James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2003

MD6001:24

Advanced Clinical Medicine *

40 hours lectures, 40 hours tutorials, 720 hours clinical experience. Full year.

Available to students enrolled in the MBBS degree.

Staff: Professor R Hays.

This subject is designed as a single year-long subject which builds on years one to five of the MBBS and continues to integrate the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care and, in particular, internship. It will be spent in five eight-week rotations in various clinical health care settings.

Learning Objectives:

1. ability to take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;
2. to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;
3. to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem and generate a management plan in response to each patient problem;
4. to undertake an internship in any Australian hospital;
5. to further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners.

Assessment by a summative concise written report task for each clinical rotation (20% each).