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Year 4 CC4: General Practice and Community Care

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General Outcomes for Community Care
General Outcomes for the Musculoskeletal System

General Outcomes for Community Care
- Medical knowledge: SOCIOLOGY (TD 10 a-e)
  - Older People, Illness and Society
    1. To appreciate the social impact of an increasing elderly population both on the individual but also for families and wider society
  - Community Health
    1. Understand the effect of illness on the community
- Medical knowledge: EPIDEMIOLOGY
  - Prevalence of Disease
    1. To appreciate the prevalence of skin disease seen by GPs in the community
- Medical knowledge: PSYCHOLOGY (TD 9 a-g)
  - General Issues
    1. To understand how acute conditions impact on work and how chronic conditions influence mental health and social well being
  - Bio-Psycho-Social Issues
- Clinical skills: HISTORY (TD 13 a-b)
- Clinical skills: MAKING A DIAGNOSIS and CLINICAL JUDGEMENT (TD 14 e-f)
  - Diagnosis of Skin Disorders
    1. Be able to recognise common skin diseases seen in general practice (eczema, dermatoses, psoriasis)
    2. Be able to identify suspicious cutaneous lesions that require further investigations (Pre-malignant and malignant skin tumours and other skin lesions that are not obviously benign. Skin signs of systemic disease e.g. excoriation in liver disease)
  - Diagnosis in Older People
    1. To understand how capacity is assessed
  - Diagnosis in Children
    1. Be able to identify common infectious diseases in children (chicken pox, measles, viral rashes, acne)
  - Diagnosis of Obstetric and Gynaecological Disorders
    1. Understands the basics of : presentation, diagnosis and management of common and important gynaecological problems seen in the community (click to see list)
- Clinical skills: FORMULATING A TREATMENT PLAN (TD 14 g)
  - Management of Neurological Disorders
    1. Understand the basics of presentation, diagnosis and management of common neurological problems seen in the community (click to see the list)
  - Management of Psychiatric Disorders
    1. Understand the basics of presentation, diagnosis and management of common psychiatric problems seen in the community (click to see the list)
    2. To understand the two-way links between Medical diseases and Psychiatric disorders
  - Management of Musculoskeletal Disorders
  - Management of Skin Disorders
    1. Know how to manage common skin conditions in general practice (click to see list)
  - Management of Disorders in Children
    1. Understand the presentation, diagnosis and management of common child health problems seen in the community such as (click to see checklist)
  - Management of the Normal Pregnancy
- Clinical skills: SUPPORTING PATIENTS and IDENTIFYING ABUSE and NEGLECT (TD 14 h-i)
  - Preventative care and Screening
- Clinical skills: INTERACTION WITH PATIENTS (TD 15 a-b)
  - Communicating with Children
    1. Understand the difficulties in establishing rapport with a child and how to overcome this
  - Interacting with Patients - General
    1. Be able to communicate with people with neurological problems and their carers
    2. Communicate with patients who have psychiatric disorders: obtain information, provide reassurance and establish rapport
- Clinical skills: PRESCRIBING DRUGS SAFELY AND EFFECTIVELY (TD 17 a-h)
  - Pharmacological Therapy for Elderly People
    1. To explore the issues around polypharmacy and compliance in the elderly population
General Outcomes for the Musculoskeletal System
- Clinical skills: HISTORY (TD 13 a-b)
  - Musculosketal History
    1. To obtain an appropriate musculoskeletal history from a patient presenting with either arthralgia, mylagia, back pain or chronic widespread disease