James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021
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MD6010 - Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Prerequisites: | MD5010 and MD5020 and MD5030 |
| Subject chain: | |
| 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 first part of a full year subject which builds on years one to five of the MBBS and continues to integrate the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care and, in particular, internship. It is a 40 week year in various clinical health care settings.
Learning Outcomes
- 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
- to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem and generate a management plan in response to each patient problem
- to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have
- to undertake an internship in any Australian hospital
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 MD6030 for assessment detail - 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 is required at community and clinical placements. Satisfactory academic and professional standards, as described in the College program Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved.
Availabilities
Townsville, Study Period 3, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 04 Feb 2021 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 04 Jan 2021 to Friday, 19 Feb 2021 |
| Coordinator(s): | DR Sarah Chalmers |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Ruth Stewart DR Susan Gorton Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague DR Cathrin Gower Assoc. Professor David Bossingham DR Belinda Weich DR Anna Kokavec DR Pieter Nel Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson Professor Usman Malabu DR Pankaj Saxena DR Lynn Woodward Assoc. Professor Helen Anscomb DR Michael Wohlfahrt Assoc. Professor Gurmeet Singh DR Kimberley Owens Assoc. Professor Sophie Couzos MS Karen Knight DR Clare Beaton MS Priscilla Page MRS Cheri Mifsud DR Rahul Dua DR John Wood 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 Emma Anderson Professor Sabe Sabesan Professor Brett McDermott MR Amit Nigam MS Laura Taylor Professor Ajay Rane MS Simone Ross Assoc. Professor Ian Heslop Professor Richard Murray DR Leanne Hall DR Sarah Chalmers Assoc. Professor Julie Mudd DR Alex Trollope DR Roy Rasalam Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli Professor Damon Eisen Professor Ian Wright |
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