MD2001:03
Cardiovascular Medicine
Townsville
Prerequisites: Level 1 Medicine subjects
13 lectures, 39 hours guided learning sessions, 13 hours synthesising sessions. Full year.
Available to level 2 students enrolled in the MBBS program.
Staff: Assoc. Professor G Dobson, Dr A Babey, Dr B Bidstrup.
This subject will focus on the normal development of the heart and vascular system and introduce the student to cardiovascular disease. Skills acquisition include: measurement and understanding of ECG, blood pressure, cardiac auscultation, the basic workings of the echocardiogram and other diagnostic modalities. The student will develop a heightened appreciation of the importance of scientific investigation to the advances in cardiovascular medicine.
Learning Objectives:
- knowledge and understanding of the basic structure and function of the normal heart, the great vessels and vascular system;
- introductory knowledge and understanding of clinical cardiovascular disease including stroke;
- knowledge and skills acquisition of ECG, blood pressure, cardiac auscultation, the basic workings of the echocardiogram and other diagnostic modalities;
- appreciation of a cardiologist’s practice, a cardio-thoracic surgical facility and an interventionalist radiology clinic;
- understanding of the foundational importance of basic science in health and disease.
Assessment by end-of-year integrated examination which will consist of a written component (67%) and a practical component (33%). Students will also be required to undertake informal on-course assessment tasks.