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MD4011 - Integrated Pathology and Clinical Medicine Part 1 of 3

Credit points: 3
Year: 2019
Student Contribution Band: Band 3
Subject chain: MD4011 MD4012 MD4013
Administered by: College of Medicine & Dentistry

Available only to MBBS students

This subject continues the study of integrated medical and social sciences for the whole human body. The emphasis of this subject is on integrating clinical pathology knowledge, with an approach to obtaining and interpreting clinical information from patients. On completion of year 4 the student will be expected to be able to take relevant and focused histories from patients, examine patients, and seek relevant clinical investigations. The student will be expected to interpret and integrate this information with their knowledge of pathological processes.

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the pathological basis of common and/or important human diseases;
  • Take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;
  • Determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient's problems;
  • Further understand the personal, professional and ethical roles of medical practitioners;
  • Formulate a list of health care problems that patients may have.
Prerequisites: (MD3010 OR MD3011) AND (MD3020 OR MD3012)

Availabilities

As this subject is part of a subject chain, a final standard grade (e.g. P, C) will only be recorded for each subject after successful completion of all parts of the subject chain.

Townsville, Limited, Study Period 3
Census Date 07-Feb-2019
Non-standard start/end 02-Jan-2017 to 18-Mar-2017
Face to face teaching (Lectures, tutorials and practical sessions)
Coordinator: Professor Richard Murray, Dr Paula Heggarty, Ms Poornima Roche, Dr Aileen Traves
Lecturers: Dr Alana Young, Dr Susan Gorton, Dr Teresa O'Connor, Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Ms Karen Knight, Mrs Naomi Kochi, Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson, Dr Aaron Hollins, Dr Navaratnam Lakshman, Mrs Gill Dewar, Dr Shashidhar Venkatesh Murthy, Dr Ines Boyne, Dr Sally Meade, Dr Cathrin Gower, <Person not found>, Ms Darlene Wallace, Dr Sarah Fairhall, Mr Don Gamage, Dr Nichola Davis, Miss Caitlin Rushby, Dr Lara Wieland, Dr Roy Rasalam, <Person not found>, Professor Sabe Sabesan, Assoc. Professor Ruth Stewart, Dr Max Stewart, <Person not found>, Ms Cheri Nicholas, Dr Vasant Shenoy, Dr Katharine Terry, Dr Rahul Dua, Assoc. Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli, Mrs Helen Britton, Dr Benjamin Ireland, Ms Natalie Dixon, Dr Sally Baines, Dr Peter Hickey, Dr Jane Harte, Dr Hilary Gorges, Dr Akil Islam, Dr Lynne Reid, Dr William Horwood, Ms Lauren Finlay, Dr John Simpson, Mr Amit Nigam, Dr Leslie Kuma, Dr Soon Teoh, Dr Liam O'Regan, Dr Jane Dutson, Ms Sunaina Miranda, Ms Ayesha Sheikh.
Workload expectations:
  • 55 hours lectures - Introductory sessions for each body system including four intensive lecture weeks
  • 180 hours tutorials - Guided clinical pathological case discussions, Clinical investigations and Pathology intensives and clinical reasoning
  • 50 hours practicals - Clinical skills related to the body systems
  • 700 hours placement
Assessment: integrated assessment across subject chain (%).
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.