MD5101 - Integrated Clinical Practice (Honours)

Credit points:	24
Year:	2005
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
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Available to students enrolled in the MBBS(Hons).

This subject is part of a two-year Honours course that includes the normal requirements of the parallel pass degree subject MD5001. It will therefore achieve in students a high level of integration between the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care during five eight-week rotations in various clinical health care settings. Students enrolled in this subject will undertake an additional research task that comprises a detailed exploration of a selected clinical issue, based on patients encountered during the clinical rotations within the academic year. Students will be required to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how basic medical and social sciences impact on clinical medical care and to identify potential research questions.

Learning Outcomes

• 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;
• generate a management plan in response to each patient problem;
• further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners;
• demonstrate a high level mastery of integration of basic and clinical medical sciences;
• demonstrate a capacity to analyse the literature and apply it in a clinical context.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments;
• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media.

Prerequisites:	MD4001
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	MD5001

Availabilities
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Census Date 06-May-2005
Non-standard start/end 17-Jan-2005 to 02-Dec-2005
Face to face teaching 17-Jan-2005 to 18-Nov-2005
Coord/Lect:	Professor Richard Hays.
Contact hours:	40 hours 40 hours 720 hours
Assessment:	(70%); (5%); (25%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	<i>Satisfactory performance in the five clinical rotations assessments is required to sit the end of year examinations.</i> Written documentation of competencies in clinical settings at a satisfactory level is required. Attendance at clinical placements is compulsory.
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

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.