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MD6030 - Advanced Clinical Medicine Part 3 of 3

Credit points:	9
Year:	2021
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Subject chain:	MD6010 MD6020 MD6030
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. This is the third part of a full year subject which builds on years one to five of the MBBS and continues to integrate the basic medical sciences and the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for clinical health care and, in particular, internship. It will be spent in five eight-week rotations in various clinical health care settings.

Learning Outcomes

ability to take a focused history from and conduct a focused examination on patients with a range of health problems;
to further understand the personal and professional roles of medical practitioners;
to determine and interpret an appropriate range of clinical investigations relevant to each patient problem and generate a management plan in response to each patient problem;
to generate a list of health care problems that patients may have;
to undertake an internship in any Australian hospital.

Subject Assessment

Comprises written assignments, oral presentations, research project, Mini-CEX.

Special Assessment Requirements

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

Prerequisites:

MD6010 and MD6020 ALLOW CONCURRENT WITH MD6010 and MD6020

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, Study Period 2, Placement/fieldwork
Census Date 26-Aug-2021
Coordinator:	Dr Sarah Chalmers
Lecturers:	Dr Susan Gorton, Dr Kimberley Owens, Assoc. Professor Andrew White, Assoc. Professor Sophie Couzos, Professor Ajay Rane, Dr Rebecca Evans, Ms Simone Ross, Assoc. Professor Nichole Harvey, Dr Pieter Nel, Professor Tarun Sen Gupta, Assoc. Professor Ian Heslop, Professor Sarah Larkins, Assoc. Professor Peter Johnson, Dr Clare Jukka, Assoc. Professor Peta-Ann Teague, Dr Aaron Hollins, Assoc. Professor Helen Anscomb, Professor Richard Murray, Assoc. Professor Julie Mudd, <Person not found>, Dr Sally Meade, Dr Cathrin Gower, Dr Emma Anderson, Professor Usman Malabu, Dr Alex Trollope, Assoc. Professor Gurmeet Singh, Ms Priscilla Page, Dr Roy Rasalam, Professor Sabe Sabesan, Mrs Cheri Mifsud, Dr Rahul Dua, Assoc. Professor Bunmi Malau-Aduli, <Person not found>, Dr John Wood, Assoc. Professor David Bossingham, Professor Damon Eisen, Dr Pankaj Saxena, Dr Belinda Weich, Professor Brett McDermott, Mrs Katie Dodds, Mr Amit Nigam, Dr Leanne Hall, Ms Laura Taylor, Dr Sarah Chalmers, Professor Ian Wright, Dr Anna Kokavec, Assoc. Professor Anna Vnuk, Dr Lynn Woodward.
Workload expectations:	20 hours lectures (didactic or interactive) - Introductory sessions for each clinical rotation studied including WOY presentations 20 hours tutorials - Clinical tutorials 1250 hours placement