MD3006:03
Introduction to Emergency Medicine
| Townsville | HECS Band 3 |
13 hours lectures, 39 hours guided learning sessions, 13 hours synthesising sessions. Full year.
Staff: Dr P Aitken.
This subject will be a basic level introduction to emergency medicine, emphasising the scientific and medical rationale for treating some conditions on an emergency basis and the basic principles involved.
Learning Objectives:
- understand the basic principles of diagnosis and management of urgent and acute medical problems;
- understand the interrelationships between community, general practitioners, ambulance and other paramedical services, social workers etc and A/E services;
- assess at a basic level patients with urgent problems and elicit a history of acute disease;
- formulate a hypotheses of diagnosis, an appropriate plan of management, investigations and emergency treatment;
- develop respect for the importance of accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment that recognise the importance of alleviating suffering and pain safely and with compassion;
- display a commitment to the relief of pain and suffering, including self inflicted illnesses.
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.