General provisions

Course that runs through the whole education and during semester 2 intends to give continued support to the student's professional development (PD) as well as advanced knowledge of the scientific methods that will be applied in the programme. PD includes communication, clinical basic skills and medical ethics as well as personal development and teamwork.

Entry requirements

The education follows a set course of studies, which implies that the courses should be taken in an established order.

For admission to a new term, it is required that all compulsory components as well as all examinations from nearest previous semester to the new semester are completed and passed apart from three compulsory components and an examination that can remain as failed.

At re-entry into the programme after a study break, it is required that all courses from the previous terms are passed.

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student compared with Professional skills on semester 1 should:

- be able to bring a conversation in a patient-focused way

- show knowledge of the structure of the consultation practically

- respond to patients, relatives and staff in a respectful way

- be able to reflect and summarise facts and feelings correct at at least two patient meetings

- be able to account for factors that influence patientläkarrelationen

- be able to carry out statusundersökning of heart, lungs, blood pressure as well as peripheral circulation safely

- be able to show how the basic hygienreglerna should be applied in concrete study and behandlinssituationer

- reflect on the importance of gender in läkararbetet

- identify and reflect on own and the skills of others' professions in the care

- be able to the descriptor of the medical history and understand how a medical record is built-up

- could relate to a scientific approach in studies and clinical work

- demonstrate the ability to teamwork and cooperation with other professional groups

- understand and process own reactions based on fictional texts and feature film

-understand the meaning of and be able to apply professional secrecy

Content

PD comes that the four first semesters to concentrate oneself on conversational skills, communication, professional attitude, clinical basic skills as medical history and statustagande, medical and ethics. Combined theoretical and practical exercises that are included are inter alia videosamtal, consultation and psychosocial factors as well as life changes. The importance of the culture for personal development is illustrated with film and literature.

Instruction

The teaching takes place a whole day every second week. Course comes normally to divide in two halves where half group come to be on Uppsala Biomedical Centre (BMC) while the other half is out in the primary care. Attendance and active participation are compulsory. Then, one exchanges placing. Certain weeks it is however full-class teaching. On BMC, theoretical education as well as practical exercises in basic sampling technique and physical study of the human body take place. In a care centre that the student will return to during the education, take place supervised education in communication technique and physical ”bed-side” study of patients with national diseases that connect if possible to other study block on the semester. Valid absence is disease or should be requested about and be justified in good time. It is the student's responsibility to contact teacher, supervisor or administratör for planning how missed components should be carried out.

Assessment

The student is examined continuously during the course. To pass the course, attendance and passed activities in the compulsory components as well as the clinical duty in health care centres in 4 days are required. For regulatory framework about absence from compulsory components, see programme syllabus in the students' guide.

Final examination of PD takes place at the end of semester 4.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Prematurely interrupted clinical placement: A student may fail and be forced to interrupt the clinical placement prematurely if there is a noticeable risk that the student due to incompetence may injure another individual or valuable property if he or she continues the clinical placement. An individual plan should be decided for the student and be given to him or her in writing. This plan, to be decided by the programme committee, must state the knowledge and skill shortages at hand, the support the student may receive from the department and also state how and when the assessment will take place. A student is entitled to a maximum of two control occasions, however no more than once a year. The student may not participate in the clinical placement again, until the programme committee has checked and accepted the required knowledge and skills of the student. Decisions on the individual study plan may be delegated by the programme committee to a student welfare committee or equivalent with student representation. Students who have failed to accomplish the clinical placement with a pass have the right to undergo renewed placement once. If special circumstances apply, the programme committee can admit additional occasion to go through clinical training.