GEP Medicine in Society Handbook 2019/20

1.1. Introduction

Introduction

The curriculum at Barts and the London has been developed in accordance with the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018) These included recommendations that in all medical school curricula there should be:

• a greater emphasis on teaching outside the lecture theatre, hospital and laboratory, in community settings;
• a broader understanding of public health, and
• a greater degree of “vertical” integration of clinical and non-clinical subjects throughout the medical curriculum.
• and that the principles of professional practice must form the basis of medical education

Aims

 The aim of GEP Medicine in Society is to introduce students to patients and the patients’ experience health and ill health over the course of their lives.

Learning Outcomes

 By the end of this unit students should be able to:

• explain how patients are affected by their condition
• recognise how cultural diversity affects the experience of health and healthcare services
• list the public health influences that affect the development of ill-health and the restoration of health
• describe the roles of different members of the primary health care team
• develop good communication skills with patients, health professionals and between peers
• describe some of the skills used by healthcare professionals during consultations
• perform basic clinical examinations
• reflect on their own learning in terms of personal and professional development