COVID-19 Update
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, university life in the next academic year is likely to be different. The student experience is at the heart of our planning, and we want to ensure our students receive the highest quality education, but we must also ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of all students, staff and visitors, by following guidance from the Government and Public Health England.
Kent and Medway Medical School will be delivering a mix of online and face-to-face learning and teaching from Year 1. This model of learning and teaching was already part of the curriculum offer.
General principles of KMMS Student Learning from September 2020:
- Both Canterbury Christ Church University (Christ Church) and the University of Kent (Kent)are planning to welcome students on campus in September, while adhering to social distancing measures.
- A face-to-face, on-campus experience will be delivered within the Government and Public Health England guidance providing there are no serious unforeseeable public health issues that result in the Government introducing further lockdown measures.
- Small group work will be face-to-face where possible.
- Lectures and reading materials will be delivered and supported online, alongside use of contemporary, digital learning tools.
- The KMMS programme will be delivered largely as planned. Such variations may include changes to the order, or to the form of taught content and assessment from that originally planned.
- Placements for medical students have been suspended but are expected to restart across the UK before the start of the next academic year. We expect our local health partners to provide KMMS placements from Year 1 as planned.
Community and Primary Care in Practice 1 (20 credits)
Aims to integrate clinical learning with theory learnt in adjacent modules in Year 1. Gives an overview of the professionals, services and care pathways that support patients and their carers within the community.
Content is primarily based around the Fundamental Tracks of Ethics, Law & Professionalism, Human Behaviour, Person & Population Health and Professional & Clinical Skills.
Professional Development and Person-Centred Practice 1 (20 credits)
Aims to enable students to appreciate the needs of their patients, themselves as practitioners and the wider healthcare professional community.
Content is primarily based around the Fundamental Tracks of Ethics, Law & Professionalism, Human Behaviour, Person & Population Health, Professional & Clinical Skills and Scholarship & Scientific Enquiry.
Foundations of Health and Disease (20 credits)
Enables understanding of the fundamental structure and function of the human body. Aims to describe the psychological development of humans from infancy to adulthood. It aims to introduce basic principles of disease and diagnostics.
Content is based around the Fundamental Tracks of Anatomy, Biomedicine, Human Behaviour, Person & Population Health, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Physiology and Pathology.
Skills for Clinical Practice 1 (20 credits)
Aims to prepare students for learning in the clinical environment through the development of clinical and professional skills.
Content is primarily based around the Fundamental Track of Professional & Clinical Skills.
Heart, Lungs and Blood (20 credits)
Aims to introduce the structure and function of the lungs and cardiovascular system, common and serious pathology and aetiology, diagnosis and principles of management of associated diseases.
Content is based around the Fundamental Tracks of Anatomy, Biomedicine, Pathology, Person & Population Health, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Physiology.
Nutrition, Metabolism and Excretion (20 credits)
Aims to introduce the structure and function of the alimentary and excretory systems at the anatomical, cellular and molecular level in health. Introduces common and serious pathology and aetiology, diagnosis and principles of management of associated diseases.
Content is based around the Fundamental Tracks of Anatomy, Biomedicine, Pathology, Person & Population Health, Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Physiology.