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MD316: Professionalism - Core Clinical Skills
Semester 1 | Credits: 10
This module builds spirally upon the learning acquired in proximal Professionalism modules in Years 1MB3 and 2MB3. Large group teaching includes a lecture series covering history-taking, physical examination, ECGs and a weekly case conference. Small group teaching includes clinical reasoning tutorials, practical procedural skills sessions, physical examination workshops, evidence-based medicine workshops and medical imaging. Students rotate through a ward-based clinical clerkship
(Language of instruction: English)
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate competence in the clinical examination of body systems
- Apply a knowledge of history taking and physical examination to the critical analysis of clinical cases
- Demonstrate an ability to interpret investigations and clinical data
- Critically analyse published research articles, in terms of study objectives, design, methodology, statistics and limitations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of your position and role within the structure, function and culture of the health service.
- Demonstrate an ability to reflect on your practice as a medical student.
Assessments
- Computer-based Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- GLORIA AVALOS:
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- YVONNE FINN:
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- GERARD FLAHERTY:
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- MAIREAD MILLS-MOLLOY:
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- MARI VAHEY:
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- AARON LIEW:
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- WAEL AHMED TAWFICK:
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- KIERAN KENNEDY:
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- MICHELLE CANAVAN:
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- MICHAEL SMITH:
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Reading List
- "Clinical Skills" by Cox and Roper
Publisher: Oxford Press - "Textbook of physical diagnosis: history and examination." by Swartz
- "Clinical Examination" by Talley and O'Connor
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone. - "Hutchison's Clinical Methods." by Swash
Publisher: Saunders. - "Bates' guide to physical examination and history taking." by Bickley
- "Taking the clinical history: eliciting symptoms, knowing the patient, ethical foundations." by DeMyer.
- "Introduction to the Symptoms and Signs of Clinical Medicine" by Gray and Toghill.
- "A Hands-on Guide to Developing Core Skills" by Hodder Arnold.
- "Lecture Notes on Clinical Skills" by Turner and Blackwood
Publisher: Blackwell Science. - "Pocket Guide to Physical Examination in Clinical Medicine" by Qasim and O'Móráin.
Publisher: Normed Verlag. - "Core Clinical Skills for OSCEs in Medicine." by Dornan and O'Neill.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone. - "Clincial skills for OSCEs." by Burton.
- "Oxford Handbook of Clinical Examination and Practical Skills." by Thomas and Monaghan.
Publisher: Oxford University Press. - "Practical Skills." by Oxford University Press.
- "The ECG In Practice" by Hampton.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone - "Chest X-Ray Made Easy." by Corne, Carroll, Browne, et al.
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone. - "Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine." by Longmore.
Publisher: Oxford. - "Essental Medical Procedures." by Toghill.
Publisher: Arnold. - "Medicine in Old Age: A Clinical Approach." by Mulkerrin, Carey and Liston.
- "500 Multiple Choice Questions in Clinical Medicine" by Flaherty and Dunne.
- "Sample papers and revision aids." by Eireann Healthcare Publications.
Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.