Module overview
The Personal and Professional (PPD1) module runs throughout year 1 and is the first of three related modules with PPD 2 and 3 running through year 2 and Final year respectively. The personal and professional development highlighted in these modules is based upon the General Medical Council (GMC) Get to know Good medical practice, 2024. https://www.gmc-uk.org/professional-standards/good-medical-practice-2024/get-to-know-good-medical-practice-2024. This includes ethical guidance and standards of practice to help students recognise health professionals' central responsibility of patient care and to demonstrate an understanding of all elements of the behaviours expected of doctors in the NHS.
PPD1 requires students to consider, learn and demonstrate self-organisation, and effective and timely communication with their peers, healthcare colleagues, patients, families and all staff. The module has an additional focus on assisting students to adapt their learning approach, study skills and reflective practice to to maximise engagement and learning from the teaching resources and placements on the medical programme.
Attention is given to supporting students in developing personal strategies for resilience and identifying when to seek appropriate support especially in a placement context. Learning activities encourage critical reflection on experiences in clinical and educational settings, helping students link theory to practice.
A distinctive feature of PPD1 is its strong experiential learning component through two types of clinical placement:
•Time for Dementia placement visits and follow up. This runs throughout Year 1 and into Year 2 (PPD2) to help students to gain a longitudinal appreciation of the impact of dementia on a person and family living with dementia. Students are matched in pairs and threes with a family with someone living with dementia and visit them several times over the course of the programme.
•Clinical Experience: Undertake a 4-hour observational shift in either ED or the maternity unit (or other similar clinical environment as offered) to introduce students to learning in a clinical environment, witness the process of patient care in different areas, and provide circumstances in which you can start to communicate with patients.
Details of these placements will be provided on Blackboard.
This module is not delivered in isolation, and students should consider how their learning links to all their other modules, including but not limited to the Clinical Practice module and Health Improvement module in year 1.