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MED4100 · Specialty clinical practices
2026 Handbook24 credit pointsLevel 4BMedSc Md
Last checked: 23 Aug 2026 UTCOverview
Specialty Clinical Practices provides clinical teaching in Children's Health, General Practice, Psychiatry and Women's Health. You will undertake clinical placements in at least 2 specialty areas across the semester. Learning activities, tailored to the specific placement, may include lectures, tutorials, case-based learning, bedside tutorials, practical skills sessions, and specialty teaching clinics and directed learning activities. You are expected to attend clinical settings, undertake independent learning activities and consolidate knowledge and skills from previous learning. EBCP and Health Economics components will be integrated with placement activities.
Offerings
| Campus | Teaching period | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Clayton | Full year extended | Teaching mostly conducted outside of a classroom/campus environment (IMMERSIVE) |
| Malaysia | Full year extended | Teaching activities are on-campus (ON-CAMPUS) |
Assessment
The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.
| # | Assessment | Type | Weight | Hurdle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical learning engagement activity recognition (CLEAR) (pass/fail) | Work integrated | 0% | Competency |
| 2 | Children’s Health Observed Clinical Encounter (OCE) Neonate - Pass/Fail | Demonstration | 0% | Competency |
| 3 | Children’s Health case report – written (1,000 words) - Pass/Fail | Written | 0% | Competency |
| 4 | Children’s Health - Contemporary Issues in Health oral presentation (10 minutes) - Pass/Fail | Presentation | 0% | Competency |
| 5 | Children’s health clinical clerkship tasks (logbook) - Pass/Fail | Demonstration | 0% | Competency |
| 6 | General Practice – Observed clinical encounter – Clinical reasoning) - Pass/Fail | Demonstration | 0% | Competency |
| 7 | General Practice – Observed clinical encounter – Prescribing (300 words) - Pass/Fail | Demonstration | 0% | Competency |
| 8 | General Practice written assignment – Referral letter (400 words) - Pass/Fail | Written | 0% | Competency |
| 9 | General Practice professional behaviours appraisal form - Pass/fail | Work integrated | 0% | Competency |
| 10 | Psychiatry written assignments (x2) (4,500 words) - Pass/Fail | Written | 0% | Competency |
| 11 | O&G Tutorial presentation oral case (12 mins) - Pass/Fail | Presentation | 0% | Competency |
| 12 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology Logbook - Pass/Fail | Work integrated | 0% | Competency |
| 13 | Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professional Behaviour Appraisal Form - Pass/Fail | Work integrated | 0% | Competency |
| 14 | Evidence based clinical practice (4 x 20 mins quizzes) - Pass/Fail | Quiz / Test | 0% | Competency |
| 15 | Medical law - Pass/Fail | Work integrated | 0% | Competency |
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
corequisite
- MED4200 — Integrated clinical studies
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate ethical, professional and personal responsibility and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.
- Apply the knowledge, skills and conduct necessary for safe, compassionate, and patient-centred health care.
- Acknowledge own social determinants of health and access to health care and suggest ways to promote culturally responsive practice in primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.
- Source, interpret and critically review medical and scientific literature pertinent to health care.
- Relate key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease in populations to health care practices observed in clinical settings.
- Explain key concepts in health system management and the judicious, sustainable use of health care resources.
- Elicit accurate histories and perform relevant physical examinations, and interpret findings to formulate differential diagnosis.
- Select investigations relevant to clinical findings, pathology of the disease and practicality, interpret the results, and develop management plans.
Workload
This is a 24 credit point unit over 2 x18 week semesters in continuous rotations through clinical attachments.
| Activity | Duration |
|---|---|
| Lectures | — |
| Workshops | — |
| Practical activities | — |
| Tutorials | — |
| Applied sessions | — |
| Seminars | — |
| Assessments | — |
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