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المركز الوطني للتقويم واالعتماد األكاديمي

National Center for Academic Accreditation and Evaluation

ATTACHMENT 5.

T6. COURSE SPECIFICATIONS

(CS)

Course Specifications, Ramadan 1438H, June 2017. Page 2

Course Specifications

Institution: Jazan University Date: 3-5-2017

College/Department : Faculty of medicine/ Internal Medicine

A. Course Identification and General Information

1. Course title and code: Psychiatry (CLC536)

2. Credit hours: 4

3. Program(s) in which the course is offered.

Bachelor Degree of Surgery & Medicine (MBBS)

4. Name of faculty member responsible for the course

No Name Email Id Mob. No Designation

1.

Dr. Rashad

Mohamed Al

Sonosy

[email protected] 0505451739

Associative

Professor of

psychiatry

2. Dr. Eman Gomaa

Saleh [email protected] 0596583808

Assistant Professor

of psychiatry

5. Level/year at which this course is offered: 5th

Year Medical Students.

6. Pre-requisites for this course (if any): NON

7. Co-requisites for this course (if any): NON

8. Location:

Lectures, Seminars, and Clinical Skills Lab sessions are conducted at the main college's campus

Bedside teaching is conducted at Alamal Mental Hospital & King Fahd central hospital.

mailto:[email protected]


9. Mode of Instruction (mark all that apply):

a. traditional classroom √ What percentage? 100%

b. blended (traditional and online) What percentage?

c. e-learning What percentage?

d. correspondence What percentage?

f. other √ What percentage? 40%


B Objectives

1. The objectives of the Psychiatry Course is to:

Provide the students with the basic knowledge about methods of classification of different

psychiatric disorders and associated clinical problems.

Enable the students to be proficient in psychiatric case history taking and mental state

assessment.

Enable the students to become familiar with the clinical features, pathogenesis and outcome

of the common psychiatric syndromes.

Outline the principles of management of patients with psychiatric disorders and to give the

students some idea about the range of available treatments, both psychological and

pharmacological.

Develop ability to cooperate with the team and to respect teamwork.

2. Plans for developing and improving the course that are being implemented.

Providing more web-based reference materials.

Studying the possibility of decreasing the number of students per clinical session group in

half.

Increase time for bedside teaching to be 4 hours per session instead of 3 hours.

More active utilization of the Clinical Skills Lab by introducing new video illustration and

simulations.


C. Course Description

Course Description: Psychiatry module is a core module of 4 credit hours duration.

1. Topics to be Covered

List of Topics Week

No.

Contact Hours

1. Module Orientation 1 1

2. History of psychiatric disorders 1 2

3. Orientation to Psych. Hospital 1 2

4. Diagnosis & classification of Mental disorders 1 2

5. History taking & mental status Examination 1 2

6. Etiology of psychiatric disorders 1 2

7. Mood disorders 1 8

8. Anxiety disorders 1 4

9. Interviewing technique 1 2

10. Schizophrenia 1 6

11. Cultural views 1 2

12. Symptoms and signs in psychiatry 1 2

13. Organic psychiatry 2 2

14. Biological treatment 2,3 4

15. Somatoform disorders 2 4

16. Child psychiatric disorders 2 4

17. Obsessive compulsive disorder 2 2

18. Psychological treatment 2 2

19. Substance abuse 2 6

20. Social phobia 2 2

21. Psychiatric emergency 3 4

22. Personality disorders 3 4

23. Eating disorders 3 2

24. Psychotropic medications 3,4 4

25. Interaction between psychiatry and medicine 3 2


2. Course components (total contact hours and credits per semester):

Lecture Tutorial Laboratory

or Studio

Practical Other: Total

Contact

Hours

35 16 8 20 6 85

Credit 2.33 0.533 0.267 0.67 0.2 4

3. Additional private study/learning hours expected for students per week. 5 hours/ week

4. Course Learning Outcomes in NQF Domains of Learning and Alignment with Assessment

Methods and Teaching Strategy

NQF Learning Domains

And Course Learning Outcomes

Course Teaching

Strategies

Course Assessment

Methods

1.0 Knowledge

1.1 Integrate basic clinical knowledge in

managing patient with psychiatric

problems

a) Classroom

Lectures.

b) Independent

Learning.

c) Hospital based

clinical

teaching

i. Short essay

questions.

ii. Multiple Choice

Questions.

iii. Clinical exam

1.2 Acquire the essential clinical practices

that help them toward proper disease

management and development of

deferential diagnosis

a) Classroom

Lectures.

b) Independent

Learning.

c) Seminars

d) Hospital

i. Short essay

questions.

ii. Clinical exam


based teaching

2.0 Cognitive Skills

2.1 Applying theoretical basic and

clinical knowledge in diagnosis and

management of psychiatric disorders

a) Video illustration

b) Clinical skills lab

sessions

c) Hospital based

clinical teaching

d) Student case

presentation

i. Student case

report

ii. Clinical exam

2.2 Apply clinical reasoning, decision

making, and problem solving skills in

psychiatry clinical practice.

a) Student case

presentation

b) Video illustration

c) Clinical skills lab

sessions

d) Hospital based

clinical teaching

i. Short essay

questions.

ii. Multiple Choice

Questions.

iii. Clinical exam

2.3 Design an appropriate management

plan for psychiatric disorders which

is appropriate in terms of the

differential diagnosis, the severity of

the psychiatric situation and the risks,

benefits and treatment including

psychological and behavioral

therapies

a) Student case

presentation

b) Problem solving

c) Audio-Visual

Demonstration

d) Clinical skills lab

sessions

e) Hospital based

clinical teaching

i. Short essay

questions.

ii. Clinical

Examination

iii. Student case

report

3.0 Interpersonal Skills & Responsibility


3.1 Demonstrate responsibility for their

own and other learning and

continuing personal and professional

development

a) Clinical Skills

Lab.

b) Outpatients’

Clinics.

c) Hospital

Bedside

Teaching.

i. Case

presentations.

ii. Clinical Skills

Lab: work

groups.

iii. Hospital based

clinical exam.

