Integrated Medicine 1
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MEDS1009 | Medical Education Centre | 1 | 30 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- MEDS1009
- School
- Medical Education Centre
- Level
- 1
- Credits
- 30
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
This module enables development and assessment of the student’s capacity to integrate knowledge across all body systems to assess patient and symptom presentation permitting differential diagnosis. The module will include understanding of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology as well as clinical testing and patient communication and treatment and will build upon knowledge and skills obtained from the case studies that overarch each week of MEDS1010 and MEDS1011. Integrated Medicine 1 is 30 credits and so the mark is worth 25% of the year mark.
Target Students
Year 1 students registered on the BMedSci (A100 and A10S) and BSc Medical Sciences (A104).There is a limited number of places on this module. Students are reminded that enrolments which are not agreed by the Offering School in advance may be cancelled without notice.
Classes
- One 2-hour seminar each week for 20 weeks
- Ten 1-hour lectures each week for 20 weeks
Lecture, 6-18 No per week, 1hr 0min, Centrally Timetabled Seminar, 1 No per week, 2hr 0min, Centrally Timetabled Self-directed learning, 5hrs p.w.
Assessment
- 100% Exam 1 (2-hour): ExamSys Exam - The content contained within this module will be assessed in a multi-format knowledge-based paper
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
The module is designed so that students can attain some of the outcomes specified by the GMC in Outcomes for Graduates (2018) in the areas of Professional values and behaviours; Professional skills; and Professional knowledge. These are detailed in the Module Learning Outcomes.Learning Outcomes
The student will be able to meet areas within the GMC outcomes as follows. The full wording is found in Outcomes for Graduates (2018).
2s, 14a, 14c, 14d, 14e, 14f, 18b, 18f, 19a, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d, 22e, 22f, 25j
Conveners
- Dr Othman Othman
- Professor Michael Randall
- Dr William Robert Dunn