MED4001

Integrative teaching in clinical sciences

(MED)

Dr M Oldmeadow and Associate Professor B Waxman

23 weeks - 7 hours per week (terms one and two) + Seven lectures and seminars weekly during the first two terms, with six to twelve sessions per subspecialty area

Synopsis: Subspecialties include cardiovascular medicine, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, renal medicine, haematology, neurology, rheumatology, endocrinology, dermatology, infectious disease, multisystem disorders, women0s health and psychological medicine. Seminars integrate clinical aspects of disease with relevant pathology, immunology and microbiology. Seminars include topics in integrated radiological sciences, epidemiology, preventive medicine, and a weekly clinical pharmacology and therapeutics presentation. A weekly clinicopathological correlation session integrates surgical pathology in a problem-based interactive program.

Assessment: MCQ: 30% (of final mark)