James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2021
MD6110 - Advanced Clinical Medicine (Honours) Part 1 of 3
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Prerequisites: | MD5110 and MD5120 and MD5130 |
| Subject chain: | |
| Administered by: | College of Medicine & Dentistry |
Available only to MBBS Hons students.
Subject Description
- This subject is part of a two-year Honours course that includes the normal requirements of the parallel pass degree subjects MD6010, MD6020 and MD6030. It will therefore build on the content of MD5010, MD5020 and MD5030 to achieve a high level of integration between the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care, through four ten-week rotations in various clinical health care settings. Students enrolled in the honours course will complete the research task that builds upon the preparatory work for their project in MD5110, MD5120 and MD5130.
Learning Outcomes
- ability to take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems
- 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
- demonstrate a high level mastery of integration of basic and clinical medical research, a capacity to analyse the literature and apply it in a clinical context
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 MD6130 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, described in the College program Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved. The Honours requirement includes an Exit Seminar and Thesis.
Inadmissible Subject Combinations: MD7101 MD7102 MD7103 MD7104 MD7105 MD7106
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 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 Teresa O'Connor DR Pieter Nel Professor Usman Malabu DR Pankaj Saxena MRS Katie Dodds DR Lynn Woodward DR Robyn Preston Assoc. Professor Helen Anscomb DR Michael Wohlfahrt Assoc. Professor Gurmeet Singh DR Kimberley Owens Assoc. Professor Sophie Couzos DR Clare Beaton MS Priscilla Page MRS Cheri Mifsud DR Rahul Dua MRS Helen Britton 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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