MD4001 - Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine

Credit points:	24
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:

Available to students enrolled in the MBBS degree.

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, womens and childrens 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 Outcomes

• describe the pathological basis of common and/or important human diseases;
• determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem;
• further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners;
• generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;
• take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems.

Prerequisites:

MD3001 and MD3002 and MD3003 and MD3004 and MD3005 and MD3006 and MD3007 and MD3008

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Non-standard start/end 09-Feb-2005 to 02-Dec-2005
Face to face teaching 09-Feb-2005 to 19-Nov-2005
Coordinator:	jc123733
Lecturers:	jc122670, Professor Richard Hays.
Contact hours:	144 hours 576 hours
Assessment:	(75%); (25%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Written documentation of competencies in clinical settings at a satisfactory level is required. Attendance at clinical placements is compulsory. <i>The eight case studies and the Family Study must be submitted prior to the end of the examinations</i>.

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.