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Clinical Placement in Medical Specialism

Code: 106708
Credits: 5
2026/2027
Degree programme Type Course
Medicine OB 6

Contact lecturer

Name :
Josep Antoni Montiel Dacosta
Email :
joseantonio.montiel@uab.cat

Teaching staff

Ramón Miralles Basseda
Juan Manuel Pericas Pulido
Ricard Comet Monte

Group languages

You can consult this information at the end of the document.

Prerequisites

It is advisable that students do not have any subjects from previous courses pending approval, especially those with content related to medical pathology.

It is advisable to have achieved sufficient knowledge in: Biostatistics, Bioethics and communication, Epidemiology, Physiopathology and clinical semiology, Medical pathology, Clinical pharmacology. Knowledge of a third language, preferably English, is also recommended.

If the following subjects have not been passed, it should be incompatible: Medical Physiology I and II, Human Anatomy, Medical Psychology, Structural and Molecular Pathology, General Pharmacology, Physiopathology and Clinical Semiology, Epidemiology, MIC I, II, III and IV.

The student will acquire the commitment to preserve the confidentiality and professional secrecy of the data that he may have access to because of the learning in the assistance services. Also in maintaining an attitude of professional ethics in all their actions.

Objectives

















Learning outcomes

  1. Apply the basic elements of bioethics (patients' rights, doctors' obligations).
  2. Involve patients in decisions on the health-illness process.
  3. Apply the theoretical knowledge of the pathology acquired during the bachelor's degree to clinical practice.
  4. Identify the presentation forms of the different pathological processes.
  5. Observe the therapeutic approach, the clinical course and its prevention in cases where this is possible.
  6. Take an active part in care tasks: preparing patient records, requesting complementary studies (laboratory, imaging techniques) when needed and helping to focus the patient record.
  7. Collaborate on simple clinical and surgical manoeuvres after supervised practice on simulators.
  8. Prepare a complete patient record systematically.
  9. Perform an anamnesis and a complete physical examination by systems on adults and children.
  10. Identify the basic rules of pharmacotherapy in adults and children.
  11. Identify the basic elements of the face-to-face doctor–patient interview in a context of high accessibility and longitudinal care.
  12. Describe the communication process and its effect on the professional caregiver–patient relationship.
  13. Explain the elements to be considered when assessing patients' role in decision-making on their health and on the medical attention they receive at their primary healthcare centres.
  14. Identify the different components of non-verbal communication in a context of patient-health professional relationship.
  15. Detect emotions through non-verbal communication in a context of patient-health professional relationship.
  16. Identify basic emotions in primary healthcare patients through the interaction between the different non-verbal components.
  17. Detect how verbal and non-verbal behaviour can be linked in a context of patient-health professional relationship.
  18. Analyse the limitations to the interpretation of behaviour from non-verbal comunication.
  19. Participate in discussions to solve the clinical problems being faced.
  20. Communicate appropriately with patients and their family-members.
  21. Correctly describe the criteria for hospitalisation.
  22. Draft medical instructions, reports on consultations and treatment, official reports and certificates.
  23. Know the basic elements of the communication of clinical research results.
  24. Access the healthcare protocols for the different components of the pathology.
  25. Consult patient records appropriately and keep them in order.
  26. Analyse patient records systematically.
  27. Maintain and sharpen one's professional competence, in particular by independently learning new material and techniques and by focusing on quality.
  28. Be able to work in an international context.
  29. Communicate clearly, orally and in writing, with other professionals and the media.
  30. Use information and communication technologies in professional practice.

Contents

Rotations for hospital medical specialty services.

As part of the rotation, and in variable distributions depending on the possibilities and needs of the

rotation, the student should participate in:

- Medical teams (both in hospitalization and outpatient devices): taking clinical histories, admission notes, establishing a patient's problems, proposing a differential diagnosis and a therapeutic strategy.

- Assistance in the hospital ward, dispensary for external consultations and day hospitals, emergencies.


- Attendance at clinical sessions and multidisciplinary meetings.


- The solution of clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic problems.

- The search for clinical and biomedical information (transversal block).

- Develop communication skills (transversal block).

