Students will participate in a professional conversation with the examiner and will be asked a series of questions related to a clinical case.
20 minutes total in length.

Professional conversation

This module is designed to support the student who may wish to work within acute medicine.  This module will run for 15 weeks and will be facilitated through keynote lectures and problem-based workshops on a range acute medical case histories. Students will work collaboratively with their peers to develop their knowledge of acute medical presentations and the pertinent diagnostic investigations associated with each case. Students will develop their decision making skills to safely manage patients with acute medical conditions.  
 This module maps to the following capabilities of the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017): 
 1.1, 1.2, 1,4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8

Acute Medicine: Presentations and Management - 7011NAPPG

Acute Medicine: Presentations and Management

Critically explore the presentation of a patient with an acute medical condition 

-->Problem solving

Problem solving

Critically appraise the immediate management and stabilisation of a patient with an acute medical condition

Critically examine evidence based practice in relation to the patient with the acute medical presentation.  

-->Collaboration

Collaboration

-->Communication

Communication

Identify and critically explore within the literature the challenges to the management of a patient with an acute medical condition