units
MRU0007
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
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Faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Coordinator(s)
Offered
Bendigo
Moe
Notting Hill
General Practice is the study of providing primary and continuing medical care to patients in a community setting. It is particularly concerned with providing family and community oriented health care. This detailed field may include carrying out simple surgical procedures and dealing with medical emergencies, early diagnosing, prescribing and administering medication, and primary, personal and continuing medical care. This unit is 100% research with a view to producing a thesis.
Thesis examined by two external examiners.