James Cook University Subject Handbook - 2024
MD6120 - Advanced Clinical Medicine (Honours) Part 2 of 3
| Credit points: | 09 |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Prerequisites: | MD6110 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD6110 |
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| 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, as 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 Bebegu Yumba, Study Period 1, Placement/fieldwork, (Face to Face dates exist for this availability) | |
| Census date: | Thursday, 21 Mar 2024 |
| Study Period Dates: | Monday, 19 Feb 2024 to Friday, 14 Jun 2024 |
| Coordinator(s): | Assoc. Professor Zaf Smith |
| Lecturer(s): | 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 Kimberley Owens Assoc. Professor Sophia Couzos 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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