MD6130 - Advanced Clinical Medicine (Honours) Part 3 of 3

Credit points:	09
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD6110 MD6120 MD6130
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 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:

MD6110 and MD6120 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD6110 and MD6120

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 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Non-standard start/end 18-Jul-2011 to 27-Nov-2011
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Sarah Larkins, Professor Richard Murray
Lecturer:	Professor Tarun Sen Gupta.
Contact hours:	20 hours lectures - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation studied 20 hours tutorials - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation studied 300 hours clinical placement 48 hours professional experience
Assessment:	comprises rotation specific assessment includes both invigilated and non-invigilated items (50%); professional development record-includes invigilated and non-invigilated items (50%).
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. The Honours component of this course contains a requirement for both an Exit Seminar and Thesis. These honours components (along with the Entry Seminar & Literature review completed in Year 5) contribute to the class of Honours awarded at the end of MD6130. The Exit seminar contributes 10% and the Thesis 70% towards this Honours class calculations.

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.