the family attachment scheme mid-course review – first year dr kieran mcglade [email protected]
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The Family Attachment Scheme
Mid-Course Review – First Year
Dr Kieran McGlade
Diseases Encountered
• List • List
Social Problems Encountered
• List • List
Writing your report
• An account of your visits• An account of your impressions• Draw on what you have learned in the “Individual
in Society” and “Science, Society and Medicine” courses.
• Draw on what you have learned from others in your tutorial group.
Family Attachment Scheme Dept of General Practice,Queen’s University Belfast
Visit Date:Duration:
Dialogue Student/Patient/Family Issues Arising Response
Any -biomedical-psychosocial-professional-factualIssues that arise which the student needs to or should find out more about – should be jotted down here For example:- social class-various conditions ( medical)-odd behaviour requiring interpretation
What did the student do to resolve/ address IssuesEg Looked up Spoke to etc
Miss X volunteered with great feeling how much she missed her mother and how she had been a great source of strength at difficult times in her life
Found it a bit embarrassing when Mrs X got distressed talking about her mother. Must bring this up in the tutorial group – what is the best way to deal with these situations – what should you say or do.Why did Miss X never marry?What proportion of the population remain unmarried?What influence has the unmarried state on health?
We were surprised at how profoundly this elderly lady still missed her motherUseful discussion in tutorial group about loneliness and also about changing composition of society and extended family.See if we can get answers to how many people do not marry etc. from census data
Example of a student learning log
The Report
• For regulations see para 12.3 of the study guide
• Combined effort (two or three students)
• Main part (4,000 words)
• Personal reflection (750 words) in appendix
The Report
• Your GP tutor may wish to have a copy of your final report
• Your tutor may be happy to review a draft of your report but will not be assessing it
V Good Good Adequate Poor
Introduction and background.
Description of how the study was carried out.
Ability to interpret and critically evaluate the “family’s” life experiences
Ability to draw parallels with experience gained from other parts of the course / other students’ experiences.
Ability to quote from the relevant literature and relate this to own learning experiences in the family.
Writing style
Salient personal commentary and conclusions
Appendices and documentation provided
Tips for preparing for the Report
• Use a diary
• Include information from tutorials and other parts of the course as well as your visits
• Look at exemplars of previous reports but write your own
• Do not pad the appendices!
• Don’t have to be nice about the course!
Deadline
• Last Friday of teaching in the Spring Semester – but this may be brought forward to avoid students having to meet too many deadlines at the same time.