MD5020 - Integrated Clinical Practice Part 2 of 3

Credit points:	09
Year:	2014
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD5010 MD5020 MD5030
Administered by:	School of Medicine & Dentistry (pre 2015)

Available only to MBBS students

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

Learning Outcomes

• ability to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem;
• ability to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;
• ability to generate a management plan in response 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.

Prerequisites:

MD5010 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD5010

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 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2014
Non-standard start/end 24-Feb-2014 to 27-Jul-2014
Coordinator:	Dr Muriel Soden
Lecturers:	Dr Teresa O'Connor, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague, Professor Richard Murray.
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:	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.