Unit information: Pathology, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care in 2016/17

Unit name	Pathology, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care
Unit code	MEDI30013
Credit points	0
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Dr. Maggiani
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	Must have progressed from previous year of the MB ChB Programme.
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Health Sciences Faculty Office
Faculty	Faculty of Health Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

Open to MB ChB students only.

Intended Learning Outcomes

• Develop an understanding of the pathological basis of disease.
• Develop an understanding of the care of patients in the perioperative period and of critical care medicine.
• Learn the biochemical principles and practices important in the understanding and management of various disease states.
• Learn how biochemical abnormalities can be revealed by analysis of body fluid
• Understand the use and limitations of the results produced by the diagnostic chemical pathology laboratory service.
• Learn how to make the best use of the diagnostic chemical laboratory services in order to provide information useful or essential for the diagnosis and management of disease.
• Have an overview of principles underlying the main haematological disorders.
• Been introduced to the principles underlying a modern blood transfusion service
• Understand the use and limitations of the results produced by the diagnostic haematology laboratory services.
• Learn how to make the best use of the diagnostic haematology laboratory services to provide relevant information in the diagnosis and management of human disease.
• Gain clinical experience of patients with haematological disorders and their clinical management.
• Understand the pathological basis of a range of diseases of all systems.
• Understand how pathological terms are used in clinical practice.
• Seen the macroscopic effect of diseases of the various systems of the body through illustrations, preserved specimens.
• Understand the terminology used to describe pathological processes at the microscopic level.
• Appreciate the importance of clinico-pathological correlation.
• Understand the use and limitations of the histopathology and cytopathology diagnostic services.
• Appreciate how best to use the histological and cytological diagnostic services for the benefit of patients.
• Appreciate previous knowledge of microbiological agents in relation to human infectious diseases.
• Knowledge of the effect and mechanisms of infectious disease and the role of host defences.
• Appreciate the role of doctors in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases.
• Knowledge of antimicrobial therapy and its use.
• Understand how to make the best use of the diagnostic microbiology laboratory services.
• Understand the role of anaesthesia, intensive care medicine and pain, in the contexts of elective and emergency surgery, and critical care medicine, in adults and in children.
• Understand how basic sciences learnt in years 1 and 2 fit a framework of clinical practice.
• Appreciate the application of skills of clinical observation and documentation within different clinical environments. Use physiological and biochemical monitors to enhance normal clinical observations as a means of recognising and treating acute clinical changes in the operating theatre, recovery ward, and intensive care unit.
• Have a holistic view of the critically ill patient, recognise the departure from expected clinical progressions, and practice of communication across traditional specialist boundaries, and with the relatives of critically ill patients.
• Develop skills and clinical competence in the management of emergency and lifesaving (resuscitation) techniques.
• Understand the causation of acute and chronic pain, and how to treat it.
• Appreciate what it might be like to be an anaesthetist oneself.
• Understand pre-operative evaluation and preparation of patients for anaesthesia.
• Understand perioperative management of patients with common and uncommon medical conditions.
• Be competent at venous cannulation.
• Understand fluid therapy.
• Be able to assist in the management of the unconscious patient.
• Be able to perform airway manipulations.
• Undertake manual and mechanical ventilation of the lungs.
• Undertake oxygen therapy.
• Understand and manage post-operative pain relief.

Teaching Information

3 week Introductory lecture/tutorial block in Pathology followed by 6 weeks rotating clinical attachments in both elements delivered in Academy with SSC examination is in the final week in South Bristol.

Assessment Information

• EMQs
• Oral Presentation
• Procedure card

Reading and References

Library link

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