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MED-30001 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2026/27 Last Updated: 28 September 2026

MED-30001 - UG MEDICINE YEAR 3
Coordinator: Suzanne Whiteman Tel: +44 1782 7 34676
Lecture Time:
Level: Level 6
Credits: 120
Study Hours: 1443
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2026/27

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

Successful completion of MED-20001

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

The course comprises 3 phases: Phase 1: year 1 and 2, Phase 2: year 3 and 4 , Phase 3: year 5. This module (Year 3) forms the first part of Phase 2.
Students will undertake clinical placements in Primary Care (General Practice) and Secondary Care including Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and Mental Health to consolidate clinical skills, attitudes and knowledge required to assess illness, with emphasis on history and examination skills and grounding in the scientific basis of medical symptoms and signs.

Aims
The module aims to provide the foundation for the student to achieve the GMC Outcomes for Graduates 2018, with the overarching outcome that medical students are tomorrow’s doctors and, in accordance with Good Medical Practice, must make the care of patients their first concern, applying their knowledge and skills in a competent, ethical and professional manner and taking responsibility for their own actions in complex and uncertain situations.
Students will become independent clinical learners:
• Able to extract the relevant clinical data from a clinical situation; symptoms, signs, investigations, treatment and on-going plan.
• Able to analyse the pathophysiology of the patient’s symptoms.
• Able to set up hypotheses regarding the aetiology and maintenance of disease.
GMC Outcomes 2018 doc
https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/dc11326-outcomes-for-graduates-2018_pdf-75040796.pdf
GMC Practical Skills and Procedures 2019 document
https://www.gmc-uk.org/-/media/documents/practical-skills-and-procedures-a4_pdf-78058950.pdf

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/med-30001/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Document with all ILOs:
https://keeleacuk.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/FMHS-SchoolofMedicine/EVZy3HU3QWNOjIncORZMJ1YBRYIv7U5tvPYehzkPfmGkmQ?e=uB5bhs: 1,2,3,4

Study hours

Indicative breakdown:
Lectures - 40
Seminars/workshops: 108
CBL - 58
Anatomy - 20
Labs - 12
Skills - 39
Placements - 512
SSCs - 296
Independent study - 358

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Exam weighted 50%
Written Knowledge
Written knowledge is a cumulative assessment based upon 3 x 2.5 hr papers. Each paper is comprised of 125 Single Best Answer (SBA) questions (375 total)

2: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 50%
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination: ‘Short cases which require students to examine part of the patient, without taking a history, before reporting their findings. Despite not requiring a history to be taken, students may still be assessed on their communication skills. An objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) is similar to spot assessment and involves a number of stations, each with a different task. Students are given a set time to complete each station, demonstrating a certain skill. OSCEs take place under exam conditions in the presence of an observer who scores a check list’ (BMA, 2004). This is a 14 station assessment. Students need to pass 10 stations AND achieve a score greater than the sum of the passmarks plus one SEM

3: Portfolio weighted 0%
Portfolio
Includes work-place based assessment, block sign off, skills sign off and appraisal.

4: Assignment weighted 0%
Longitudinal Patient
A reflective account of a long term observation of several patient journeys. This is a 2000 word report with a record of patient contact as an appendix.

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 28 September 2026