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Learning Outcomes

• 1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of established and evolving biological, clinical, epidemiological, social, and behavioural sciences. 1.2 Apply core medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations and health systems. 1.3 Describe the aetiology, pathology, clinical features, natural history and prognosis of common and important presentations at all stages of life. 1.4 Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature. 1.5 Apply knowledge of common scientific methods to formulate relevant research questions and select applicable study designs. 1.6 Demonstrate a commitment to excellence, evidence-based practice and the generation of new scientific knowledge.
• 2.1 Demonstrate by listening, sharing and responding, the ability to communicate clearly, sensitively and effectively with patients, their family/carers, doctors and other health professionals. 2.2 Elicit an accurate, organised and problem-focussed medical history, including family and social occupational and lifestyle features, from the patient, and other sources. 2.3 Perform a full and accurate physical examination, including a mental state examination, or a problemfocused examination as indicated. 2.4 Integrate and interpret findings from the history and examination, to arrive at an initial assessment including a relevant differential diagnosis. Discriminate between possible differential diagnoses, justify the decisions taken and describe the processes for evaluating these. 2.5 Select and justify common investigations, with regard to the pathological basis of disease, utility, safety and cost effectiveness, and interpret their results. 2.6 Select and perform safely a range of common procedural skills. 2.7 Make clinical judgements and decisions based on the available evidence. Identify and justify relevant management options alone or in conjunction with colleagues, according to level of training and experience. 2.8 Elicit patients’ questions and their views, concerns and preferences, promote rapport, and ensure patients’ full understanding of their problem(s). Involve patients in decision making and planning their treatment, including communicating risk and benefits of management options. 2.9 Provide information to patients, and family/carers where relevant, to enable them to make a fully informed choice among various diagnostic, therapeutic and management options. 2.10 Integrate prevention, early detection, health maintenance and chronic condition management where relevant into clinical practice. 2.11 Prescribe medications safely, effectively and economically using objective evidence. Safely administer other therapeutic agents including fluid, electrolytes, blood products and selected inhalational agents. 2.12 Recognise and assess deteriorating and critically unwell patients who require immediate care. Perform common emergency and life support procedures, including caring for the unconscious patient and performing CPR. 2.13 Describe the principles of care for patients at the end of their lives, avoiding unnecessary investigations or treatment, and ensuring physical comfort including pain relief, psychosocial support and other components of palliative care. 2.14 Place the needs and safety of patients at the centre of the care process. Demonstrate safety skills including infection control, graded assertiveness, adverse event reporting and effective clinical handover. 2.15 Retrieve, interpret and record information effectively in clinical data systems (both paper and electronic).
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