4.0 Communication, Information Technology

4.1 Communicate effectively in oral and

written form with patient, their

family, colleagues and other health

professionals

a) Seminars

b) College's Medical

library.

c) Hospital Medical

library.

i. Grading

students'

assignments.

ii. Evaluation of

students'

presentation.

5.0 Psychomotor skills

5.1 Perform the essential clinical skills

and procedures (history taking and

physical, psychiatric exam)

a) Clinical Skills Lab

(role play).

b) Outpatients’ Clinics.

c) Bedside Hospital

Teaching.

i. Checklist for

OSCE:

Objective

Structured

Clinical Exam.

ii. Checklist for

Clinical Hospital

Exam.

5.2 Manage patients with life-threatening

psychiatric conditions and patients

with common psychiatric problems

using systematic approaches.

d) iii.


5. Schedule of Assessment Tasks for Students During the Semester

Assessment task Week Due Proportion of Total

Assessment

The 1st &2nd

Case Report 4, 5th

day Pre-requisites for sitting for

the Final Exam The 3

rd Case Report 8

th day

Mid-Course Exam ( Written MCQ) 6th

day 30 Marks

End-Course Exam( Written + OSCE) 10th

day 70 Marks


D. Student Academic Counseling and Support

1. Arrangements for availability of faculty and teaching staff for individual student

consultations and academic advice.

Staff Name Office Days/week Allocated Hours

Dr.Rashad Al Sonosy SARC Monday/Wednesday 1 PM-4 PM

Dr. Eman Saleh 2118 Sunday/ Wednesday 9 AM-12 PM

E Learning Resources

1. List of Required Textbooks

Kaplan and Sodock,s Handbook of clinical psychiatry, LIPPINCOTT Williams &

Wikins; (3th

Edition, 2001) ISBN: 0781725321, Benjamin J., m.d. Sodock, Virginia A,

M.D. Sodock, Harold I.Kaplan

Basic Psychiatry, Dr Mohammed Al- Sughayir

2. List Essential References Materials

Archives of general psychiatry

British journal of psychiatry

3. List Electronic Materials, Web Sites:

http://www.rcog.org.uk/

American Psychiatric Association: http://www.psych.org/

Royal Collage of Psychiatrist: http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/

4. Other learning material such as computer-based programs/CD, professional standards or

regulations and software.

Handouts for Project/Research, PBL, and/or Case report assignments:

How to Write a Case report?


F. Facilities Required

1. Accommodation (Classrooms, laboratories, demonstration rooms/labs, etc.)

All are available Classrooms, Skill Lab and demonstration rooms.

2. Technology resources (AV, data show, Smart Board, software, etc.)

3. Other resources non

G Course Evaluation and Improvement Processes

1. Strategies for Obtaining Student Feedback on Effectiveness of Teaching

Course Evaluation Form.

1. Other Strategies for Evaluation of Teaching by the Instructor or by the Department

Open discussion with students

2. Processes for Improvement of Teaching

• Analysis of teaching skills evaluation form.

• Attendance of Faculty Development Sessions.

• Continuous follow-up and promotion.

4. Processes for Verifying Standards of Student Achievement

• Use of External teachers and examiners.

• Double checking and marking of students' answer sheets.

• Review of test items before analysis and interpretation of test report after taking

the test by Student Assessment Committee (SAC).

• Discussion of test report in the examination committee and with students by course

coordinator and teaching staff.

3. Describe the planning arrangements for periodically reviewing course effectiveness and

planning for improvement.

a) Course Committee Meetings are held to review the course and provide feedback to the

Dean and Medical Education Unit as follows:


• One month before the beginning of the course.

• One week before the beginning of teaching.

• In the middle of the course.

• Just before the summative examination.

• After collection of the summative exam results.

b) Checklist for items to be fulfilled at the end of each course.

Analysis of course evaluation form by the Medical Education Unit.

Analysis of teaching skills evaluation form by the Medical Education Unit.

c) Review of the :

-Students Results.

-Item Analysis.

-Students Surveys.

-Staff Feedback.

in order to identify areas for improvement so as to enable revision of the course content

and implementation.

d) Identification of areas for improvements

e) Prioritization

f) Specify the most important areas of improvement

g) Action plan (what-who-when….. etc)

h) Follow up of implementation

Name of Course Instructor: Rashad Alsonosy

Signature: ___ Rashad Alsonosy ____ Date Specification Completed: 3-5-2017________

Program Coordinator: __Dr. Ali Swaid ____

Signature: ______ ____ Date Received: ________________