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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021

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MD5020 - Integrated Clinical Practice Part 2 of 3

Credit points:09
Year:2021
Student Contribution Band:Band 3
Prerequisites:MD5010 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD5010
Subject chain:

MD5010MD5020MD5030

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 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 is 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

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.

  • See MD5030 for assessment detail - Integrated across the subject chain - Individual

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 at community and clinical placements is a pre-requisite. 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 1, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 25 Mar 2021
Study Period Dates:Monday, 22 Feb 2021 to Friday, 18 Jun 2021
Coordinator(s):
Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson
DR Sunaina Miranda
Lecturer(s):
DR Tom Volkman
DR Susan Smith
DR Parul Nigam
DR Claire Poolman
DR Natalie Drever
DR Susan Gorton
Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey
Professor Yik-Hong Ho
MR Mark O'Callaghan
Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague
DR Cathrin Gower
Assoc. Professor Alan de Costa
DR Frans Pretorius
DR Mohan Swaminathan
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
MS Cec O'Brien
MRS Kate Bialy
DR Suparna Chakrabarty
DR Pankaj Saxena
DR Hilary Gorges
DR Emma McGonigal
Professor John McBride
DR Jennifer Smith
DR Michael Wohlfahrt
DR Chandika Wasalthilaka
Assoc. Professor Sophie Couzos
DR Marnie Fraser
DR Veronica Stanganelli
MISS Alexandra Webster
MRS Helen Britton
Assoc. Professor John Schneider
DR Sunaina Miranda
Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk
DR Dianne Salvador
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
Professor Brett McDermott
DR Vega Frittelli
Professor Ajay Rane
MS Simone Ross
Professor Richard Murray
DR Laurence Marshman
MRS Judith Beneke
Assoc. Professor Satish Karunakaran
Assoc. Professor Lawrie McArthur
DR Sarah Chalmers
MS Kaya Laird
DR Varsha Rao
Assoc. Professor Jay Iyer
DR Roy Rasalam
DR Aileen Traves
Professor Damon Eisen
Professor Ian Wright
Workload expectations:
  • 100 Hours - Lectures (didactic or interactive) - Introductory sessions including Lecture Week presentations
  • 15 Hours - Tutorials - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation
  • 1200 Hours - Clinical placement