MD6010 - Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3

Credit points:	06
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD6010 MD6020 MD6030
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available only to MBBS students

This subject continues the study of integrated medical and social sciences for the whole human body. This is the first part of a full year subject which builds on years one to five of the MBBS and continues to integrate the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care and, in particular, internship. It will be spent in five eight-week rotations in various clinical health care settings.

Learning Outcomes

• 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;
• 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.

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:

MD5010 and MD5020 and MD5030

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 02-Feb-2012
Non-standard start/end 03-Jan-2012 to 04-Mar-2012
Coordinator:	Professor Richard Murray, Assoc. Professor Usman Malabu
Lecturers:	Dr Teresa O'Connor, Professor John McBride, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Assoc. Professor Clare Heal, Ms Karen Knight, Dr Clare Jukka, Dr Peta-Ann Teague, Dr Holger Jansen, Dr Michael Wohlfahrt, Assoc. Professor Digby Hoyal, Dr David Symmons, Dr Christopher Ward, Dr Susan Smith, Dr Karen Nicholls, Assoc. Professor Louise Young, Assoc. Professor Sabe Sabesan, Mr David Wright.
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 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.