Undergraduate - UnitMED4200 - Integrated clinical studies

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Clayton Full year (extended) 2012 (Day) Sunway Full year (extended) 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Prof Christine McMenamin

Synopsis

Integrated Clinical Studies builds upon learning in the specialty clinical areas of Children's Health, General Practice, Psychiatry and Women's Health. Students will undertake clinical placements in each specialty clinical areas across the year. Learning activities specific to each specialty area will be linked to the specific clinical placement and may include lectures, tutorials, case-based learning, bedside tutorials, practical skills sessions, and specialty teaching clinics and directed learning activities. Students are expected to consolidate knowledge and skills through both experiential learning in clinical settings and self directed study.

Outcomes

On successful completion, for the disciplines relevant to each of the clinical placements undertaken, students are expected to be able to:

Theme I: Personal and Professional Development

1. Demonstrate appropriate communication, and interpersonal and professional skills for hospital and community clinical settings
2. Recognise legal and ethical issues relevant to the practice of medicine.
3. Recognise the principles of team-work, and the role of doctors in clinical teams.

Theme II: Population, Society, Health and Illness

4. Explain the economic perspective on health issues and health care.
5. Critique evaluations of a health intervention.
6. Identify organisational factors which impact on patient care and participate in quality improvement processes.
7. Identify the impact of public health policy on the delivery of health care to the individual.
8. Identify relevant programs and community resources available to patients and their families.
9. Identify relevant approaches to health education, illness prevention and rehabilitation.

Theme III: Foundations of Clinical Practice

10. Apply the knowledge and concepts of basic biological, psychological and social science to common and important clinical conditions.
11. Identify biological, psychological and social factors pertinent to understanding the illness and its management.
12. Identify common and important illnesses, conditions and disorders.

Theme IV: Clinical Skills

13. Elicit and record an accurate clinical history appropriate for the patients and the clinical context.
14. Perform and accurately record an appropriate physical examination.
15. Develop differential diagnoses and formulate problems.
16. Competently perform selected clinical practices, techniques and procedures.
17. Formulate appropriate patient-centred management plans and discuss management issues.
18. Identify appropriate and cost-effective investigation strategies.

Assessment

Summative assessment tasks:
OSCEs 40%,
Written examinations 40%,
Written VIA 20 %

Chief examiner(s)

Prof Christine McMenamin

Contact hours

This is a 24 point unit over 2 x18 week semesters in continuous rotations through clinical attachments.
80% minimum attendance hurdle requirement

Prerequisites

MED3051, MED3062

Co-requisites

MED4171 or MED4182