MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Medicine Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Caution
Copyright © Monash University 1996
ISBN 1037-0919
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Fourth year
Fourth year provides an introduction to clinical medicine emphasising etiology,
pathology, microbiology and the clinical aspects of disease. A fully integrated
teaching program with combined teaching from the departments of Medicine,
Surgery, Pathology and Immunology, Microbiology, Geriatrics, Community
Medicine, Psychological Medicine and Social and Preventive Medicine is the
major source of core knowledge in fourth year. Clinical pharmacology and
therapeutics, radiological sciences and emergency medicine are also studied.
Other major features of fourth year include extensive hospital bedside
teaching, general practice attachments, laboratory practical sessions and a
project from one area of medical research.
Fourth year is made up of three terms, rather than two semesters as in previous
years. The first two terms include the integrative teaching program, laboratory
medicine and clinical tutorials as major components, with regular teaching in
community medicine and a weekly research attachment. The third term consists of
an introductory lecture series (one week) followed by four three week blocks
made up of a psychological medicine hospital attachment, radiological sciences,
emergency medicine and a clinical attachment to a hospital medical or surgical
unit.
Fourth-year textbooks
Preliminary reading
- Myers K A and others Principles of pathology in surgery Blackwell
Scientific, 1980
Prescribed texts
- Bloch S and Singh B The foundations of clinical psychiatry MUP, 1993
- Hunt P and Marshall V Clinical problems in general surgery
Butterworths, 1990
- Talley N and O'Connor S Clinical examination: A guide to physical
diagnosis MacLennan and Petty, 1990
- Williamson R C N and Waxman B P (eds) Scott: An aid to clinical
surgery 5th edn, Churchill Livingstone, 1994
Recommended texts
- American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and statistical manual of
mental disorders 3rd rev. edn, APS, 1987
- Beumont P J V and Hampshire R B Textbook of psychiatry Blackwell,
1989
- Bourne S Under the doctor: Studies in the psychological problems of
physiotherapists, patients and doctors Avebury, 1981
- Browse N L An introduction to the symptoms and signs of surgical
disease 2nd edn, Edward Arnold, 1991
- Dixon D L and Dugdale L M An introduction to clinical imaging
Churchill Livingstone, 1988
- Edwards C R W and Bourchier I A D (eds) Davidson's `Principles and
practice of medicine' 16th edn, Churchill Livingstone, 1991
- Gelder M and others Oxford textbook of psychiatry Oxford Medical,
1989
- Goldman H H Review of general psychiatry 2nd edn, Lange, 1988
- Hackett T P and Cassem N H Massachussetts General Hospital handbook of
general hosptial psychiatry 2nd edn, PSG, 1987
- Kaplan H I and Sadock B J Synopsis of psychiatry Williams and
Wilkins, 1988
- Kaplan H I and Sadock B J Comprehensive textbook of psychiatry 5th
edn, Williams and Wilkins, 1989
- Katzung B G Basic and clinical pharmacology 4th edn Appleton and
Lange, 1989
- Kumar P J and Clark M L Clinical medicine: A textbook for medical
students and doctors 2nd edn, Balliere Tindall, 1990
- McNeil J J and others (eds) A text book of preventive medicine
Edward Arnold, 1990
- Munro J and Edwards C (eds) Macleod's `Clinical examination' 8th
edn, Churchill Livingstone, 1990
- Nicholi A M (ed.) The Harvard guide to modern psychiatry Harvard U
P, 1988
- Reiser D E and Rosen D H Medicine as a human experience University
Park Press, 1985
Fourth-year subjects
+ MED4000 Clinical studies
+ MED4001 Integrative teaching in clinical sciences
+ MED4002 Practice of surgery and internal medicine
+ MED4003 Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
+ MED4004 Community medicine
+ MED4005 Laboratory components related to integrative teaching
+ MED4006 Medicine and research
+ MED4007 Accident and emergency medicine
+ MED4008 Psychological medicine hospital attachment
+ MED4009 Radiological sciences
+ MED4010 Social and preventive medicine
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