MD5110 - Integrated Clinical Practice (Honours) Part 1 of 3

Credit points:	06
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD5110 MD5120 MD5130
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available only to MBBS Hons students

This subject is part of a two-year Honours course that includes the normal requirements of the parallel pass degree subjects MD5010, MD5020. 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

• ability to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem;
• ability to take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;
• to further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners;
• ability to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have and to generate a management plan in response to each patient problem;
• demonstrate a 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:

MD4010 and MD4020

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.
Townsville, Placement/work experience, Study Period 3
Census Date 21-Jan-2010
Non-standard start/end 04-Jan-2010 to 07-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Professor Bernhard Baune
Contact hours:	10 hours lectures - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation studied 10 hours tutorials - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation studied 150 hours clinical placement 24 hours professional experience
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory submission of the Clinical Project Proposal to the Honours Co-ordinator. 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.