The Family Attachment Scheme Mid-Course Review – First Year Dr Kieran McGlade

Diseases Encountered List

Social Problems Encountered 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/FamilyIssues ArisingResponse Any -biomedical -psychosocial -professional -factual Issues 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 Issues Eg 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 mother Useful 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

COMMENTS V GoodGoodAdequatePoor 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.