Teaching and learning methods
This module is a student-led learning module in which students are provided with detailed guidance on the curriculum content to learn; however teaching is limited to graduate group sessions, sessions to support graduate group sessions, plenary sessions and evidence-based medicine sessions.
Graduate Group Sessions: Two graduate group sessions per clinical topic week provide a structured format and facilitated session in which students can use group work to support their learning. The first session uses a trigger to introduce, contextualise and motivate learning from which students work together to identify and share prior knowledge, gaps in knowledge and concepts to develop for the rest of the week. Learning outcomes are provided at the end of the session to support students to facilitate their learning in the appropriate direction during the week but should be used by students alongside their own identified learning outcomes from the graduate group session.
Students will work independently during the week to integrate learning from other modules. In the second graduate group session at the end of the week students organise the session in such a way as to each teach each other key concepts and knowledge in allocated areas of the curriculum. It is expected that the group work will ensure that students will be able to teach topics based on the integrated learning they have done during the week, as well as to be able to give explanations of complex scientific subject matter in lay language.
Sessions to support Graduate Group Sessions: One session is provided during the year to encourage students to reflect upon and enhance their graduate group learning skills including their teamworking skills.
Plenary Sessions: The final session of each clinical topic week is a plenary session during which students have the opportunity to ask an expert in the field for clarification on any of the understanding from the week. The speaker is usually a clinician in the field and so is able to provide reinforcement, understanding and help to clarify any misconceptions about how the knowledge and area from across the disciplines integrates and applies to real life medical practice.
Evidence Based Medicine Sessions: Several sessions are provided during the year to advance and summatively assess students’ skills in critical appraisal and evidence based medicine.
Study time
Type |
Hours |
Completion of assessment task |
60 |
Lecture |
13.75 |
Seminar |
37.75 |
Wider reading or practice |
54 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions |
22 |
Total study time |
187.5 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
BM4 tutor. Students are provided with an allocated BM4 tutor to support the learning of key subject areas, details can be found within the Blackboard pages. Resources to support students with their reflective skills will be made available on the BM4 webpages
Resources to support the learning will be provided on Blackboard.
In addition a reading list will be provided on blackboard.
Personal academic tutor. Students are provided with a personal academic tutor with whom they will be encouraged to reflect upon their learning and studies and can therefore give feedback on reflective skills.