Clinical Placements
The Undergraduate Centre:
- provides clinical placements to all undergraduate students for Cardiff University School of Medicine
- provide teaching facilities
- co-ordinate teaching timetables
- provide inductions at the start of each placement
- provide support to Medical Students
- provide support to consultants to deliver teaching
- provide feedback sessions at the end of each placement
- collects the students' marks at the end of each placement and forwards them to Cardiff University Medicine School
Year 1 Students
Year 1 students will come to Llandough each Thursday for a one day placement over 14 weeks from January to May. They will go to the following specialities:
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Care of the Elderly
- Medicine
- Surgery
Year 2 Students
Year 2 students attend two programmes.
1) Foundation Clinical Skills Module:
Students are divided into small groups each morning and are given a Consultant led tutorial on how to examine and take histories. Following the teaching session, students will be sent to either a Medical or Surgical Ward to practice the techniques learnt from the morning session. Students will be allocated a week on a Medical ward and a week on a Surgical ward. In addition, each group will spend a day in MAU.
2) Nursing Attachment:
This is a week placement over 4 weeks. During their placement, they will be required to shadow one of the ward nurses to gain experience of their role in the medical team. The students are required to work a full shift, taking on board nursing duties
Year 3 Students
Year 3 Students experience six week blocks over four rotations. The modules covered for this year are:
- Medicine
- Surgical Systems
- Rheumatology & Orthopaedics. The Rheumatology section of this module is placed at the University Hospital of Wales
- One week will be spent with General Practitioners. This is organised by Cardiff University Medical School.
Year 4 Students
Year 4 Students will experience a five week placement over five rotations from September to May. The modules covered are:
- Child Health
- Reporoductive Medicine
- Psychological Medicine
- Cardiovascular (CVR) and Respiritory. The Cardiovascular placement for this module is covered in the University Hospital of Wales
- MOSS: Dermatology, ENT, Haematology, Infectious Diseases and Ophthalmology.
Year 5 Students
Year 5 Students will study Diagnostic Synthesis Surgery (DSS) / Diagnostic Synthesis Medicine (DSM).
DSS and DSM is a seven week placement over two rotations from June to July. DSS students are split into six groups of six and allocated to a pair of Surgery Consultants and a Urology Consultant. DSM students are split into five groups designated to various wards. For both groups in addition to ward allocations, they will have lunchtime teaching sessions.
