Year 1 - GP1 (formerly MedSoc)

Aims

To provide students with opportunities to communicate with patients and gain an understanding of the patient experience of health and its social determinants over the course of their lives.

Teaching Commitment

• 12 alternate Thursdays throughout the academic year.

• 6 -8 students.

• Teaching will take place in person.

Learning Activities – these will vary but could include the following

• Small group tutorials

• Interviewing clinicians and other healthcare professionals

• Interviewing patients

• Self-directed learning

• Debrief on patient encounters and provide feedback to all students

Assessment

Students will be assessed on two short pieces of reflective writing, one considering how becoming a medical student may have changed how they, or others, perceive their identity (submitted in December) and a second on their professional development (submitted in March).

They will also complete and present a health promotion poster and be given feedback on their professionalism.