MD1003 - Health in Practice

Credit points:	06
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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Available to level 1 students enrolled in the MBBS program.

This subject will provide students with a foundation knowledge and understanding of social science and public health perspectives essential for effective analysis of health and healthcare, introducing students to the role of the medical profession in contributing to advancement of the health and wellbeing of communities and individuals. Human behaviours and interactions and their implications for medical practice will be examined and students will be introduced to communication skills and professional ethics, which will procide a foundation to be developed throughout the subject.

Learning Outcomes

• to acquire basic counselling and communication skills;
• to acquire the necessary skills to analyse and evaluate psychosocial and lifespan developmental factors relevant to health promotion, illness prevention and illness management;
• to acquire the necessary skills to evaluate and interpret demographic and epidemiological evidence and to use health and demographic databases;
• to appreciate the implications of social, cultural, economic and psychological factors in the delivery of medical care;
• to know and understand the psychological and psychosocial processes relevant to the promotion of health and the prevention and treatment of illness in individuals throughout the lifespan;
• to know and understand the social science and public health perspectives relevant to an analysis of health and healthcare;
• to understand normal human behaviour;
• to understand the basic concepts of medical ethics and the importance of these to medical practice;
• to understand the biopsychosocial model of healthcare;
• to understand the scientific method and the concept of evidence-based medicine.

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Coord/Lect:	pspar.
Contact hours:	26 hours
Assessment:	(80%); (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject is assessed within an integrated assessment program for all Year 1 subjects. The assessment as detailed below, is the integrated assessment schedule for all Level 1 subjects. Students must participate in all formative assessment tasks to be eligible to sit the summative assessments. Attendance at clinical placements is mandatory and completion to a satisfactory level is required.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.