University of St Andrews

Being a Patient Element Learning Outcomes: -Explain the major features of what the patient is likely to experience in modern medicine -Evaluate the relevance of a behavioural science approach to being a doctor -Illustrate the application of behavioural science to medicine with three examples

AI Safety Element Learning Outcomes: -Describe Generative AI (in basic terms), including its basic principles and functionalities. -Discuss AI Safety and relate this to the study and practice of medicine. -Discuss the limitations of Generative AI in relation to the accuracy of its outputs and suggest methods of validating AI tools in medicine. -Describe the shortcomings of Generative AI in relation to representation and diversity, and suggest methods to overcome these. -Propose generative ...

Classification of Disease Element Learning Outcomes -To define disease -To describe the characteristics of disease -To define terms used in the nomenclature of disease -To describe the classification of disease -To describe the epidemiological characteristics of some major human diseases -Understand what personalised medicine is trying to achieve

Information: Quality not Quantity Element Learning Outcomes: -Explain the importance of using up to date evidence for addressing clinical questions -Discuss potential sources of bias in medical research -Describe the strategy for conducting a systematic review -Explain the value of a meta-analysis and interpret a forest plot -Explain the importance of a confidence interval

Introduction Week. Summary of the course MD2001 and MD2002, test components, study materials.

Science and Medicine Element Learning Outcomes: -Summarise the scientific method and the role of peer review -Explain the importance of evidence based medicine in the provision of care -Comment on the effect of bias on scientific research -Differentiate between primary and secondary research studies -Explain what is meant by an evidence pyramid

Local Anaesthetics Element Learning Outcomes: -To give named examples of local anaesthetics and explain their clinical uses -To recognise the features of the weak base structure and the interaction with pH, which account for the mechanisms of action of local anaesthetics -To explain why local anaesthetics will have varying time courses of action and how this can be modified -To identify the different routes of administration of local anaesthetics -To predict the dangers and side-effects of...

Principles of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Element Learning Outcomes: -Define the principles of antibiotic chemotherapy -List the main classes of antibacterial agents -Describe the principle of selective toxicity giving examples -Outline the main mechanisms of action of the main antibiotic classes

Active Transport and the Sodium Pump Element Learning Outcomes: -Describe the structure and function of the sodium pump, explain how it regulates ion concentrations and the clinical and physiological significance of this -Explain the clinical significance of the interaction between the binding of the cardiac glycosides and the extracellular potassium concentration -Explain, with example substances, the key features, energetics, differences and similarities of/ between primary active transpor...

Body Fluid Compartments Element Learning Outcomes: -Explain the divisions of the fluid compartments of the body -List the concentrations of the major components of intracellular and extracellular fluid -Summarise the main features of biological membranes -Explain the importance of the amphipathic properties of membrane lipds -Explain the differences between integral and peripheral membrane proteins -Identify the key roles played by membrane transport processes -Use flux equation to expla...