MD6110 - Advanced Clinical Medicine (Honours) Part 1 of 3

Credit points:	06
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD6110 MD6120 MD6130
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Available only to MBBS students

This subject is part of a two-year Honours course that includes the normal requirements of the parallel pass degree subjects MD6010, MD6020 and MD6030. It will therefore build on the content of MD5010, MD5020 and MD5030 to achieve a high level of integration between the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care, through five eight-week rotations in various clinical health care settings. Students enrolled in the honours course will undertake a research-based task in their elective rotation (one of the five) that builds upon the preparatory work for their project in MD5110, MD5120 and MD5130.

Learning Outcomes

• ability to take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;
• to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem and generate a management plan in response to each patient problem;
• to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;
• to undertake an internship in any Australian hospital;
• demonstrate high level mastery of integration of basic and clinical medical sciences and a capacity to analyse the literature and apply it in a clinical context.

Graduate Qualities

• An understanding of the economic, legal, ethical, social and cultural issues involved in the use of information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Prerequisites:

MD5110 and MD5120 and MD5130

Availabilities
As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.
, , Study Period 3
Census Date 27-Jan-2006
Face to face teaching (Lectures, tutorials and practical sessions)
Coordinator:	jc126469
Lecturers:	jc115058, jc122670, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Dr Richard Turner, jc126469, Harry Jacobs, jc146380, jc146737, jc153250.
Contact hours:	10 hours - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation studied 10 hours - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation studied 150 hours 24 hours
Assessment:	(%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory attendance at community and clinical placements is a pre-requisite. Must achieve a pass score in all assessments in order to progress

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.