Learning Outcomes

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What we would expect you to achieve at the end of your Elective placement

By the end of your Elective, you should have had the opportunity:

• To develop your own knowledge and skills in clinical medicine, and contribute to others' development, through active participation in tutorials and bedside teaching
• To gain an understanding of disease processes in the area of your Elective subject, and how these may present
• To appreciate the influence of social and cultural factors in health and illness
• To meet and socialise with other medical students from Oxford, elsewhere in the UK and overseas
• To use time and resources effectively
• To understand the organisation of health care provision in the UK
• To compare the system at Oxford University and other systems you have experienced