Browse Hierarchy IHS7113: Clinical Medicine and Surgery

This module is a natural extension of the 'Clinical Medicine: Physical and Mental Health' module students undertake in year 1, where they cover much of what might generally be regarded as core clinical knowledge and skills as they relate to medical practice. The first part of the module includes taught theory components in the fields of cardiology, critical care, endocrinology, haematology, gastroenterology, nephrology, oncology and respiratory medicine. Clinical medicine and surgery is taught as 3 blocks; 1. The first block focuses on general surgical problems seen in adulthood 2. The second block constitutes medicine for the elderly, and end of life care 3. The third block constitutes the emergency medicine component of your training Care of the Older Adult - will provide a comprehensive overview of the health and social needs of the older adult, the problems and challenges we may face as we age and how services might be reorganised in order to meet them. A special emphasis will be placed on the understanding and evaluation of frailty, dementia, rehabilitation and social care as well as end of life care.