MD8022 - Independent Study Project

Credit points:	03
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available to Masters of Rural and Remote Medicine or Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine students only or by permission of Head of School.

This subject will equip the learner to apply an extended set of competencies in one of the extension curriculum areas of the ACRRM curriculum as determined by the student's learning plan developed in MD8001. Students will critically reflect on and audit their own practice, review relevant literature and demonstrate the ability to synthesise and apply findings to their own clinical context. The subject comprises a program of clinical placement and study. (The clinical placement may occur in the student's own workplace if they are able to gain experience relevant to the clinical area applicable to the ACRRM curriculum and will require work based assessment.)

Learning Outcomes

• skills in identifying medical problems and developing appropriate strategies for their solution;
• review current literature on a specific subject area and apply findings to own practice;
• ability to critically reflect on own practice in content area applicable to the ACRRM curriculum;
• demonstrate extended ability in working from an evidence base applicable to the ACRRM curriculum.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to encompass and use methods and conceptual advances in areas of knowledge cognate to their central area(s) of expertise.

Prerequisites:

MD8001

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Teresa O'Connor, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	other exams (% - 20%); essays (% - 30%); assignments (% - 30%); work based assessment eg preceptor reports, mini clinical examinations etc (% - 20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of clinical components of the subject including supervisor reports.
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2009
Coordinator:	Dr Teresa O'Connor, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta
Method of Delivery:	WWW - LearnJCU
Assessment:	other exams (% - 20%); essays (% - 30%); assignments (% - 30%); work based assessment eg preceptor reports, mini clinical examinations etc (% - 20%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of clinical components of the subject including supervisor reports.

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.