MFM5000 - Principles of general practice and primary care

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Describe and critically review the nature of the primary health care setting, including its history, philosophy, practice, and future challenges;
2 Differentiate the roles of science and art in medicine, especially as it applies to primary care;
3. Investigate primary care practitioner roles, and compare and contrast with secondary and tertiary health care providers;
4. Explain patient centeredness, and how primary care practitioners facilitate the delivery of this model of care;
5. Articulate the underpinning principles of the primary health care setting, and explain how general practice forms the cornerstone for managing and allocating resources;
6. Analyse the current primary care model in your country, and debate cost effectiveness;
7. Critically evaluate different models of primary care, including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Health Care Homes proposal within your own primary care profession;
8. Evaluate how primary care competes in the academic arena against more clinically specialised areas of medicine;
9. Demonstrate the ability to analyse the theoretical principles and models of primary care to clinical consultations, and evaluate their impact on consultation processes.