James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2020
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MD5030 - Integrated Clinical Practice Part 3 of 3
| Credit points: | 09 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Prerequisites: | MD5010 and MD5020 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD5010 and MD5020 |
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| Administered by: | College of Medicine & Dentistry |
Available only to MBBS students.
Subject Description
- This subject continues the study of integrated medical and social sciences for the whole human body. This is the third 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 six six-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
Subject Assessment
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.
- Invigilated > End of semester exam - (47%)
- End of year multi-station OSCE examination - (23%)
- Rotation Assessment tasks - (30%)
- Integrated assessment across subject chain
Note that 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.
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.
Availabilities
Townsville, Study Period 2, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 27 Jul 2020 to Friday, 20 Nov 2020 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Muriel Soden Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson DR Sunaina Miranda |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Tom Volkman DR Susan Smith DR Parul Nigam DR Susan Gorton Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey Professor Yik-Hong Ho Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague DR Cathrin Gower Assoc. Professor Alan de Costa DR Frans Pretorius Assoc. Professor David Bossingham DR Belinda Weich DR Sivagnanam Agilan DR Anna Kokavec DR Torres Woolley Professor Caroline de Costa Professor Clare Heal Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson MR Don Gamage DR Suparna Chakrabarty DR Pankaj Saxena DR Hilary Gorges DR Emma McGonigal Professor John McBride DR Jennifer Smith DR Michael Wohlfahrt Assoc. Professor Gurmeet Singh DR Chandika Wasalthilaka Assoc. Professor Sophie Couzos DR Marnie Fraser DR Veronica Stanganelli MISS Alexandra Webster MRS Helen Britton DR Sunaina Miranda Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk Assoc. Professor Andrew White DR Rebecca Evans Professor Tarun Sen Gupta Professor Sarah Larkins DR Aaron Hollins DR Sally Meade DR Caitlin Rushby Professor Sabe Sabesan DR Michael Carrette Professor Brett McDermott DR Vega Frittelli Professor Ajay Rane Professor Richard Murray DR Laurence Marshman Assoc. Professor Satish Karunakaran DR Clara Menezes Assoc. Professor Lawrie McArthur DR Sarah Chalmers Assoc. Professor Jay Iyer DR Roy Rasalam DR Aileen Traves DR Donna Gandini Professor Damon Eisen Professor Ian Wright |
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