Primary care department contribution to the undergraduate curriculum
Standard six year course
Learning with Patients 1
Course
Medical Statistics Course
Learning with Patients 2
Course
Medical Statistics Course
Final Honours School
(options include projects based in Department of Primary Care Health Sciences)
Learning with Patients 3 Course
GP Placement:
2 weeks
Clinical communication skills
GP teaching in Out of Oxford (“O3”) placements
Evidence Based Medicine teaching – whole year & Special Study Theme (SST)
Community Based Medicine (CBM):
7-week GP placement plus seminar teaching
Clinical Communication Skills
Special Study Modules
Electives
Graduate entry programme (four years)
- GP Clinical Days:
- Frequent visits to GP practices for early clinical contact
- Spread over three terms
- Includes a longitudinal patient attachment through the year
- Clinical Communication skills sessions
- Evidence-based Medicine
- Behavioural Sciences Module
- Clinical Communication Skills
- Academic Special Interest Project (ASIP): options include projects based in Department of Primary Care Health Sciences
- Community Based Medicine (CBM):
- 7-week GP placement plus seminar teaching
- Special Study Modules
- Electives
The key drivers for our curriculum are:
a) Society of Academic Primary Care/Royal College of General Practice's Curriculum Principles
b) General Medical Council's Outcomes for Graduates
c) The Oxford course's focus on the doctor as the 'clinical scientist'.