GEM Personal & professional development 2
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| MGEM2008 | Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine | 2 | 20 | Autumn UK |
- Code
- MGEM2008
- School
- Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine
- Level
- 2
- Credits
- 20
- Semesters
- Autumn UK
Summary
This module continues the process of personal and professional development of future doctors. It employs a regular cycle of recording, analysis, reflection and action planning covering progress in the GEM course. In addition, it comprises instruction and practice in the areas of basic communication & clinical skills and professional development as a doctor (e.g. ethics). Also included is a programme of part-time placements in primary care and sessions with patients in the medical school.
Assessment comprises a portfolio, assessed coursework, certification of a range of basic clinical skills and summative OSCEs at the ends of Years 1 and 2. Assessment of clinical skills is conjunctive not compensatory - i.e. the required level of competence must be achieved on each of the specified skills.
Target Students
Restricted to students registered for the GEM (Graduate Entry Medicine) programme
Classes
Delivery via approximately 3 hours in-person clinical skills sessions/week complemented with lectures, workshops and GP visits (x3 per semester). Activities may take place every teaching week of the semester or only in specified weeks.
Assessment
- 60% Coursework 1: Final portfolio submission with all required components.
- 40% Coursework 2: Patient management at the end of life poster presentation.
- Inclass Exam 1 (Practical): Clinical Skills end of year OSCE (pass mandatory). Students must pass a minimum of 4 stations to pass the exam overall.
Assessed by end of designated period
Educational Aims
The module is designed so that students can attain some of the outcomes specified by the GMC in Outcomes for Graduates (2018). These are detailed in the Module Learning Outcomes. The Personal and Professional Development (PPD 2) module in year 2 will continue to introduce the concepts of dealing with patients in a professional way, building on the knowledge and skills learned in year 1. It will integrate basic communication, history taking and physical examination skills; encourage students to develop appropriate professional attitudes and behaviour and an awareness of how ethical principles underpin clinical practice. Everywhere possible, the module is integrated with basic and clinical sciences learning via the PBL cases that constitute the core of the concurrent modules. During the GEM PPD module 2 students will continue to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for assessment and management of patients with a core spectrum of clinical presentations and conditions and for working as an effective member of the multidisciplinary team. There is a requirement for a significant amount of self-directed learning and portfolio development in order to attain the appropriate level of knowledge and understanding required to make a success of subsequent clinical practice rotations (Foundations for practice and Advanced Practice).It will be essential to demonstrate appropriate professional attitudes and behaviour.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) and in module study guides using the OfG2018 paragraph numbers.
For “doctor” read “student”.
Outcomes 1 - Professional Values and Behaviours
Professional and ethical responsibilities
2. Newly qualified doctors must behave according to ethical and professional principles. They must be able to:
2(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(g)(h)(j)(k)(p)(q)(u)
3. Newly qualified doctors must demonstrate awareness of the importance of their personal physical and mental wellbeing and incorporate compassion self-care into their personal and professional life.
3(a)(b)(c)
Legal responsibilities
4. Newly qualified doctors must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of the legal framework in which medicine is practised in the jurisdiction in which they are practising, and have awareness of where further information on relevant legislation can be found.
Patient safety and quality improvement
5. Newly qualified doctors must demonstrate that they can practise safely. They must participate in and promote activity to improve the quality and safety of patient care and clinical outcomes. They must be able to:
5(a)(b)(d)
Dealing with complexity and uncertainty
6. The nature of illness is complex and therefore the health and care of many patients is complicated and uncertain. Newly qualified doctors must be able to recognise complexitiy and uncertainty. And, through the process of seeking support and help from colleagues, learn to develop confidence in managing these situations and responding to change.
Leadership and team working
8. Newly qualified doctors must recognise the role of doctors in contributing to the management and leadership of the health service. They must be able to:
8(a)(b)
9. Newly qualified doctors must learn to work effectively within a multi-professional and multi-disciplinary team and across multiple care settings. This includes working face to face and through written and electronic means, and in a range of settings where patients receive care, including community, primary, secondary, mental health, specialist tertiary and social care settings and in patients' homes. They must be able to:
9(a)(b)(c)
Outcomes 2 - Professional Skills
Communication and interpersonal skills
10. Newly qualified doctors must be able to communicate effectively, openly and honestly with patients, their relatives, carers or other advocates, and with colleagues, applying patient confidentiality appropriately. They must be able to:
10(a)(b)
11. Newly qualified doctors must be able to carry out an effective consultation with a patient. They must be able to:
11(a)(b)(e)
13. Newly qualified doctors must be able to perform a range of diagnostic, therapeutic and practical procedures safely and effectively, and identify, according to their level of skill and experience, the procedures for which they need supervision to ensure patient safety.
14. Newly qualified doctors must be able to work collaboratively with patients, their relatives, carers, or other advocates to make clinical judgements and decisions based on holistic assessment of the patient and their needs, priorities and concerns, and appreciating the importance of the links between pathophysiological, psychological, spiritualm religious, social and cultural factors for each individual. They must be able to:
14(c)(d)(f)(g)(i)
17. Newly qualified doctors must be able to recognise when a patient is deteriorating and take appropriate action. They must be able to:
17(a)(c)
Using information effectively and safely
19. Newly qualified doctors must be able to use information effectively and safely in a medical context, and maintain accurate, legible, contemporaneous and comprehensive medical records. They must be able to:
19(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Outcomes 3 - Professional Knowledge
Applying biomedical scientific principles
22. Newly qualified doctors must be able to apply biomedical scientific principles, methods and knowledge to medical practice and integrate these into patient care. This must include principles and knowledge relating to anatomy, biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, genomics and personalised medicine, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, nutrition, pathology, pharmacology and clinical pharmacology, and physiology. They must be able to:
22(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Applying psychological principles
23. Newly qualified doctors must explain and illustrate by professional experience the principles for the identification, safe management and referral of patients with mental health conditions. They must be able to:
23(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Applying social science principles
24. Newly qualified doctors must be able to apply social science principles, methods and knowledge to medical practice and integrate these into patient care. They must be able to:
24(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
Health promotion and illness prevention
25. Newly qualified doctors must be able to apply the principles, methods and knowledge of population health and the improvement of health and sustainable healthcare to medical practice. They must be able to:
25(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(i)(j)(k)
Clinical research and scholarship
26. Newly qualified doctors must be able to apply scientific method and approaches to medical research and integrate these with a range of sources of information used to make decisions for care. They must be able to:
26(a)(d)(e)(f)(g)