Module overview
The Student Assistantship is a six week clinical placement undertaken in the last six months of Final Year. It is a transitional bridge to prepare students for practicing as competent Foundation Doctors.
The module will normally take the format of a 6 week placement in one or more partner trusts. The timing will vary for different student groups and the teaching staff will vary for different practices and student groups. As is the nature of clinical placements, the exact learning experiences of each student will be variable however all students will have access to equivalent learning opportunities to achieve the learning outcomes. Students are expected to be pro-active in securing experiences in areas in order to achieve the programme learning outcomes unique to their needs.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to pass on information effectively and appropriately to members of the multidisciplinary team
- Show awareness of how to detect, manage and report adverse drug reactions
- Behave in a professional manner in accordance with GMC Good Medical Practice
- Recognise, assess and be able to manage a sick patient, acknowledging your own personal and professional limits and seeking help when necessary
- Understand your responsibilities for raising concerns about safety and quality including potential safeguarding issues and adverse incident reporting
- Formulate a differential diagnosis and justify the selection and interpretation of appropriate investigations in order to achieve a working diagnosis
- Understand and demonstrate compassionate communication by listening, sharing and responding to patients and colleagues regardless of their age, cultural or ethnic background
- Make a holistic assessment of the patient appreciating the importance of psychological, spirtual, religious, social and cultural factors
- Keep accurate, legible and complete clinical records in accordance with local IT systems and data protection laws
- Demonstrate understanding of appropriate and safe prescribing and how to undertake this in clinical practice
- Demonstrate the ability to create a safe patient discharge plan and prepare a discharge summary
- Develop safe strategies to deal with clinical uncertainty
- Contribute to the care of patients and their families at the end of life including management of symptoms; practical issues of law and certification, and safe and effective teamworking
- Access reliable information to fully inform the patient about their medication
- Understand how to communicate appropriately in a variety of circumstances incorporating patients’ wishes regarding decisions about their care
- Formulate an appropriate patient management plan for your working diagnosis
- Manage time and resources efficiently and prioritise tasks effectively
Syllabus
In order to meet the learning outcomes, students should shadow a resident doctor assisting and performing the practical duties that are required of a newly qualified doctor managing patients from admission to discharge.
In addition to clinical assessment and management this will include
•Experience working in shifts and out of hours
• Administration tasks
• Safe prescribing in practice
• Practising communication skills in complex situations
• Working effectively in the multidisciplinary team
• Undertaking practical procedures and skills
• Demonstrating the professional behaviours expected of a doctor
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
The module will be taught through a range of learning and teaching strategies which may include:
• Apprenticeship learning
• Patient based learning
• Learning through supervisor feedback and reflection
• Guided self-study
• Personal learning portfolio
• eLearning
• Tutor led tutorials
Doctors work in shift patterns and rotas throughout much of their working lives and to prepare you for such working once you graduate within this module there may be some core/compulsory activities that will take place in the evenings, nights or weekends. Therefore students with committments that will be affected by these should be pro-active in securing details of these activities well in advance of the start of the module. In addition, many non core learning opportunities will be available during these times and students are encouraged to take advantage of them.
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Work based learning | 240 |
| Wider reading or practice | 46 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 14 |
| Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Blackboard and Library Online. Please see the Blackboard module page for current resources and the full reading list for this module is available on the Library Online Reading List at http://soton.rl.talis.com/
Assessment
Assessment strategy
All placements in the Assistantship must be passed, there is no compensation between them.Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| End of Placement Evaluation | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Individual Activity | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal