PMM2PA-Physician Associate Clinical Module

Module Provider: Pharmacy
Number of credits: 60 [30 ECTS credits]
Level:7
Terms in which taught: Autumn / Spring / Summer module
Pre-requisites: PMM1PA Physician Associate Pre-Clinical Module
Non-modular pre-requisites:
Co-requisites:
Modules excluded:
Current from: 2021/2

Module Convenor: Dr Simone Magee
Email: s.magee@reading.ac.uk

Type of module:

Summary module description:
The clinical module in the Physician Associate programme builds on the core knowledge obtained in the pre-clinical module by integrating academic learning with practical application.

Students will be supported to exercise initiative and personal responsibility, undertake decision-making in complex and unpredictable situations and continue to develop the independent learning ability required for continuing professional development.

Aims:
This module aims to integrate academic learning with practical application. Students will undertake clinical placements in general practice and secondary care integrated with on-going learning at the university. Students will be able to:

􀀕 deal with complex issues both systematically and creatively, make sound judgements in the absence of complete data, and communicate their conclusions clearly to specialist and non-specialist audiences
􀀕 continue to advance their knowledge and understanding, and to develop new skills to a high level through continuing professional development

Assessable learning outcomes:
1. Obtain and critically interpret evidence from a patient consultation (history, physical examination and mental state examination), determining the requirement for additional information or further investigation in order to determine appropriate patient management

2. Use clinical judgment in the diagnosis, management and appropriate referral for the list of patient presentations outlined in the PA Competence and Curriculum Framework and relevant to their area of clinical placement .

3. Demonstrate common core skills and knowledge when working with children, young people and families.

4. Evaluate and apply the principles of pharmacologic actions, therapeutic indications, contraindications and adverse reactions for pharmaceutical preparations relevant to their area of clinical placement.

5. Exhibit professional behaviour & probity

Additional outcomes:

Outline content:

The module will be based around the PA competency and curriculum framework ( )

Brief description of teaching and learning methods:

The PA programme will recognise that students are undertaking post-graduate study as adult learners. Methods to encourage an appropriate level of learning will include flipped classroom, scenario based discussions, case-based learning, critical appraisal and reflection. In this module, learningÌýwill be contextualised according to the placements that the students are undertaking. Further learning will also be related in a temporal manner to the placement. Annex 1 indicates the core clinic al skills to be covered in PMM2PA (carried on from those already covered in PMM1PA). Students will undertake work-based learning within General Practice and Secondary Care as they develop their clinical practice.

The term in which the contact takes place will vary according to the start of the programme and the spread of the modules across terms, since it is a full time programme, so for simplicity hours are currently allocated evenly over all three terms.

Summative assessment- Examinations:

Students will be required to sit a 150 question multiple choice paper and a ten station Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).

Summative assessment- Coursework and in-class tests:

Formative assessment methods:

Students will be required to maintain an online portfolio of learning which includes a log of patient encounters and written case reports. These logs will allow tutors to assess each student’s clinical encounters during theirÌýclinical rotations. Students will be required to include reflective accounts of critical learning encounters. The portfolio will also contain evidence provided by other healthcare practitioners regarding the performance ofÌýstudents. The portfolio will also contain a checklist to ensure the key clinical skills listed in Annex 1 areÌýdemonstratedÌýduring the programme. Students will also have an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) to assess the application knowledge to clinical scenarios.

Penalties for late submission:

The below information applies to students on taught programmes except those on Postgraduate Flexible programmes. Penalties for late submission, and the associated procedures, which apply to Postgraduate Flexible programmes are specified in the policy 􀀓Penalties for late submission for Postgraduate Flexible programmes􀀔, which can be found here: