MX2002 - Physician Assistant Studies 4

Credit points:	12
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MX2001 MX2002
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry

Available to Bachelor of Health Science (Physician Assistant) students only.

This subject available to Level 2 students enrolled in the Bachelor of Heath Science (Physician Assistant) Studies. It will cover paediatric medicine, emergency medicine, adult medicine and preparation for clinical placement. It will also cover, procedural skills used in physician assistant practice and performance and interpretation of basic clinical investigations. The topics will be presented in an integrated fashion across the semester of study. Students will undertake clinical placement in an inpatient setting.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate sound knowledge of emergency medicine principles and approach to trauma patient;
• demonstrate sound knowledge of paediatric medicine including normal development, immunisation, and basic pathophysiology in paediatric medicine;
• demonstrate sound knowledge of reproductive, haematologic and endocrine systems and basic pathophysiology associated with these systems;
• practically apply knowledge and basic procedural skills for breast, pelvic, male genitourinary examinations. Demonstrate ability to perform, pap smear, wet mount, dipstick urinalysis, urine pregnancy testing, urinary catheterisation;
• demonstrate basic interpretation of emergency department laboratory and radiologic investigations, including ECG interpretation and basic interpretation of plain film X-Rays.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently.

Prerequisites:

MX1001 AND MX1002

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, Limited, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Non-standard start/end 15-Jul-2013 to 01-Dec-2013
Face to face teaching 15-Jul-2013 to 01-Dec-2013 (This subject has multiple block teaching dates across the study period that require on campus attendance. The dates of these blocks are still to be finalised.)
Coordinator:	Mr Al Forde, Dr Ray Eifel
Contact hours:	40 hours lectures - on campus block 46 hours tutorials - 20 on campus block, 26 PBL at site 10 hours practicals - on campus block 10 hours workshops/Seminars - On campus block 180 hours - Online, tele/ videoconference, clinical skills sessions at site. 4 weeks clinical placement
Assessment:	competency based procedures (50% - 75%); assignments (2.5% - 5%); logbook (2.5% - 5%); patient case writeups (2.5% - 5%); preceptor and 360 appraisals (5% - 10%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Attendance at residential schools and clinical placements is mandatory. Satisfactory completion of the clinical aspects, including set competencies, is required.

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.