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MCM5504

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 November 2024

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This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2016 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of General Practice

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Peter Schattner

Offered

Clayton

  • First semester 2016 (Online)
  • Second semester 2016 (Online)

Synopsis

This elective unit introduces the students to a broad range of common dermatological problems encountered in the general practice setting, requiring them to engage with clinically relevant and up-to-date information on topics such as patterns and diagnosis of skin disease, erythematopapulosquamous diseases, dermal and subcutaneous problems, skin tumours and pigmented lesions and skin infections. Topics are written in conjunction with content specialists practising in these areas, and are customised specifically for the general practice setting.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse how the structural components of the skin function in both healthy and diseased states.
  2. Demonstrate a systematic approach to generating and exploring an appropriate list of differential diagnoses, in a patient with a dermatological complaint.
  3. Deduce what further investigations, if any, are required, to aid diagnosis.
  4. Devise and implement a systematic approach to the management of dermatological disorders, which includes a synthesis of the best available evidence, patient wishes and circumstances, community resources and the clinician's experience.
  5. Devise a plan for future personal practice and professional development in the diagnosis and management of patients with dermatological conditions.

Assessment

Pictorial case studies (MCQ's/ SAQ's) (1.5 hours) (25%)
Pictorial case studies (MCQ's/ SAQ's) (1.5 hours) (25%)
Case report (2,500 words) (50%) (Hurdle)

Hurdle Activities:
Students must pass the case report in order to pass the unit.

Throughout this unit there are a number of Activities (discussion forums, individual wikis, group wikis, and quizzes). Participation in ALL of these activities is a requirement in order to progress through this unit.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Eli Ristevski