Modules
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Introduction to Year 2 and Year Outcomes
- Cardiorespiratory 2
- Metabolism 2
- Brain and Behaviour 2
- Human Development 2
- Human Sciences and Public Health 2
- Locomotor 2
- Cancer Week
- Moving and Handling Training
- Year 2 Lifesaver Programme
- Clinical Communication Skills
- Medicine in Society 2
- Extended Patient Contact
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 3
- Introduction to Year 3 and Year Outcomes
- Clinical Science and Professionalism (Weeks 1-3)
- Cardiovascular, Respiratory and Haematology (CR3)
- Gastroenterology and Cancer (MET3A)
- Public Health
- Endocrinology and Renal Medicine (MET3B)
- General Practice and Community Care
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Clinical and Communication Skills
- Year 4
- Introduction and Year 4 Outcomes
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Child Health
- HIV & Sexual Health
- Musculoskeletal
- Health Care of the Elderly
- Neuroscience
- Dermatology
- General Practice and Community Care
- Psychiatry
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Global Health and Ethics
- Ophthalmology
- Clinical & Communication Skills
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year 5
- Introduction to Year 5 and Year Outcomes
- Teaching Week 1
- Teaching Week 2
- Anaesthesia & ITU (AN & ITU)
- Breaking Bad News
- Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- Community Care
- Doctors as Teachers and Educators (DATE)
- Emergency Medicine (EMERG MED)
- General (Internal) Medicine (G(I)M)
- Immediate Life Support (ILS)
- Student Assistantship
- Simulation
- Surgery
- Student Selected Component (SSC)
- Year GEP 1
Year 1 MET1: Metabolism 1
- Dr Mark Roberts
- mark.roberts@qmul.ac.uk
Teaching Material for this Module
Introduction
The aims of the year 1 metabolism module are:
- To describe how food provides nutrients through digestion and absorption and to illustrate the links between gastro-intestinal structure and function.
- To describe the metabolic processes involved in nutrient and fuel handling and cellular energy production and utilisation.
- To define and describe the function and structure of the liver and biliary system.
Index
- General Outcomes for Gastrointestinal System
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
- Surface Anatomy of the Abdomen
- Medical knowledge: BIOCHEMISTRY (inc. Metabolism) (TD 8.3)
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Nitrogen Metabolism
- Understand that the body balances nitrogen intake and output and define the term nitrogen balance.
- Understand why some amino acids are essential in the diet.
- Outline the potential uses of amino acids, including their role as signalling molecules.
- Understand that surplus amino acids contribute nitrogen to urea for excretion.
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Nitrogen Metabolism
- Clinical skills: HISTORY (TD 13 a-b)
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Abdominal Examination
- Appreciate the examination techniques required to perform superficial and deep palpation of the abdomen
- Appreciate the examination techniques required to assess a patient for hepatomegaly and splenomegaly
- Appreciate the examination technique of balloting (for renal enlargement).
- Appreciate how to auscultate for bowel sounds.
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Abdominal Examination
- Medical knowledge: ANATOMY (TD 8.1)
