MD3004 - Preventative Medicine and Addiction Studies

Credit points:	03
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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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 Outcomes

• demonstrate communication skills appropriate to dependency, in roleplay situations;
• understand the physiology and psychology of dependency;
• understand the range of preventive strategies and methodologies commonly utilised in medical practice, including primary, secondary and tertiary prevention;
• view the role of change agent as a valid medical role and appreciate the barriers to behaviour change faced by individuals;
• adopt personal disease prevention strategies and principle of infection control.

Prerequisites:

All level 1 and level 2 subjects in MBBS program

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Coordinator:	jc115933
Lecturers:	jc115933, jc122582.
Contact hours:	13 hours
Assessment:	(80%); (20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject is assessed within an integrated assessment program for all Year 3 subjects. The assessment as detailed below, is the integrated assessment schedule for all Level 3 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.