Medicine and surgery (20 points)
(MED)
Leader: Mr John Gribbin, Dr W Sievert, Dr Harvey Newnham, Dr I Rasaratnam, and Prof Paul O'Brien
Offered:
Clayton FY-32 2004 (Day)
Clayton FY-32 2005 (Day)
Synopsis:
Objectives: At completion of the unit, each student should be able to: 1. Demonstrate appropriate communitcaion skills and interaction in the hospital environment. 2. Elicit a clinical history, identify signs and symptoms and formulating a problem list and differential diagnosis. 3. Perform appropriate physical examination elliciting signs relating to the presenting complaint and co-morbidities. 4. Take a hisory and perfom a physical examination relevant to the elective and emergency procudures. 5. Idenify the presenting signs and symptoms of medical and surgical patients. 6. Demonstrate the clinical skills, including procedural skills important for patient care. 7. Interpret and expalin the pathophysiological basis of investigations. 8. Recognise the iplact of illness on the patient, particularly in psycho-socail and communit contexts. 9. Demonstrate critical evailation of medical literature. 10. Discuss the peri-operative and day-today management of surgical patients. 11. Describe the basic principles of anaesthesia and post-operative pain management. 12. Describe the resuscitation and fluid management of patients. 13. Identify the resources available to facilitate early management of patients in the community.
Assessment: Continuous assessment activities (clinical tasks, written and oral reports, and written and audiovisual case presentations with literature reviews - satisfactory completion required) + OSCE: 50% + MCQ exam: 50%
Contact Hours: An 18-week rotation. Continuous attachment in a hospital environment.
Prerequisites: Pass at year 4 of MBBS
Corequisites: Must be enrolled in the MBBS or MBBS/LLB
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