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Unit information: Year 1 - HBOM - Introduction to Primary Care element in 2016/17

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Unit name Year 1 - HBOM - Introduction to Primary Care element
Unit code MEDI10005
Credit points 0
Level of study C/4
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24)
Unit director Dr. Jahfar
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Must be on the MB ChB Programme

Co-requisites

None

School/department Health Sciences Faculty Office
Faculty Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

This is an element of Human Basis of Medicine unit (MEDI11110) and only relevant for MBChB students.

It appears in SITS and in the unit catalogue for administrative purposes only.

Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the unit students will have experince contact with patients in a primary care environment enabling them to understand the relevance of basic medical science teaching to the practice of clinical medicine.

Teaching Information

Teaching is provided by the School of Social and Community Medicine and comprises a mixture of: Lectures Small group tutorials Visits to primary care Follow-up presentations of experiences of meeting patients Clinical demonstrations Library-based project work.

Assessment Information

Students must complete an applied case and reflective assignment. These must be completed by the end of the term in which your GP visits take place. They will be marked by your GP tutor. Their purpose is formative (that means designed to help you judge your own progress rather than showing us you have reached a particular standard). Satisfactory completion is a pre-requisite for progress into Year 2. (A101 students are not required to do these assessments.)

Reading and References

Library link

https://www.ole.bris.ac.uk/webapps/cmsmain/webui/_xy-136348_5-t_hYyAB8mF

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