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MD3004:03

Preventive Medicine and Addiction Studies

Townsville

HECS Band 3

13 hours lectures, 39 hours guided learning sessions, 13 hours synthesising sessions. Full year.

This subject will cover the National Health Priority Targets and the major addictions. Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies will be studied to enable students to develop health prevention plans. Disease prevention methodologies will be studied. Students will gain an understanding of addiction theory and methods of managing a dependency. Students will be taught communication skills in motivational counselling.

Learning Objectives:

understand the range of preventive strategies and methodologies commonly utilised in medical practice, including primary, secondary and tertiary prevention;

adopt personal disease prevention strategies and principle of infection control;

understand the physiology and psychology of dependency;

demonstrate communication skills appropriate to dependency, in roleplay situations;

view the role of change agent as a valid medical role and appreciate the barriers to behaviour change faced by individuals.

This subject is assessed within an integrated assessment program for all subjects during the academic year. Students must participate in all formative assessment tasks to achieve eligibility to sit summative assessment tasks that include in Semester 1 an integrated written assignment (10% of the year's marks) and in Semester 2 an integrated examination consisting of a written component (60%) and practical component (30%). Attendance at clinical skills sessions is mandatory and completion to a satisfactory level is required.