James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024
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MD6010 - Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| 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 Bebegu Yumba, Study Period 3, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 01 Feb 2024 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 01 Jan 2024 to Friday, 16 Feb 2024 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Zaf Smith |
| Lecturer(s): | DR Susan Smith Assoc. Professor Shinichiro Sakata Assoc. Professor Susan Gorton Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey Assoc. Professor Haleagrahara Nagaraja DR Belinda Weich DR Anna Kokavec DR Torres Woolley DR Pieter Nel Professor Usman Malabu Assoc. Professor Elissa Hatherly DR Pankaj Saxena DR Yew Toh Wong DR Zinat Mohammadpour DR Lynn Woodward DR Kimberley Owens Assoc. Professor Sophia Couzos MS Karen Knight DR Clare Beaton MS Priscilla Page DR Rahul Dua DR John Wood Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk DR Andrew Battle DR Hayley Letson Assoc. Professor Andrew White Assoc. Professor Rebecca Evans Professor Tarun Sen Gupta Professor Sarah Larkins Professor Andrew Mallett Assoc. Professor Aaron Hollins DR Emma Anderson Assoc. Professor Joseph Moxon DR Kristiana Reitano DR Amit Nigam Professor Ajay Rane DR Simone Ross Professor Richard Murray MR Donald Whaleboat MRS Judith Beneke DR Leanne Hall Assoc. Professor Julie Mudd Assoc. Professor Alex Trollope Assoc. Professor Monika Zimanyi DR Aileen Traves DR Jon Smith Assoc. Professor Lars Henning DR Guy Hingston |
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