Unit name | Community Orientated Medical Practice 1 |
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Unit code | MEDI34110 |
Credit points | 0 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Professor. Morris |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Must be on the MB ChB Programme. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Medical School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
COMP1 is mainly devoted to Academy-based clinical attachments in Child Health but includes central teaching covering Public Health and Evidence Based Medicine, and supplementary teaching on Child Health.
Child Health
The overall aim of this element is to:
Enable students to understand the growth, development and health of children and to introduce the principles and practice of modern paediatric medicine and surgery. By the end of the child health element students should be equipped with the knowledge about the health and diseases of children, clinical skills to apply this and attitudes relevant to their care.
Public Health and Evidence Based Medicine
The aims of this element are to:
Specific objectives (for Public Health) are:
Weeks 1 and 5 are Bristol-based lectures and tutorials, largely allocated to Public Health and Evidence Based Medicine. There are also optional iSSC tutorials in Week 7, a half day of Evidence Based Medicine teaching in week 8 and a full day of Child Health and Public Health teaching in week 9. In addition there are seven weeks of clinical attachments in Child Health, within Academies.
Summative Assessment – Material taught in COMP1 will be examined in the following ways:
Formative Assessment - During the course of the year each student will be given feedback to assist their learning. Key vehicles for collecting and giving this feedback in COMP1 will include:
Library link
https://www.ole.bris.ac.uk/webapps/cmsmain/webui/_xy-136348_5-t_hYyAB8mF