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MED-30002 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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

MED-30002 - UG MEDICINE YEAR 4
Coordinator: Natalie Cope Tel: +44 1782 7 34647
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-30001

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2026/27

In Year 4 we aim to develop students into independent clinical learners. The fourth year of the Keele curriculum continues to offer an integrated curriculum underpinned by case-illustrated learning (CIL) and bedside teaching in the clinical areas, alongside other teaching and learning approaches such as lectures, group work and discussions.

Aims
The aim of Year 4 is to prepare students for the clinical assistantships that form the basis of Year 5, the final year of the undergraduate course. Specifically, by the end of Year 4 students will have completed their acquisition of key knowledge from the three curriculum themes and will have demonstrated that they have achieved core clinical competencies. The year will place an emphasis on the application of core knowledge (both clinical and non-clinical) in clinically relevant contexts.

Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/med-30002/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

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

Study hours

Lectures: 60 hours
Seminars/workshops: 98 hours
Case illustrated learning: 100 hours
Skills teaching: 43 hours
Placements+SSCs: 1076 hours
Independent study: 140 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 50%
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE)
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). Students complete 14 stations over three days. Students need to pass 11/14 stations AND the total score must be above the sum of the pass scores plus one SEM.

2: Exam weighted 50%
Written Knowledge
Written knowledge is based upon 2 x 2hr papers. Each paper is comprised of Single Best Answer (SBA) questions (x2 100 SBA's (200 in total)). This forms the Applied Knowledge Test for Medical Licensing Assessment

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

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