University of Galway

Course Module Information

Course Modules

Semester 2 | Credits: 10

This module complements Foundations in Clinical Theory and Clinical Diagnosis in preparing the medical student to acquire and demonstrate the outcomes and competencies of the undergraduate medical programme, with an emphasis on the principles of patient management and care. This module is delivered in Semester 2 of the third medical year as 3/4 week clinical placements in core clinical specialities and subspecialities. This is supported by structured teaching activities.
(Language of instruction: English)

Learning Outcomes
  1. Formulate a plan of treatment demonstrating application of principles of patient management in the following disciplines Gastro-intestinal Studies: Cardiovascular Studies Respiratory and Peri-operative/Critical Care Medicine: General Medicine General Surgery: Geriatric and Stroke Medicine
  2. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to devise a management plan for surgical patients during the pre, peri and post-operative phases of their treatment.This includes demonstrating an understanding of consent, risk assessment and postoperative management.
  3. Recognise the need and appropriate timing for senior input in the acutely unwell patient.
  4. Apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to patient care and become familiar with the principle of critically appraising patient treatments.
  5. Discuss the importance of effective mutidisciplinary team working in patient management.
  6. Communicate effectively in all areas i.e. with patients, colleagues, health care professionals, and in all media i.e. writing, electronically, by phone, in person, in the practice of medicine
  7. Explain the principles of therapeutics and patient safety to management and evaluate response to precribed medications.
  8. Demonstrate the critical skills necessary for effective decision making and judgements in patient care to evaluate and adapt management plans.
  9. Apply the principles of ethical reasoning, compliance with the law, and professional behaviour in patient management to a predetermined standard and understand the importance of incorporating these principles into one's own practice.
Assessments
  • Computer-based Assessment (100%)
Teachers
Reading List
  1. "Oxford Textbook of Medicine" by Oxford
  2. "Textbook of Medicine" by Davidson’s
  3. "Lecture notes in General Surgery" by Ellis
  4. "Clinical Surgery" by Cuschieri
  5. "Essential Surgery" by Burkitt
  6. "Principles and Practices in Surgery" by Gardin
  7. "Clinical Medicine" by Kumar and Clark
  8. "Lecture Notes in Respiratory Medicine" by Wiley
  9. "Textbook of Anaesthesia" by Millers
  10. "Textbook of Pain Medicine" by Melzack and Wall’s
  11. "Textbook of Intensive Care Medicine" by Oh’s
  12. "Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery" by Delbridge
  13. "Aids to undergraduate medicine" by Aids to undergraduate medicine
  14. "Undergraduate medicine MCQs" by Dunne & Flaherty
  15. "Medicine for Examinations" by Medicine for Examinations
  16. "Introduction to the symptoms & signs of surgical disease" by Browse
  17. "Hamilton Baileys Demonstration of Physical Signs in Clinical Surgery" by Hodder
  18. "MacLeods Clinical Examination" by Nicol
  19. "Clinical Skills" by Cox and Roper, Oxford
  20. "250 Cases in Clinical Medicine" by Baliga
  21. "Surgery" by Churchill Livingstone
  22. "Surgical Recall" by Blackbourne
  23. "Washington Manual of Surgery" by Lippincott
  24. "Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine" by Oxford University Press
  25. "Chest X-Ray Made Easy" by Churchill Livingstone
  26. "Clinical Examination: A Systemic Guide to Physical Examination" by Talley and O’Connor
  27. "MacLeod’s Clinical Examination" by Nicol
  28. "Clinical Skills" by Cox and Roper, Oxford
  29. "Lecture Notes on Clinical Skills" by Hatton and Blackwood
  30. "Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia" by Oxford University Press
  31. "Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine for Medical Students" by RCSI Press
  32. "Anaesthesia for Medical Students" by RCSI Publications
  33. "Chest X-Ray Made Easy" by Churchill Livingstone
  34. "Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil essentials of medicine" by Andreoli Saunders
  35. "Davidsons Principles and Practice of medicine" by Colledge Churchill Livingstone
  36. "vols 1 - 3 OUP" by Oxford textbook of medicine
  37. "Green's Operativef Hand Surgery" by Wolfe Churchill Livingstone
  38. "Total Burn Care" by Herndon Elsevier
  39. "Rook's Textbook of Dermatology" by Rook Wiley
  40. "Self Assessment Picture tests in Dermatology" by Kavanagh Mosby
  41. "Lecture Notes in Dermatology" by Graham-Brown Wiley
  42. "Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery" by Giele OUP
  43. "Oxford handbook of medicine" by Oxford Medical Handbooks Online at NUIG
  44. "Macleod's Clinical Examination" by Macleod Elsevier
  45. "Clinical Skills" by Cox & Roper OUP
  46. "Medicine for examinations" by Epstein Churchill Livingstone
  47. "Essential Haematology" by Hoffbrand Wiley
  48. "Haematology: Clinical Cases Uncovered" by Mc Cann Wiley
  49. "Clinical radiology for medical students" by Roberts Butterworth Heinemann
  50. "Radiology and Imaging for medical students" by Sutton Churchill Livingstone
  51. "Rheumatology: primer on the rheumatic diseases" by Klippel
  52. "Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and fractures" by McRae Churchill Livingstone
The above information outlines module MD313: "Foundations in Clinical Management" and is valid from 2021 onwards.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.