Patient-Centred Care

Patient-Centred Care

Learn how to cope as a medical student and be able to focus on delivering optimal, compassionate and holistic care for your patients in the future.
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Lifestyle Medicine

1. An Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine

  • Understand what is meant by Lifestyle Medicine and the models understood to affect mental health, nutrition and exercise.
Child Immunisations

2. Childhood Immunisations

  • Understand how a vaccine works
  • Understand the types of vaccines
  • Be able to discuss the safety of vaccines with patients using evidence-based information
  • Know the childhood vaccination schedule in the UK
  • Understand the barriers and common patient concerns with vaccines
Sepsis in Paediatrics

3. Sepsis in Paediatrics

  • Be able to identify sepsis early in paediatric patients
  • Be aware of the basic initial management of sepsis in paediatric patients
Child Safeguarding
4. Child Safeguarding
  • Be able to recognise indicators of abuse, neglect and exploitation
  • Be able to apply the safeguarding assessment framework (child, family, environment)
  • Be able to outline immediate actions: safety, documentation and referral pathways
Ageing
5. Ageing
  • Be able to describe key physiological changes of ageing across organ systems
  • Be able to distinguish normal ageing from pathology and frailty syndromes
  • Be able to explain how ageing affects pharmacology and prescribing decisions
Falls
6. Falls
  • Be able to take a structured falls history (before, during and after)
  • Be able to identify intrinsic/extrinsic risk factors and reversible causes
  • Be able to outline investigations, management and prevention strategies
Men's Health
7. Men's Health
  • Be able to describe key drivers of morbidity and mortality in men, especially cardiovascular risk
  • Be able to recognise common male mental health presentations and barriers to help-seeking
  • Be able to assess erectile dysfunction and outline initial management options
Palliative Care
8. Palliative Care
  • Be able to define palliative care and identify appropriate timing for referral
  • Be able to describe holistic assessment and the multidisciplinary team's role
  • Be able to outline advance care planning and key decision-making documents
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