AHP First Contact Practice in Primary Care

We offer a multi-professional learning environment that is designed to develop both your academic and practice-based skills. You will be taught by staff from a variety of professional backgrounds including Paramedics, Physiotherapists and Medics with expertise in Primary Care and First Contact Practice.

The module will be delivered online. The virtual learning environment will include a variety of platforms and approaches to facilitate student engagement and learning.

The module content is based on the following themes:

• The Primary Care landscape.
• Patient presentation at the first point of contact: Diagnostic uncertainty and serious pathology.
• Patient management at the first point of contact: Refer, test or treat.
• Public health and primary care: Influencing and improving the individual and community's health.
• Professional and service development in a changing landscape.

Clinical Learning

The module requires 10 days (75 hours) of clinical supervision. This will require the participation and direction of a suitably qualified Clinical Mentor. It is the Clinical Mentor who will assess your clinical competencies within the clinical assessment in alignment with to the knowledge skills and attributes identified in the relevant Roadmap to Practice.