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| Unit name |
Community Orientated Medical Practice 1 |
| Unit code |
MEDI34110 |
| Credit points |
0 |
| Level of study |
H/6
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Macleod |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None
|
| Co-requisites |
None
|
| School/department |
Bristol Medical School |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Health Sciences |
Description including Unit Aims
Community Orientated Medical Practice1 (COMP1) comprises Child Health, and PublicHealth and Evidence Based Medicine.
The vertical theme of evidence based medicine is explicitly one of the major focuses of this unit. However, several other of the vertical themes have a major focus within this unit: clinical consultation skills, whole person care, and disability, diversity and difference are also covered. The internal SSC provides an opportunity for students to practice and demonstrate their skills in critically appraising published research evidence, and to appropriately use that evidence to inform a hypothetical clinical decision in the area of child health. Key to this assessment is the demonstration of an understanding of published research evidence, an ability to critically appraise that evidence, and an ability to use it to inform a hypothetical clinical decision.
The Aims of this unit are:
Child Health:
- Enable students to understand the growth, development and health of children and to introduce the principles and practice of modern paediatric medicine and surgery.
Public Health and Evidence Based Medicine:
- Equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to critically appraise research evidence, and to use that evidence to inform their practice;
- Enable students to develop an understanding of the wider determinants of health, and the multidisciplinary nature, goals, and types of information used in public health practice, disease prevention, and infection control.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- Understand normal childhood growth and development and its common variants
- Appreciate developmental influences on the presentation, spectrum and natural history of diseases of childhood
- Demonstrate knowledge of the common problems of childhood, their assessment and treatment
- Understand the relationship between common childhood health problems and their presentation
- Understand the principles of prevention in child health, including screening and surveillance
- Demonstrate knowledge of the common psychological problems of childhood and their management
- Understand the principles of genetics and inherited disease
- Communicate with children of different ages at an appropriate level
- Take a comprehensive paediatric history and recognise key differences from adult medicine
- Examine children of different ages in an age-appropriate manner
- Undertake practical examination procedures (height, weight, blood pressure, peak flow)
- Plot and interpret a centile chart
- Understand how to perform a basic developmental assessment
- Recognise serious illness in a child and undertake basic paediatric life support
- Complete a simple prescription taking into consideration issues eg dose calculation and formulation appropriate for the child's age / size
- Recognise the importance of the rights of the child and how to incorporate them into practice
- Show a non-judgemental approach to families from all social backgrounds
- Be courteous and sympathetic to parents of ill children
- Be age-appropriate when dealing with children
- Be aware of issues around disability and demonstrate a positive approach, working in partnership with the families of disabled children
- Be aware of consent issues in children and young people and appropriately seek a child's participation regarding decisions affecting their life
- Appreciate the contribution of evidence based medicine to the work of medical practitioners
- Describe the five steps of evidence based medicine
- Demonstrate ability to formulate clinical questions and search the medical literature
- Be able to critically appraise a range of study designs
- Be able to weigh up several sources of evidence of different strengths, and arrive at a reasonable conclusion in response to a clinical question
- Define public health and distinguish different types and approaches to disease prevention and health strategies
- Appreciate health determinants' influence on disease prevention and health promotion
- Appreciate key public health disciplines
- Understand key concepts in infections disease epidemiology, immunisation and the control of infection
Teaching Information
Lectures
Tutorials, seminars
The student selected component allows students to practice and demonstrate their skills in critically appraising published research evidence, and to appropriately use that evidence to inform a hypothetical clinical decision in the area of child health.
Assessment Information
- Spot Tests
- Best of 5 / MCQs
- EMQs
Reading and References
Bristol University Community Orientated Medical Practice 1 Handbook
Bristol University Community Orientated Medical Practice Course Notes
