Medicine in Society Guide 2022/23 (copy)

2. Introduction and Key information

The curriculum at Queen Mary University of London has been developed in accordance with the GMC’s Outcomes for Graduates (2018). This included recommendations that in all medical school curricula should: 

  • place a greater emphasis on teaching outside the lecture theatre, hospital and laboratory, in community settings 

  • enable a broader understanding of public health 

  • include a greater degree of “vertical” integration of clinical and non-clinical subjects throughout the medical curriculum 

  • ensure the principles of professional practice form the basis of medical education. 

Aims 

The overall aims of the Medicine in Society Year 1 unit are:

  • to introduce students to patients and their experience of health and ill-health over the course of their lives 
  • for students to start to develop and explore their professional identity. 

 

Learning Outcomes 

By the end of the course students should be able to: 

  • explain how patients are affected by their condition/s 

  • recognise how cultural diversity and health inequalities affect patients' and communities’ experiences 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 

  • demonstrate effective communication skills with patients, peers, and other healthcare professionals 

  • understand the importance of key ethical and professional principles e.g., confidentiality, consent, and capacity 

  • identify the consultation skills of healthcare professionals 

  • review their own learning needs and professional development, including using reflective practice and engaging with the giving and receiving of feedback 

 

KEY INFORMATION 


ASSESSMENT SUBMISSIONS 

Students need to submit their work on QM+ and email it to their GP tutor on or before the deadline for their group as below. Late submissions will incur penalties.  

Students who do not submit and pass will not be able to sit the end of year exams until they have passed a remediation task.   

Assessment Task 

Day 

AB deadline 

CD deadline 

Reflective Task 1  

6 

8/12/22 

15/12/22 

Health promotion poster 

10 

By 16/2/23 

By 9/3/23 

Presentation date to be agreed with tutor – suggest Day 9 or 10 

Reflective Task 2 

11 

16/3/23 

23/3/23 

 

GP Tutor Feedback and Assessment Form submission dates 

Task 

Day 

AB 

CD 

Reflective Task 1 Feedback 

7 

5/1/23 

12/1/23 

Mid placement JOT assessment form submission 

7 

5/1/23 

12/1/23 

Reflective Task 2 Feedback 

12 

27/4/23 

4/5/23 

End of placement JOT assessment form submission 

1 week post Day 12 

4/5/23 

11/5/23