationship between health and the environment and examine the difficulties of providing modern healthcare while conserving the natural world.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Curriculum Manager Christine Kay

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Medicine (ME)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Course coordinator is Morven Wilson

This is an option that would be undertaken as part of the Medical Humanities SSC in Year 3 of MBChB.

 

This is a joint venture engaging several different healthcare departments and public bodies. As a 6 week block it will have a supported project undertaken primarily by the student covering one of a wide variety of topics including sustainable prescribing , social prescribing, active transport.

 

We will introduce the concepts of health and sustainability and consider the relevance of climate change to healthcare. We aim to encourage the student to view healthcare with a new perspective.

It is widely accepted that the health of future generations will be determined by our judicious use of natural resources now and it is imperative that healthcare systems adapt to address this need. We aim to raise awareness in the next generation of doctors of these issues so that environmental considerations become a core factor in future healthcare decisions.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 80
Assessment Weeks 12 Feedback Weeks 12

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Feedback

During the course the student will be seen on a weekly basis and receive feedback on their self directed research.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Poster Presentation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
Assessment Weeks 12 Feedback Weeks 12

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Feedback

During the course the student will be seen on a weekly basis and receive feedback on their self directed research.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resubmission of failed element

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
FactualUnderstandDemonstrate an understanding of the principles of sustainable healthcare; how healthcare impacts climate change and how climate change impacts healthcare.
ConceptualAnalyseExplore the links between providing healthcare and sustaining the global environment. Demonstrate that the ecologically responsible handling of resources can also have economic benefits
ConceptualAnalyseTo demonstrate an understanding of healthy ecosystems, healthy people and local community empowerment.
ConceptualEvaluateConsider the unequal distribution of environmental change with the social and political challenges that it creates and the impact of public policy.
ConceptualAnalyseConsider future climate change, population growth and migration and the creation of a healthcare system resilient to these changes
ConceptualUnderstandConsider sustainable and healthy communities including health co-benefits of living sustainably

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