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Introduction to Third Year 2007/2008
Overview
Dr Kieran McGlade
Purpose of the Introductory Week
• To sensitize you to the learning opportunities
• To Prepare you for the major themes– Clinical responsibility– Diagnosis and management– Integrating clinical science with clinical care
Tues Wed Thurs Fri
9am –
10.30
Overview
Clinical moduleAssessment
SSCs
SBCPworkshop(Seamus Heaney Centre)Groups 1-20
Critical thinking and Clinical Reasoning (1)
Individual in Society
Patient Safety
Needlestick Injuries
11 – 12.30
Introduction to SBCPPath, Haem, Clin Chem, Micro
SBCPworkshop(Seamus Heaney Centre)
Groups 21-40
The foundation years
GMC matters
12- 1pm History taking and writing up cases
FREE Principles of Therapeutics (1)
Critical thinking and Clinical Reasoning (2)
2pm Dermatology Principles of Therapeutics (2
3 – 4pm Individual in Society
Ethos of the course
• Integrated– Single study guide– Science and Medicine
Professionalism
• Duties of a doctor
• Communication
• Diligence
• Respect– Patients– Teachers– Property
Important Issues to note:
• Not everything in the exam will be “in the lectures”
• Regular sustained application to studies
• Background reading• Patient contact• Make your learning patient based
• The more you put in – the more you will get out!
• Microbiology lecture on Urinary Tract Infection
The Clinical Course
Prof McMullin
Clinical course
• General Medicine & Cardiology (7)• General Surgery (6)• Endocrinology & Diabetes (1 + 1)• Neurology (2)• Ophthalmology (2)• Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) (2)• Musculoskeletal Medicine (3)• Dermatology (1)• Nephrology (1)• Haematology (1)
• Member of the ward team
• Case reports
• Integration with other parts of the course
If there is a problem ….
• Do something right away!• Find out who is in charge of the subject locally
and their secretary (in study guide)• Go to them• If this does not solve problem contact person in
charge of education at hospital• If that does not solve the problem contact
subject co-ordinator• If that does not solve the problem contact Prof
Mc Mullin (sooner rather than later)
Student Selected Components
Dr Kieran McGlade
SSCs
• Three week blocks (at beginning of each semester)
• New clinical SSCs
Introduction to Third Year 2007/2008