Browse Hierarchy WHR7151: Endocrinology: Core Knowledge and Key Skills

This module provides the foundation knowledge and skills to progress to the subsequent modules in the course. The rationale for the course overall is outlined in the overall proposal which the module proposal accompanies. This module aims to develop an understanding of the basic science underpinning clinical endocrinology, together with the assessment of the endocrine patient and the principles and pitfalls of endocrine evaluation. It also focuses on the development of skills which are important for maximising benefit from the forthcoming modules, including a development of critical appraisal skills and experience in the purpose and application of evidence-based medicine. Techniques for approaching clinical cases will be developed, together with an approach to writing structured essays and reviews. The content of the module and the course as a whole maps to the syllabus set by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board as a specialty curriculum for Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus, in particular to the part of the syllabus assessed in the knowledge-based exam set by the Royal Colleges.