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MD313: Foundations in Clinical Management
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
- 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
- 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.
- Recognise the need and appropriate timing for senior input in the acutely unwell patient.
- Apply the principles of evidence-based medicine to patient care and become familiar with the principle of critically appraising patient treatments.
- Discuss the importance of effective mutidisciplinary team working in patient management.
- 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
- Explain the principles of therapeutics and patient safety to management and evaluate response to precribed medications.
- Demonstrate the critical skills necessary for effective decision making and judgements in patient care to evaluate and adapt management plans.
- 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%)
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- ALEXANDER BLACK:
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- THERESE DIXON:
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- PETER DOCKERY:
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- GERARD FLAHERTY:
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- ROSEMARY GEOGHEGAN:
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- ELEANOR MCCARRICK:
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- MAIREAD MILLS-MOLLOY:
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- LAURA MORAN:
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- DEARBHAILE MORRIS:
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- BRENDAN WILKINS:
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- KATHLEEN ANN CRONIN:
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- MARI VAHEY:
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- LOUISE CAMPBELL:
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- WAEL AHMED TAWFICK:
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- KIERAN KENNEDY:
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- FAISAL SHARIF:
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- CAROLINE TOHER:
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- MICHAEL EDWARD FRANCIS SCULLY:
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- CATHERINE ANNE FIELD:
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- MICHAEL SMITH:
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Reading List
- "Oxford Textbook of Medicine" by Oxford
- "Textbook of Medicine" by Davidson’s
- "Lecture notes in General Surgery" by Ellis
- "Clinical Surgery" by Cuschieri
- "Essential Surgery" by Burkitt
- "Principles and Practices in Surgery" by Gardin
- "Clinical Medicine" by Kumar and Clark
- "Lecture Notes in Respiratory Medicine" by Wiley
- "Textbook of Anaesthesia" by Millers
- "Textbook of Pain Medicine" by Melzack and Wall’s
- "Textbook of Intensive Care Medicine" by Oh’s
- "Churchill's Pocketbook of Surgery" by Delbridge
- "Aids to undergraduate medicine" by Aids to undergraduate medicine
- "Undergraduate medicine MCQs" by Dunne & Flaherty
- "Medicine for Examinations" by Medicine for Examinations
- "Introduction to the symptoms & signs of surgical disease" by Browse
- "Hamilton Baileys Demonstration of Physical Signs in Clinical Surgery" by Hodder
- "MacLeods Clinical Examination" by Nicol
- "Clinical Skills" by Cox and Roper, Oxford
- "250 Cases in Clinical Medicine" by Baliga
- "Surgery" by Churchill Livingstone
- "Surgical Recall" by Blackbourne
- "Washington Manual of Surgery" by Lippincott
- "Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Medicine" by Oxford University Press
- "Chest X-Ray Made Easy" by Churchill Livingstone
- "Clinical Examination: A Systemic Guide to Physical Examination" by Talley and O’Connor
- "MacLeod’s Clinical Examination" by Nicol
- "Clinical Skills" by Cox and Roper, Oxford
- "Lecture Notes on Clinical Skills" by Hatton and Blackwood
- "Oxford Handbook of Anaesthesia" by Oxford University Press
- "Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine for Medical Students" by RCSI Press
- "Anaesthesia for Medical Students" by RCSI Publications
- "Chest X-Ray Made Easy" by Churchill Livingstone
- "Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil essentials of medicine" by Andreoli Saunders
- "Davidsons Principles and Practice of medicine" by Colledge Churchill Livingstone
- "vols 1 - 3 OUP" by Oxford textbook of medicine
- "Green's Operativef Hand Surgery" by Wolfe Churchill Livingstone
- "Total Burn Care" by Herndon Elsevier
- "Rook's Textbook of Dermatology" by Rook Wiley
- "Self Assessment Picture tests in Dermatology" by Kavanagh Mosby
- "Lecture Notes in Dermatology" by Graham-Brown Wiley
- "Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery" by Giele OUP
- "Oxford handbook of medicine" by Oxford Medical Handbooks Online at NUIG
- "Macleod's Clinical Examination" by Macleod Elsevier
- "Clinical Skills" by Cox & Roper OUP
- "Medicine for examinations" by Epstein Churchill Livingstone
- "Essential Haematology" by Hoffbrand Wiley
- "Haematology: Clinical Cases Uncovered" by Mc Cann Wiley
- "Clinical radiology for medical students" by Roberts Butterworth Heinemann
- "Radiology and Imaging for medical students" by Sutton Churchill Livingstone
- "Rheumatology: primer on the rheumatic diseases" by Klippel
- "Pocketbook of Orthopaedics and fractures" by McRae Churchill Livingstone
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.