PM3CS1: Clinical Skills 1

Module code: PM3CS1

Module provider: Pharmacy; School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

Credits: 40

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Dr Simone Magee, email: s.magee@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s): IN THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PM3CKC (Compulsory)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Micro placement

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module provides 4-year MPAS students with clinical experience by introducing them to core practical skills. Placement experience, combined with discussion and reflection in a classroom setting, supports students as they begin to exercise personal responsibility, undertake decision-making in simple situations and develop the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Use clinical knowledge in placement settings to support patient care
2. Further develop clinical knowledge in specialist areas of medicine and towards supporting patients with comorbidities
3. Obtain and critically interpret evidence from a patient consultation (history, physical examination and mental state examination), determining the requirement for additional information or further investigation in order to determine appropriate patient management
4. Critically reflect on clinical experiences
5. Exhibit professional behaviour & probity
6. Integrate clinical knowledge with acquisition of clinical skills

Module content

This module content is mainly delivered across Semester 2 and the Summer period, with introductory sessions and some placement experiences situated within Semester 1.

Students will be introduced to a variety of placement settings where they will do their clinical training. Placements will largely take place during the latter half of the year for approximately 2 days/week. Because of the intensive nature of the clinical training provided, this module runs across 45-weeks and does not adhere to normal undergraduate semester dates.

Teaching running alongside placements will consolidate and extend systems-based teaching from your Clinical Knowledge module.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

Students will undertake work-based learning within General Practice and/or general medicine to familiarise themselves with fundamental clinical practice and assessment. Learning will begin to be contextualised according to the placements that the students are undertaking. All PA core clinical skills to be covered across PM3CS1 and PM4CS2.

Study hours

At least 200 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 40% to pass this module.

To progress to Part 4 of the MPAS programme, student must achieve: 

1. A pass in the Portfolio
2. A mark of at least 50%, and demonstration of competence in the OSCE
3. An overall module mark of 50%

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Students are provided with a formative OSCE examination and provided with feedback on their portfolio submissions.

Reassessment

Additional costs