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James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2022

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MD6020 - Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 2 of 3

Credit points:09
Year:2022
Student Contribution Band:Band 3
Prerequisites:MD6010 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD6010
Subject chain:

MD6010MD6020MD6030

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

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 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. Is 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 1, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability)

Census date:Thursday, 24 Mar 2022
Study Period Dates:Monday, 21 Feb 2022 to Friday, 17 Jun 2022
Coordinator(s):
DR Sarah Chalmers
Lecturer(s):
Assoc. Professor Susan Gorton
Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey
Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Hartman
DR Cathrin Gower
DR Belinda Weich
DR Anna Kokavec
DR Pieter Nel
Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson
Professor Usman Malabu
DR Elissa Hatherly
DR Pankaj Saxena
MRS Katie Dodds
DR Lynn Woodward
Assoc. Professor Helen Anscomb
Assoc. Professor Gurmeet Singh
DR Kimberley Owens
Assoc. Professor Sophia Couzos
DR Clare Beaton
MS Priscilla Page
MRS Cheri Mifsud
DR Rahul Dua
DR John Wood
Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk
Assoc. Professor Andrew White
Assoc. Professor Rebecca Evans
Professor Tarun Sen Gupta
Professor Sarah Larkins
Professor Andrew Mallett
Assoc. Professor Aaron Hollins
DR Sally Meade
DR Emma Anderson
Professor Sabe Sabesan
DR Amit Nigam
MS Laura Taylor
Professor Ajay Rane
MS Simone Ross
Assoc. Professor Ian Heslop
Professor Richard Murray
MR Donald Whaleboat
DR Leanne Hall
DR Sarah Chalmers
Assoc. Professor Julie Mudd
DR Alex Trollope
Assoc. Professor Monika Zimanyi
Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli
Professor Damon Eisen
Professor Ian Wright
Workload expectations:
  • 20 Hours - Lectures (didactic or interactive) - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation studied including WOY presentations
  • 20 Hours - Tutorials - Clinical tutorials
  • 1250 Hours - Clinical placement