7H004E - General Medicine, Acute Medicine and Infectious Diseases 01 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2033 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: 7H004E
Module Title: General Medicine, Acute Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Faculty: Faculty of Life Sciences and Education
Faculty Group: FLSE Faculty
Faculty Sub Group:
Module Leader: Karl New
Module Team:
First Intended Intake: MAR 2027 Final Year of Intake: 2032
Date Closed:
Credit Value: 15 Credit Level: 7
Language: English
Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: 0
Equivalent Module:
HECOS codes: 100258 - clinical physiology
HECOS Code Weighting: 100

Document Version Information

Version 0
Valid From 01 Mar 2027
Valid To 28 Feb 2033

Module Aims

  • To develop advanced knowledge and clinical reasoning across general and acute internal medicine, including undifferentiated illness, allergy and immunology, and infectious disease. 

  • To critically engage with evidence-based guidelines, peer-reviewed literature, and MRCP(UK)-aligned content to support analytically rigorous clinical practice. 

  • To apply advanced clinical reasoning and reflective practice to the safe management of complex and time-critical presentations across diverse clinical settings. 

Content Summary

This module provides a broad clinical and analytical foundation across general and acute internal medicine; undifferentiated illness, allergy and immunology, and infectious disease. It equips graduates with the skills to assess and manage the complex, time-critical presentations that define acute clinical practice, whilst establishing the evidence appraisal and reflective reasoning skills that underpin the programme as a whole. 

The module directly supports the course aim of developing safe, evidence-based clinical decision-making, grounding advanced knowledge in the realities of acute and undifferentiated illness encountered across diverse healthcare settings. Engaging critically with MRCP(UK)-aligned content, current guidelines, and peer-reviewed literature, it reinforces the analytical rigour that connects across all modules and builds progressively towards the Capstone Project. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Formative guided academic writing 12
Formative Critical Analysis 12
Formative self-test questions 10
Application of learning in context 21
Other elements 15
Summative Exam 40
Critical Analysis 40
Total Hours Selected 150

Learning Outcomes

# Learning Outcome
LO1 Critically evaluate and apply advanced evidence-based knowledge in the assessment and management of acute and complex presentations within general and acute internal medicine.
LO2 Apply advanced clinical reasoning and critical reflective practice in the management of undifferentiated and time-critical illness, integrating current guidelines, peer-reviewed evidence, and MRCP(UK)-aligned principles to support safe and effective clinical decision-making.

Module Requisites

N/A

Assessment Criteria

Assessment Category Assessment Type Description Duration Word Count Weight (%) Best of? Pass Mark
Asynchronous Assessment Student Choice ONLINE, INDIVIDUAL 0 2250 50 No 40
Synchronous Online Assessment (Exam) Online Specialist Software Computer Based Examination ONLINE, INDIVIDUAL 90 N/A 50 No 40

Assessment Matrix

Assessment Type Learning Outcomes
LO1 LO2
Student Choice
Online Specialist Software Computer Based Examination

Reading List

The module reading list is available to the students to access via electronic links on the learning platform (Moodle). 

In addition to the list below, each list is supplemented with up-to-date peer-reviewed journal articles and studies that are continually refreshed as guidelines change and new treatments and technologies emerge. 

Additional reading resources are also provided where relevant by the tutors during the running of the module in the discussion forum to keep the reading resources current and relevant. 

  1. Kumar & Clark's Clinical Medicine 

Feather A et al. — 10th ed. (2020), Elsevier 

  1. Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 

Papadakis et al — 65th edition (2026) 

  1. Oxford Handbook of Acute Medicine 

Ramrakha et al — 4th edition