About the course

This one day course allows final year medical students an insight into life on the wards as a Foundation Year 1 doctor. 

It offers an opportunity to practice applying the knowledge they have learnt over their five years at medical school and develop non-technical skills which are difficult to reproduce in a classroom environment.

By the end of the day undergraduate students will be able to:

  • Recognise the importance of structured assessment of a patient with a core presentation as defined by Newcastle University
  • Recognise the importance of immediate resuscitation of an acutely unwell patient with a core presentation as defined by Newcastle University
  • Discuss the appropriateness of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and how these decisions are made and documented (PP03)
  • Demonstrate use of local and national guidelines in clinical decision making (PP15)
  • Demonstrate communication with patients, relatives and colleagues, including dealing effectively with aggression and anger in the clinical setting (PP25)
  • Demonstrate use of a prescribing formulary (the BNF) to guide and assist safe prescribing, including in-patients with allergies (PP 39&41)
  • Recognise the importance of situational awareness, personal organisation and teamwork skills in the clinical setting

Course lead

Andrea Robson - andrea.robson4@nhs.net.