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The year begins with an Introduction and Orientation Module (IOM) where you will be introduced to important details of the year, CPP teaching, and sessions covering key concepts for the year.
As year 5 is also an important year with regards to your Foundation School application and planning your elective, within the IOM you will also receive advice about career planning, Foundation School application and arranging your elective.
The theme of year 5 of the MBBS curriculum is 鈥渢he life cycle鈥� - you will encounter patients with medical conditions from across the 鈥渟even ages鈥� of man. A large part of the year is dedicated to beginnings of life, through women鈥檚 and men鈥檚 health, sexual health and child health.
In addition, you will learn about family and adult health and behaviour through general practice, breast services, urology, psychiatry, dermatology and ophthalmology. The latter parts of the life cycle will be explored in care of the older person, cancer medicine and palliative care.
Clinical and Professional Practice teaching and learning sessions cover a wide range of topics relevant to the life cycle and specialist practice and include a patient-based patient pathway throughout the year.听
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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