Estudia

• Obtenir i elaborar una història clínica que contingui tota la informació rellevant
• Reconèixer i tractar les situacions que posen la vida en perill immediat i aquelles altres que exigeixen atenció immediata
• Escoltar amb atenció, obtenir i sintetitzar informació pertinent dels problemes que afecten el malalt i comprendre el contingut d'aquesta informació
• Comunicar-se de manera efectiva i clara, tant oralment com per escrit, amb els pacients, els familiars, els mitjans de comunicació i altres professionals
• Garantir el coneixement adequat de la llengua anglesa, tant oral com escrita, tenint en compte les especificitats del registre mèdic per a poder comunicar-se eficaçment a la comunitat internacional científica i professional

1. Chest pain: epidemiology in the emergency department and clinical manifestations such as localization, quality and severity, provocation and relief, and other associated signs and symptoms according to their origin.

2. Abdominal pain: epidemiology in the emergency department and clinical manifestations such as localization, quality and severity, provocation and relief, and other associated signs and symptoms according to their origin.

3. Mechanisms by which chest pain and abdominal pain occur.

4. Models of care of emergency departments and their relationship with the healthcare services in the community.

5. Critical analysis of research and clinical evidence, and their relationships with the principles of sustainable medicine.

6. Communication with patients and families medical regarding information in an emergency room environment.

7. Medical terms in English related to emergency medicine

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Activitats d'avaluació:

- PBL sessions evaluation will account for 50% of the module evaluation.
Criteria (Grade proportion)
Responsibility (25%)
Learning abilities (25%)
Communication (25%)
Interpersonal
relationships (25%)

- The PBL exam is going to account for the other 50%.
1st Part
Criteria for each of the 4 topics (Grade proportion)
Relevance to the learning objectives (2%)
Relevance to the situation (2%)
Justification (6%)

2nd Part
Criterion for each of the 2 questions (Grade proportion)
Accreditation of knowledge acquired within the question context (25%)

Both parts
Criterion (Grade proportion)
Readability and conciseness (10%)

Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
Not attending at the PBL sessions.