7H008E - Renal Medicine and Rheumaxtology 01 Mar 2027 - 28 Feb 2033 | Version 0

Associated Module Information

Module Code: 7H008E
Module Title: Renal Medicine and Rheumaxtology
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 an advanced understanding of renal and rheumatological diseases, including their assessment. investigation and management within an internal medicine context. 

  • To critically evaluate the evidence and clinical principles underpinning the diagnosis and treatment of renal and musculoskeletal disorders. 

  • To apply analytical and clinical reasoning skills to the safe management of complex renal, and musculoskeletal presentations. 

Content Summary

This module develops an advanced understanding of renal and rheumatological disease; two specialties characterised by diagnostic complexity, systemic involvement, and significant pharmacological challenge. Renal impairment and musculoskeletal disease are encountered across virtually every area of internal medicine practice, and this module equips students to assess, investigate, and manage these conditions with analytical rigour and clinical confidence. 

The module places particular emphasis on integrating current guidelines with independent clinical judgement in the management of complex, multisystem presentations. The breadth and complexity of conditions covered, from glomerular disease and systemic vasculitis to inflammatory arthritis and metabolic bone disease, develop the scholarly and analytical capabilities that connect across the full programme and culminate in the Applied Clinical Inquiry Capstone Project. 

Learning and Teaching Methods

Activity Type Hours
Formative Guided Academic Writing 12
Formative Critical Analysis 12
Formative self-test questions 10
Other elements 15
Application of learning to clinical context 21
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 diagnosis, investigation, and management of renal and rheumatological disease within an internal medicine context.
LO2 Analyse and justify clinical decision-making in the management of complex renal and musculoskeletal presentations through the integration of current evidence and clinical guidelines.

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.  KDIGO Guidelines — AKI, CKD, Glomerulonephritis 

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes — free online 

2.  Oxford Handbook of Rheumatology 

Hakim A et al. — 3rd ed., OUP 

3.  BSR Clinical Guidelines — Rheumatology 

British Society for Rheumatology — free online