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ME4021: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE BLOCK 4A (2023-2024)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:32


Course Overview

This one week taught course sets the scene for the clinical learning that students will undertake, on a rotational basis during the seven, six week long clinical blocks ahead.  It provides both whole group teaching and smaller group discussion of how to make the most of the learning opportunities in clinical areas, with a focus on learning from and through work, both signposted activities and through experiential learning.  It also discusses expectations of professional behaviour in senior clinical practice.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 0 credits (0 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Clinical Lecturer (S Laura Gates

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

To provide an introduction to senior clinical practice in the curriculum and prepare students for the transition to an immersive experience in clinical areas.

To outline the general learning outcomes for the year ahead and the expectations on students in terms of professional behaviours and taking responsibility for their own learning. 

To introduce new learning tools that have been developed for the curriculum, such as online cases on MyMBChB and the development of students’ on-line e-portfolio of clinical learning.

To introduce the five horizontal themes that thread throughout year 4 and signpost where appropriate learning opportunities may be undertaken.  To provide the vocabulary and the concepts of the horizontal themes so that students can identify clinical situations where one or more of these themes may be applied and reflected upon in terms of understanding and learning.


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

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Feedback

Paper includes both single best answer (SBA) questions and short answer questions (SAQ) aligned to the first four Clinical Senior Placements / blocks that the students will have undertaken.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Exam

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The end of year summative written paper will consist of:

2 single best answer papers, each 2 hours, total 180 questions

2 short answer question papers, each 2½ hours, total 18 questions

All 4 papers equally weighted for the written exam.

One paper each morning for 4 mornings in Aberdeen – afternoons of offshore.

The written paper must be passed independently of the clinical exam (objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)). Both must be passed in the same academic year in order to be eligible to proceed into the final year of the medicine programme.

Following the Exam Board, all students will receive their common grading scale (CGS) mark via student records.

All students receive individual personalised feedback on MyMBChB (virtual learning environment) within 3 working weeks of the examiners meeting.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Clinical Practical Exam – Formative Assessment with Feedback. There will be a 3-4 station clinical assessment similar to an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) with eight-minute stations but as an assessment for learning.

Components of the horizontal themes will appear in both written questions and clinical scenarios and may also be part of end of block assessments, case discussions and reflections in the portfolio.

The Formative Assessment with Feedback will be held in Aberdeen and Inverness or offshore.

For the Formative Assessment with Feedback the students receive verbal feedback after every station, and written feedback on the day.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Portfolio

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 20
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Components of the horizontal themes will appear in both written questions and clinical scenarios, and may also be part of end of block assessments, case discussions and reflections in the portfolio.

 

Low stakes end of block assessment for learning

Non-numerical grading: above/below/meets expectations

Feedback entered by tutor into portfolio

Along with other requirements such as attendance, professionalism, completion of compulsory online cases the block will be achieved or not achieved.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

Other Practical Exam

Assessment Type Formative Weighting 20
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Components of the horizontal themes will appear in both written questions and clinical scenarios and may also be part of end of block assessments, case discussions and reflections in the portfolio.

 

The OSCE must be passed independently of the written exam. Both must be passed in the same academic year in order to be eligible to proceed into the final year of the medicine programme.

 

Following the Exam Board, all students will receive their common grading scale (CGS) mark via student records.

 

All students will receive individual personalised feedback on MyMBChB within 3 working weeks of the examiners meeting.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualApplyDemonstrate appropriate personal and ethical professional values and behaviours
ReflectionAnalyseEvaluate own professional behaviour and the effect it has on self and others and change that behaviour when necessary for the wellbeing of self and others
ReflectionEvaluateRecognise signs of impairment in yourself and others and take appropriate action.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the economic concepts of scarcity, rationing and opportunity costs and how the costs and benefits of healthcare interventions are measured.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the role of cost-effectiveness in national decision making.
ProceduralApplyBe able to explain to patients how economics is used to decide which treatments are available on the NHS.
FactualUnderstandDescribe the principles of quality improvement and be aware of commonly used quality improvement methodologies
ConceptualApplyUnderstand the systems and processes in place to promote and maintain health and safety in all care settings, and how to escalate concerns
ConceptualApplyUnderstand the healthcare system as a complex, adaptive system, how individual, team, organisational and system levels interact and apply systems thinking to understand problems and inform solutions
FactualAnalyseUnderstand ways in which patient experience data can be used to improve healthcare, and place patients’ needs and safety at the centre of the care process
ProceduralCreateParticipate in and promote activity to improve the quality and safety of patient care and clinical outcomes
ReflectionEvaluateCritically reflect upon examples of good care, where care could have been better, and be able to learn from their own and others’ experiences to promote a culture of quality and safety
ProceduralEvaluateTo understand how appropriate clinical judgements are made when considering or providing compassionate interventions or support for patients who are nearing or at the end of life.
ProceduralUnderstandTo understand the diagnostics services that may be utilised for patient care and the process of determining the appropriateness of tests, interpretation of results and limitations.
ConceptualApplyTo understand the role of Health Data Science in health care, identify and understand the expanding role of information systems and data in individual and population-based health.

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