MD5010 - Integrated Clinical Practice Part 1 of 3

Credit points:	06
Year:	2018
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD5010 MD5020 MD5030
Administered by:	College 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 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. Itis a 40 week year.

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:

MD4011 AND MD4012 AND MD4013

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 01-Feb-2018
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Muriel Soden
Lecturers:	Dr Teresa O'Connor, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague, Professor Richard Murray.
Contact hours:	100 hours lectures - Introductory sessions including Lecture Week presentations 15 hours tutorials - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation 1200 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory attendance is required at community and clinical placements. Satisfactory academic and professional standards, as described in the College program Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved in order to progress to the next year.

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.