Learning activities and methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
ASISTENCIAL CLINICAL PRACTICES (PCAh) 68 2.72
ELABORATION OF WORKS 10 0.4
READING ARTICLES AND DOCUMENTS OF INTEREST 10 0.4
PERSONAL STUDY 30 1.2

54.4% PRESENTATION (68h).
-Rotations (Clinical Care Practices, PCA) for hospital Medical Specialties services.
Students will join a medical team and rotate for 3 weeks. These rotations will preferably be done in the morning hours. The specific calendars and timetables for each rotation will be established in each teaching unit and will be announced on the corresponding website.
-Hospital sessions.


40% AUTONOMOUS (50h).

Reading care protocols
Consult bibliography and personal study
Summary and conceptual assimilation of contents
Clinical case preparation


5.6% EVALUATION (7 h).
Continuous evaluation rotation (4h30). Includes daily correction of clinical histories/admission notes. Optionally, a mini-sex can be performed.
Oral presentation of a clinical case (30 min)
ACOES Proportional Part (2h)

Exceptionally, and according to the judgment of the responsible teaching staff, the available resources and the current health situation in the different Teaching Units, part of the content corresponding to the practicals and seminars may be taught semi-face-to-face or virtually.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Assessment

Continuous assessment activities

Title Weight Hours ECTS Learning outcomes
practical assessment 60% 5 0.2 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
structured objective clinical assessment 40% 2 0.08 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

-Rotation (60%):
-Continuous evaluation of rotation 36% *
-Clinical case presentation 24% **
-ACOEs (40%):
-Practical part 20%
-Theoretical part 20%

* Rotation: During the hospital rotation, the clinical histories, admission notes, list of problems, differential diagnoses and other activities that the head of the area deems appropriate will be evaluated, as may be the case of attendance at clinical sessions/ hospital conferences

Rating Notes *
Attendance and punctuality  1 2 3 4 5
Attitude                              1 2 3 4
Participation and integration 1 2 3
Initiative                             1 2
Communication                   1 2


* the student will be considered Apt if he achieves a sum of scores equal to or greater than 11/16

DEFINITIONS OF THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS 


Attendance and punctuality: it will be assessed that students have regularly attended all the days of the rotation and that, in case of absence, they have given notice.

Attitude: it will be valued that the student is willing to learn, that he knows and reviews the clinical cases, that he asks questions and shows a positive attitude towards learning.

Participation and integration: The responsibility of the students in the tasks that the tutor asks of them, the ability to work in a team and the opinions they contribute in a session or in other assistance activities will be assessed.

Initiative: It will be assessed if the student is curious to learn, read the protocols of the service, the diagnostic and treatment guides.

Communication: It will be assessed if the student is able to synthesize and communicate a clinical case to team mates (in team meetings or a clinical session of the service).

**Presentation of Clinical Cases: The presentation of the clinical case followed during the rotation will be evaluated, both the written report/summary and the oral presentation and slides.

 

Students who do not carry out both the theoretical and practical assessment tests that are detailed above, including the ACOES, will be considered as No Assessments, subject to the registration of the subject. Special situations will be assessed individually in a committee that includes those responsible for the different areas involved in this subject.

This subject does not provide the single assessment system.

In this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is allowed as an integral part of the development of the work, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution of the student in the analysis and personal reflection. The student must clearly identify which parts have been generated with this technology, specify the tools used and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. The lack of transparency in the use of AI will be considered a lack of academic honesty and may lead to a penalty in the grade of the activity, or greater sanctions in serious cases

Bibliography

In general, the recommended for all subjects of the career. We recommend consulting the Digital Library of the Faculty of Medicine of the UAB ( https://www.uab.cat/web/guies-tematiques/medicina-1345711614714.html ), as well as the face-to-face Libraries of each Teaching Unit.

Farreras Rozman. Internal Medicine, 20th edition.

https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC7045003



Harrison. Principles of Internal Medicine, 21st edition.

https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/avjcib/alma991010637433606709



Macleod. Clinical Examination, 15th edition. Douglas, Graham ; Nicol, Fiona ; Robertson, Colin.

https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC3429524


Internet resources

PubMed: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991000236199706709


Google Scholar: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1eqfv2p/alma991010392061906709


Scielo: https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/cugbhl/alma991010760035206709

Software

No specific software is necessary for the development of the subject

Course groups and languages

The information provided is provisional until November 30. After this date, you will be able to consult the language of each group through this link. To access the information, you will need to enter the course CODE