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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2022

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MD4110 - Medical Science Honours Part 1 of 2

Credit points:12
Year:2022
Student Contribution Band:Band 3
Prerequisites:(MD3010 OR MD3011) and (MD3020 OR MD3012)
Subject chain:

MD4110MD4120

Administered by:College of Medicine & Dentistry (pre 2023 PCS)

Available only to MBBS students.

Subject Description

    Students will participate in structured teaching and conduct a supervised pre-clinical or clinical research project. Individual research topics will be approved by the School College of Medicine and Dentistry Honours Committee.

Learning Outcomes

  • analyse and interpret research findings
  • conduct under supervision a research project
  • demonstrate a capacity to analyse the relevant clinical and scientific literature
  • design a research project able to address this question within resource constraints
  • formulate a research question relevant to the chosen discipline and present relevant findings in a way that links to clinical practice

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 MD4120 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.

Availabilities

Townsville, Study Period 1, Internal

Census date:Thursday, 24 Mar 2022
Study Period Dates:Monday, 21 Feb 2022 to Friday, 17 Jun 2022
Coordinator(s):
Professor Sarah Larkins
Lecturer(s):
DR Max Stewart
Workload expectations:The student workload for this 12 credit point subject is approximately 520 hours.