Section
Tutor Information
MBBS Year 1
This area contains some resources for tutors including
- the tutors guide for the MBBS and the GEP MBBS courses,
- links to the reflective learning logs for student on the MBBS and GEP MBBS courses;
- written guidance (PDF) and a video showing you how to access and give feedback to your students
You will also find some resources on reflective writing including
- an introduction and some models of reflection
- a detailed introduction to reflective writing by Dr Jennifer Moon, including some worked examples
- a framework for reflection including examples at different levels of reflection
Assessment Forms for Year 1 can be found in the Forms section below.
MBBS Year 2
Assessment Forms for Year 2 can be found in the Forms section below.
MBBS Year 3
MBBS Year 5
Community Care
Students spend six weeks full time on a General Practice placement.
Our overall aim is "to help all students to become better doctors, irrespective of their current career preference or eventual career choice". We also aim to provide an introduction to General Practice and Primary Care in all its facets, and to help students experience Independent Practice whilst learning good medicine in that context. These General Practice placements are an integral and compulsory part of the curriculum.
Students will attend a Practice in groups of two. Occasionally some students may attend a Practice on their own. There are two centrally based plenary days on the first Monday (or Tuesday, if a Bank Holiday is involved), and the last Friday of the six weeks. These are the 'Intro Day' and 'Closing Day' respectively. Students will experience and learn about the involvement of all those working in Community Based Healthcare including Primary Healthcare Nursing Teams, Community Pharmacists, Home Nursing, and Community Rehabilitation.
They will be required to attend a session at a Primary Care Out of Hours Centre, and a session at a Hospice. Otherwise students are required to attend your Practices every day except for Wednesday afternoons, which is the School's protected sports time. This may be negotiated with the student if appropriate. Time off in lieu of attendance at the Out of Hours centre should be negotiated with the student.
The students learn through a variety of activities at the Practice including Student Surgery sessions, Professional Shadowing, Self Directed Learning sessions, Tutorial sessions, and attendance at relevant meetings. Assessments include two Mini-CEXs, a Case Reflective Piece and Discussion, a Complex Care Plan, and a join Practice Based Project. Students are also assessed on their professionalism and overall performance during the placement.
Central Plenary Day teaching comprises lectures on Public Health, Occupational Health, Clinical Leadership, and Ethical considerations. This is coupled with workshops covering clinical scenarios, and ethics in action. As part of the 'Closing Day' we also facilitate a Mock OSCE Clinical Skills sessions to support students in preparation for their Finals Examinations.
Further information about the placement can be found in the Year 5 Community Care Handbook which is available on the QMPlus Tutor site. You may wish to review this before the your students join you.
Useful Tutor Resources Page
A collection of links and uploads to help plan and deliver the Practice Based element of the Year 5 Community Care Block.
Assessment Forms and Grading Criteria
Assessment forms and grading criteria for each module can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant link below. The information can also be found in the
individual unit guides.If you have any questions, please contact us.
Year 1
- Medicine in Society Year 1 Online Assessment and Professionalism Forms
are emailed directly to the Lead GP Tutor. Forms are accessed via a link.
- GEP Primary/Secondary Care Online Assessment and Professionalism Forms are emailed directly to the Lead GP Tutor. Forms are accessed via a link.
Year 2 MedSoc
- Medicine in Society Year 2 Online Assessment and Professionalism Forms are emailed directly to the Tutor. Forms are accessed via a link.
- MedSoc Year 2 Log Book
Year 2 EPC
Year 3
The students are assessed on their GP placements in three main ways:
This records pass/fail marks for each of the following domains: attendance, knowledge, communication, clinical skills, case based write up and group work. There is also an overall assessment for the placement.
Professionalism Assessment
This records ten components of student professionalism which need to be assessed as satisfactory, unsatisfactory or cause for concern.
Logbooks
All students have a Year 3 Logbook pertinent to each system containing all the clinical and practical skills that they are required to either witness or be assessed as competent. It is not expected that students will cover all tasks in their logbooks during the GP placements as they will gain experiences during the hospital placements also. However general practice is often a useful setting in which students can be observed taking histories and examining. For students undertaking the Met 3B Community Clerkship, case based discussions numbers 5-8 must be undertaken and signed off in the logbook by Primary Care.Year 4
GP Tutors will be asked to complete an ONLINE assessment and professionalism form for each student.
GP Tutors will receive an email from the Year 4 Unit Administrator with a link to the relevant online GP Assessment and Professionalism form for each placement:- Human Development
- Brain & Behaviour
- Locomotor
Year 5
- Medicine in Society Year 1 Online Assessment and Professionalism Forms