On completion of this module students should be able to;
1. Discover the influences on health and the effect of illness on patients, their families and the health service.
2. Take a basic patient history, identify and utilise key communication skills and reflect on own communication skills and areas for improvement.
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of professionalism and ethics in early patient contact.
4. Describe common health issues relevant to doctors' own health and well-being and be able to relate this to their role as medical students.
5. Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of the Irish and other health care systems.
6. Understand the fundamentals of searching and appraising medical literature.
7. Understand the importance of data protection legislation in medical practice.
8. Demonstrate knowledge in basic life support.

This is for medical students only

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

Aggregated feedback will be made available after the submission of the portfolio and after provisional grade results of the examination. In addition, students will be given individual written feedback on their portfolio submission. This feedback will be made available in the period after the provisional grade results have been released.