MD3011 - Introduction to Clinical Healthcare Part 1 of 2

Available only to MBBS students

This subject continues the study of integrated medical and social sciences for the whole human body. Students will continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of molecular, cellular, organ, individual person, health system and societal influences on human health, integrated around themes within tissue injury and neoplasia, infection and immunology and preventive medicine and addictive behaviours.

Learning Outcomes

• Explain and connect the processes by which organisms cause disease and how infection is spread and the general details of acute and chronic inflammatory responses, including mediators, cellular toxins, effects on organ systems and the means by which damage might be propagated;
• Summarise, relate, and distinguish the role of the immune system in neoplasia and the abnormal responses of the immune system that produce illness and the mechanisms which control abnormal cell growth and differentiation and the current theories of carcinogenesis;
• Discuss, demonstrate and apply the basic principles and strategies employed in disease prevention and control and health promotion;
• Explain and connect the basic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and patient compliance and demonstrate their application to the major organ systems, infections and neoplasia;
• Explain, summarise, and relate approaches to treatment of drug dependence and its prevention, with regard to various cultures (eg youth, Indigenous) and the public health economic problem of dependency.

Subject Assessment

• See MD3012 for assessment details - (%) - .

Special Assessment Requirements

Satisfactory attendance is required at community and clinical placements. Satisfactory academic and professional standards, as described in the College program Assessment Guidelines, must be achieved in order to progress to the next year.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.