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MD4001:24

Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine

Townsville

HECS Band 3

144 hours lectures, 576 hours clinical placements. Full year.

Available to students enrolled in the MBBS degree.

Staff:

Assoc. Professor A Lam,

Professor M Humphrey,

Professor J LaBrooy,

Professor Y Ho,

Assoc. Professor T Sen Gupta.

The Year 4 program is designed as a single integrated full year subject because it achieves a high level of integration across basic medical sciences, clinical pathology and clinical medicine. There are four major themes - medicine, surgery, women's and children's health and rural health. Approximately 50% of the year will be spent in clinical health care settings in communities across northern Australia, with the other 50% on-campus.

Learning Objectives:

describe the pathological basis of common and/or important human diseases;

take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;

generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;

determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem;

further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners.

Assessment by four integrated clinico-pathological case studies, each worth 5%, one in each of four clinical terms (sub-total 20%); family study (5%); three integrated invigilated examinations: MCQ paper of three hours (25%), key features paper of three hours (25%) and objective structured clinical examination of three hours (25%). Written documentation of competencies in clinical setting (satisfactory level required). Attendance at clinical placements is compulsory.