Course Catalogue

The aim of the programme is to equip students working within the field of acute medicine, acute surgery and dealing with patients at risk of deterioration with the knowledge and skills to manage the care of these patients. Students will explore a wide range of commonly presenting acute medical and surgical conditions, timely recognition of deterioration, pertinent therapeutic and diagnostic interventions and defensible decision making through case-based problem solving.

The programme will be facilitated through a combination of face to face delivery and online learning. Each module within the programme has learning designed to reflect the requirements of the module. 

7011NAPPG - Acute Medicine: Presentations and Management

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.

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

7014NAPPG - Managing the Deteriorating Patient

Managing the deteriorating patient allows the learner to explore the complexity associated with recognising and responding to early signs of deterioration in patients across a range of settings. Based on national patient safety guidance it entails in-depth exploration of the factors that influence incidents relating to deterioration and the underlying causes for these. It also enables the student to develop knowledge in the early recognition of signs and symptoms that present during early deterioration across a range of systems including the deteriorating neurological, respiratory, renal and septic patients, and compensatory mechanisms, and considers patient examples and how to escalate and manage care within different settings. This module runs over 15 weeks including the assessment point and each session is 3 hours in length. 

The assessment for this module is the submission of a written essay detailing the management of a deteriorating patient case study. The word count for this assessment is 3000 words. 

7010NAPPG - Acute Surgery: Presentation and Post-Operative Management

This module is designed to support students who may wish to work within a surgical environment. This module will run over 15 weeks and will be facilitated through keynote lectures and problem-based workshops on a range acute surgical case histories. Students will work collaboratively with their peers to develop their knowledge of a range of acute surgical presentations and the pertinent diagnostic investigations associated with each case. Students will develop their decision making skills to safely manage and refer patients, and consider the post-operative management and management of associated complications.

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