Study plan Bachelor's Degree in Medicine

Basic skills

• Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
• Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
• Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
• Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
• Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.

Specific skills

• Recognise the basic elements of the medical profession as the result of an evolving, scientific, social and cultural process, including ethical principles, legal responsibilities and patient-oriented professional practice.
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance of ethical principles in dealings with patients, society and the profession, in particular with regard to professional confidentiality.
• Apply the principle of social justice to professional practice and demonstrate understanding of the ethical implications of health in a changing world context.
• Engage in professional practice with respect for patients' autonomy, beliefs and culture, and for other healthcare professionals, showing an aptitude for teamwork.
• Engage in professional practice with respect for patients' autonomy, beliefs and culture, and for other healthcare professionals, showing an aptitude for teamwork.
• Recognise the professional values of excellence, altruism, sense of duty, compassion, empathy, honesty, integrity and commitment to scientific methods.
• Reason and make decisions in conflict situations of an ethical, religious, cultural, legal or professional nature, including those that stem from economic constraints, the marketing of health cures or scientific advances.
• Recognise ethical, legal and technical factors in patients' documentation, plagiarism, confidentiality and propriety.
• Accept one's role in actions to prevent or protect against diseases, injuries or accidents and to maintain and promote health, on both personal and community-wide levels.
• Recognize one's role in multi-professional teams, assuming leadership where appropriate, both for healthcare provision and for promoting health.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the national and international health organisations and the factors and circumstances affecting other healthcare systems.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of the Spanish health system, legislation on health and economic issues.
• Demonstrate understanding of the factors that determine equality in access to health, their safety and quality.
• Recognise, understand and apply the doctor's role as a manager of public resources.
• Recognize the determinants of population health, both genetic and dependent on gender, lifestyle, and demographic, environmental, social, economic, psychological and cultural factors.
• Obtain and use epidemiological data and assess trends and risks for decision-making on health.
• Demonstrate understanding of the basic sciences and the principles underpinning them.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles and physical, biochemical and biological processes that help to understand the functioning of the organism and its disorders.
• Demonstrate understanding of the organisation and functions of the genome, the mechanisms of transmission and expression of genetic information and the molecular and cellular bases of genetic analysis.
• Demonstrate understanding of basic statistical methodologies used in biomedical and clinical studies and use the analytic tools of modern computational technology.
• Demonstrate understanding of the structure and function of the body systems of the normal human organism at different stages in life and in both sexes.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of descriptive and functional anatomy, both macro- and microscopic, of different body systems, and topographic anatomy, its correlation with basic complementary examinations and its developmental mechanisms.
• Demonstrate understanding of the functions and interrelationships of body systems at different levels of organisation, homeostatic and regulatory mechanisms, and how these can vary through interaction with the environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of the structure and function of the human organism in illness, at different stages in life and in both sexes.
• Demonstrate understanding of the mechanisms of alterations to the structure and function of the systems of the organism in illness. D
• emonstrate understanding of the manifestations of the illness in the structure and function of the human body.
• Demonstrate understanding of the causal agents and the risk factors that determine states of health and the progression of illnesses.
• Demonstrate understanding of the principles of normal human behaviour and its alterations in different contexts.
• Identify and measure the affective and emotional components of human behaviour and their disorders.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the historical principles underlying health, illness and the medical profession.
• Recognise the effects of growth, development and ageing on individuals and their social environment.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the fundamentals of action, indications, efficacy and benefit-risk ratio of therapeutic interventions based on the available scientific evidence.
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance and the limitations of scientific thought to the study, prevention and management of diseases.
• Recognise the role of complexity, uncertainty and probability in decision-making in medical practice.
• Design and manage programmes and projects in the field of health.
• Obtain and prepare a patient record that contains all important information and is structured and patient-centred, taking into account all age and gender groups and cultural, social and ethnic factors.
• Perform a general and a system-by-system physical examination appropriate to the patient's age and sex, in complete and systematic way, and a mental evaluation.
• Perform the basic practical procedures of examination and treatment.
• Indicate the basic diagnosis techniques and procedures and analyse and interpret the results so as to better pinpoint the nature of the problems.
• Establish a diagnostic approach and a well thought-out strategy for action, taking account of the results of the anamnesis and the physical examination, and the results of the appropriate complementary tests carried out subsequently.
• Recognise and take action in life-threatening situations and others that require an immediate response.
• Establish the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, basing decisions on the best possible evidence and a multidisciplinary approach focusing on the patient's needs and involving all members of the healthcare team, as well as the family and social environment.
• Indicate the most suitable treatment for the most prevalent acute and chronic processes, and for the terminally ill.
• Put forward suitable preventive measures for each clinical situation.
• Care for patients, families and the community in an effective and efficient manner, in accordance with professional ethics, with special emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention, as part of multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate sufficient supervised clinical experience in hospitals or other healthcare centres, and familiarity with patient-centred care management and the correct use of tests, medicines and other resources of the healthcare system.
• Listen carefully, obtain and synthesise relevant information on patients' problems, and understand this information.
• Empathise and establish efficient interpersonal communication with patients, family-members, accompanying persons, doctors and other healthcare professionals.
• Write patient records and other medical documents that can be understood by third parties.
• Communicate clearly and effectively, orally and in writing, with patients, family-members and accompanying persons, to facilitate decision-making, informed consent and compliance with instructions.
• Give the patient and/or accompanying persons the relevant information about the disease process, its bases and consequences, including bad news, in an appropriate way.
• Critically assess and use clinical and biomedical information sources to obtain, organise, interpret and present information on science and health.
• Maintain and use patient records for further study, ensuring the confidentiality of the data.

Transversal skills

• Maintain and sharpen one's professional competence, in particular by independently learning new material and techniques and by focusing on quality.
• Organise and plan time and workload in professional activity.
• Convey knowledge and techniques to professionals working in other fields.
• Be able to work in an international context.
• Demonstrate, in professional activity, a perspective that is critical, creative and research-oriented.
• Formulate hypotheses and compile and critically assess information for problem-solving, using the scientific method.
• Demonstrate basic research skills.
• Communicate clearly, orally and in writing, with other professionals and the media.
• Demonstrate a sufficient command of English, both oral and written, for effective scientific and professional communication.
• Use information and communication technologies in professional practice.