| Unit name | Clinical Placement |
|---|---|
| Unit code | BRMSM0030 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Dr. Becky Foster |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
BRMSM0029 |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | Bristol Medical School |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
Why is this unit important?
This unit is important for students who want to experience the multidisciplinary clinical team and patient interaction on renal wards. This unit provides a more clinically based experience to meet the needs of bioscience students, who would not normally get this opportunity, or newly qualified international doctors who are not yet familiar with NHS Renal Units. It also provides the opportunity for you to follow up a specific clinical case of interest for your self-directed learning.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
This unit is scheduled in the second teaching block of your programme. There is flexibility in this unit around the sessions you attend depending on your interests.
An overview of content
Where possible, students will shadow adult or paediatric nephrologists during in-patient and out-patient consultations and join discussions during multidisciplinary team meetings.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit
You will develop experience of how multidisciplinary teams function in Renal Units and you will gain knowledge of patient experience. You will also gain knowledge around clinical cases.
Learning Outcomes
You will learn through observations of practise with different consultants and multidisciplinary teams with their patients, discussions with the wider team, with formative feedback from consultants. You will be able to apply some taught concepts from your lectures and case-based learning tutorials. You will be able to apply academic and research skills taught in Foundations of Health Sciences Research and from those that you have started to apply in your Renal Research Project, in the context of your own self-directed learning, i.e. finding, interpreting, reviewing, and writing your case report.
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Observations of clinical discussions with patients, including on the ward where possible, or virtual.
Discussions with consultants and the wider team either in-person or virtual.
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
Case study write-up and presentation (LO 1-3)
Case report centred around a case that you have observed during your placement; to identify the cause using the most appropriate criteria, to discuss how the disease may present and discuss the most appropriate treatment. Review of the literature should support the write-up (80% of unit mark).
A 10 min presentation to MRes Health Sciences Research (Renal) student peers within the case facilitated tutorials with discussion (20% of unit mark).
When assessment does not go to plan
If you do not pass the unit, you will normally be given the opportunity to take a reassessment as per the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes. Decisions on the award of reassessment will normally be taken after all taught units of the year have been completed. Reassessment will normally be in a similar format to the original assessment that has been failed.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. BRMSM0030).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the University Workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
