MED3100 · Medicine and surgery

Overview

This unit is an integrated medicine/surgery curriculum based on the four themes of the medical curriculum: Personal and professional development; population, society, health and illness; foundations of medicine; and clinical skills. Evidence-based educational approaches support you in acquiring appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills in medicine, surgery, clinical skills, evidence-based clinical practice, occupational and environmental medicine, pathophysiology, pharmacology, ethics and law. Learning activities specific to each specialty area will be linked to the specific clinical placement and may include lectures, tutorials, case-based learning, bed- side tutorials, and practical skills sessions. Previous learning will be extended. By the end of the year you must be capable of undertaking history and clinical examinations of patients with straightforward conditions.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Comply with the requirements for the ethical, professional and personal responsibilities and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.
2. Identify the fundamental knowledge, skills and conduct necessary for safe, compassionate, and patient-centred health care.
3. Reflect upon own perspectives and values and identify strategies for incorporating anti-racist and affirmative action approaches in health care practice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.
4. Source and interpret medical and scientific literature pertinent to health care.
5. Explain key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease in populations including social, ethical, economic and environmental factors
6. Describe the differing roles of health care professionals and identify health care resources available to provide patient care.
7. Elicit accurate histories and perform relevant physical examinations, and interpret findings to propose differential diagnosis.
8. Suggest investigations relevant to clinical findings and pathology of the disease, interpret the results and suggest management options.

Workload

This is a 24 credit point unit over 2 x 18 week semesters in continuous rotations through clinical attachments.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.