Patient Contact at St Andrews in First Year

I was just wondering how much patient contact you have during your first year at St Andrews?

Thanx

Apparently... you have a lot of contact with a caddaver for the first term... the same caddaver!

dunno about patient contact... Its the old style so mainly theory work for the first 3 years... so i expect not so much

Reply 2

Becca-Sarah

I thought there wasn't a hospital in St Andrews, which is why you get sent to Manchester after three years... so that would mean very little patient contact.

Reply 3

Elles

Online prospectus suggests some primary care/intergrated into the course type contact: http://medicine.st-and.ac.uk/prospectus/overview.aspx

* At the heart of the course is a series of patient-centred workshops that are designed to demonstrate how you can apply your scientific knowledge to common medical conditions. The patients also provide the context within which you will develop relevant clinical and communication skills together with appropriate professional attitudes.

* The first year of the curriculum is the prehonours component of the degree programme. It lays the foundations for your medical training by providing an overview of the organisation of the body and an initial examination of the molecular and physiological basis of metabolism, genetics and disease. You will study some aspects of medical history, philosophy and ethics to provide a background for understanding the concepts of professionalism and responsibility in medicine. A series of family attachments and interviews provide insights into health psychology.

* The second and third years comprise the Honours component of the degree programme. Patient workshops continue to provide the clinical focus for skills training and the detailed study of normal and abnormal structure and function in all the body systems. These themes will incorporate the relevant aspects of public health and health psychology.

* In second year students also attend the Kirkcaldy & Levenmouth Community Attachment Scheme (KLCAS). This is a particularly unique community attachment scheme in which a wide range of health care professionals design and deliver 10 individual community programmes. As well as receiving teaching in a classroom environment, students have the opportunity to shadow healthcare professionals working in the community.

* The final elements of the Honours programme consists of two components, a major student selected component that will take the form of an Honours level project and the Applied Medicine module. This module will draw together major topics and provide an excellent opportunity to apply your knowledge and skills to novel clinical problems.

I don't think we have any Bute medstudents on here though - so you might have more luck getting a first hand answer (rather than prospectus bumph :wink:

) on one of the other more medic/healthcare specific forums.

Reply 4

theredsox

Manchester? Isn't that a little far away from St Andrews?

Reply 5

Philosoraptor

Yeah maybe theredsox, but it's a joint course. After three years at St Andrew's you go to Manchester or a different Scottish medical school for a further three years.

Patient Contact at St Andrews in First Year

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