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Programme and Module Handbook

Undergraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2008-2009 (archived)

Module MEDI1023: MEDICINE 2

Department: Health (Medicine) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

MEDI1023: MEDICINE 2

Type Tied Level 1 Credits 60 Availability Available in 2008/09 Module Cap None. Location Queen's Campus, Stockton
Tied to A106

Prerequisites

  • None, apart from appropriate matriculation for MBBS.

Corequisites

  • Medicine 1 triple module.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • All modules except Medicine 1.

Aims

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Content

  • Life Cycle Stream: introductory cell biology.
  • embryogenesis.
  • basis and mechanism of inheritance.
  • intra-uterine development.
  • neonatal adaptation after birth.
  • the stages of child development.
  • puberty and adolescence.
  • Personal and Professional Development Stream: what is a doctor and who are our patients.
  • doctors, individuals and communities.
  • Medicine in the Community Stream: patients in communities.
  • health and primary health care in the community.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
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Subject-specific Skills:
    Key Skills:

      Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

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      Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

      Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
      Lectures (Life Cycle) 40 2 per week 1 hour 40
      Lectures (PPD) 7 Every 3 weeks 1 hour 7
      Lectures (MiC) 10 Weekly 1 hour 10
      Tutorials (Life Cycle) 10 Fortnightly 1 hour 10
      Tutorials (PPD) 11 Every 2 weeks 3 hours 33
      Seminars (PPD) 11 Every 2 weeks 2 hours 22
      Seminars (MiC) 10 Weekly 2 hours 20
      Practicals (Life Cycle) 5 Monthly 2 hours 10
      Practicals (PPD) 6 3 per semester 3 hours 18
      Fieldwork (MiC) 11 Weekly 3.5 hours 38.5
      Case Presentation (Life Cycle) 20 Weekly 1 hour 20
      Preparation and Reading (Life Cycle) 120
      Preparation and Reading (PPD) 120
      Preparation and Reading (MiC) 131.5
      Total 600

      Summative Assessment

      Multiple choice questions; extended matching items questions; objective structured practical/clinical examinations; data handling; essays/reports.

      Formative Assessment:

      As assessment is cross-curricular (and, therefore, cross-modular) in this programme the list of formative assessment given for MEDI 1013 is applicable. Except for MiC Stream: interim report on progress with Community Placement.


      Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University