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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2022

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MD5110 - Integrated Clinical Practice (Honours) Part 1 of 3

Credit points:06
Year:2022
Student Contribution Band:Band 3
Prerequisites:MD4011 AND MD4012 AND MD4013
Subject chain:

MD5110MD5120MD5130

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

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. It will therefore achieve in students a high level of integration between the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care during six six-week rotations in various clinical health care settings. Students enrolled in this subject will undertake an additional research task that comprises a detailed exploration of a selected research topic. Students will be required to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of how basic medical and social sciences impact on clinical medical care and to identify potential research questions.

Learning Outcomes

  • ability to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant 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
  • ability to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have and to generate a management plan in response to each patient problem
  • 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 MD5130 for assessment detail - Integrated across 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 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. The Honours requirement includes Clinical Project Proposal, Entry Seminar, & Lit review.

Availabilities

Townsville, Study Period 3, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 03 Feb 2022
Study Period Dates:Monday, 03 Jan 2022 to Friday, 18 Feb 2022
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
Assoc. Professor Susan Gorton
Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey
Professor Yik-Hong Ho
MR Mark O'Callaghan
Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Hartman
DR Cathrin Gower
DR Frans Pretorius
DR Peter Roddenby
DR Mohan Swaminathan
DR Belinda Weich
DR Sivagnanam Agilan
Assoc. Professor Carlo Longhitano
DR Anna Kokavec
DR Dhivya Thangavel
DR Torres Woolley
Professor Clare Heal
MR Don Gamage
DR Cec O'Brien
MRS Kate Bialy
DR Elissa Hatherly
DR Suparna Chakrabarty
DR Pankaj Saxena
DR Emma McGonigal
DR Jennifer Smith
DR Chandika Wasalthilaka
DR Nita Bartlett
Assoc. Professor Sophia Couzos
DR Marnie Fraser
DR Veronica Stanganelli
MISS Alexandra Webster
Assoc. Professor John Schneider
DR Sunaina Miranda
Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk
DR Elizabeth Faraj
DR Dianne Salvador
Assoc. Professor Andrew White
Assoc. Professor Rebecca Evans
Professor Tarun Sen Gupta
Professor Sarah Larkins
Assoc. Professor Aaron Hollins
DR Sally Meade
DR Caitlin Rushby
Professor Sabe Sabesan
DR Susannah Bond
DR Christina Steffen
Professor Ajay Rane
Professor Richard Murray
MRS Judith Beneke
Assoc. Professor Lawrie McArthur
DR Sarah Chalmers
MS Kaya Laird
DR Varsha Rao
DR Elsa Wynd
Assoc. Professor Jay Iyer
DR Aileen Traves
DR Ben Vogler
Professor Damon Eisen
Professor Ian Wright
DR Guy Hingston
Workload expectations:
  • 100 Hours - Lectures (didactic or interactive) - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation including WOY presentation
  • 15 Hours - Tutorials - Clinical tutorials for each clinical rotation
  • 20 Hours - Workshops - Introductory sessions related to research i.e research methodology, data analysis, literature search and appraisal, and planning
  • 1200 Hours - Clinical placement