Courses

Year 1: Core foundations

• Foundations of Family Medicine: Introduction to the key concepts and historical development of the specialty.
• Professionalism in Family Practice: Learn about the principles of ethics and professionalism and how to apply these to your own practice.
• Applying Evidence-Based Practice in Family Medicine: Enhance your ability to apply scientific evidence to clinical practice.

Year 2: Specialised practice

At the start of Year 2, you will choose between the following elective courses which provide a focus on research or quality improvement:

Family Medicine Research Methods

Learn about research methods in preparation for a dissertation in the final year.

OR

Methodologies to Improve Family Medicine Practice

Learn about quality improvement for clinical practice in preparation for a quality improvement project in the final year.

All students will then complete the following compulsory course:

Applying the Family Medicine Approach Throughout Every Stage of Life

Apply the principles taught in Year 1 of the programme across the lifecycle of the patient, family and community. The course incorporates teaching on health promotion and disease prevention, maternal and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, mental health, care of the elderly and palliative care. Students will have the opportunity to focus on areas of personal interest or relevance to their practice.

Year 3: Research and application

There are three options for completing the 60 credits required in the final year of the programme.

• Research Project (60 credits)
• Elective course (20 credits) + Family Medicine Project (40 credits)
• Fully taught final year consisting of elective courses (60 credits)

You will have a choice of how to complete the final year based on your individual interests and learning needs. The Research Project involves completing a traditional dissertation. The Family Medicine Project will focus on quality improvement for clinical practice. Those students who opt for a fully taught third year will select from a series of elective courses therefore creating their own learning pathway.

There are no written or practical examinations within the programme.