GEP Medicine in Society Guide 2022/23

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 GEP Medicine in Society Year 1 unit are:

• to introduce students to patients and the patients' experiences 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
• develop, good communication skills with patients, healthcare professionals and between peers
• identify the consultation skills of healthcare professionals
• reflect on their own learning in terms of personal and professional development