MEDI3017
General Practice and Subspecialities 1
40 Units
Available in 2014
| Callaghan Campus | Semester 1 |
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Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009
This course is designed to allow students to continue to develop clinical skills and knowledge required to deal with patients with disorders common to Primary Health Care, Inpatient and Outpatient services, with a particular focus on chronic diseases and subspecialty areas, as well as exposing students to factors affecting health equity. Part of this term involves exposure to rural general practice which is often quite different from urban practice.
This Course is a Compulsory Program Component and students must pass in order to progress in the Bachelor of Medicine Program.
| Objectives | Demonstrate the ability to: 1. take an accurate, organised and focused medical history for a range of Chronic and Lifestyle Diseases 2. appreciate and integrate questions regarding demographic, educational and psychological factors into the medical history, regardless of the presentation 3. perform a systematic and confident physical examination of each system 4. recognise common presentations in all fields of medicine and surgery 5. interpret and integrate the history and physical examination findings to develop appropriate differential diagnoses 6. select and use the most appropriate and cost effective diagnostic procedures, including an appreciation of principles of efficient and equitable resource allocation and use of finite resources 7. formulate a management plan that integrates relevant factors affecting the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients (e.g. demographic, educational, psychological factors) along with management of their physical condition, and to plan management in conjunction with the patient 8. communicate with patients and their families in a respectful, sensitive manner, which is also mindful of demographic and educational issues relevant to the family 9. work effectively in a team with other health care professionals 10. identify and critique research literature relevant to a person's presentation and apply this clinical evidence appropriately in therapeutic choices 11. integrate relevant prevention and screening practices (including risk factor management) into the management plan of a patient Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of : 12. how to deal with diagnostic uncertainty often inherent in primary health care 13. interaction between humans and their social and physical environment, and ways in which these factors may impact on a person's clinical presentation, access to health care and ability to comply with a management plan 14. the effect of resource maldistribution in the delivery of health to a population, and how this may impact on prevention, risk factor management 15. the role of primary health care in Australia and internationally 16. epidemiology, public health issues, evidence-based medicine and risk factor management of common conditions seen in primary health care 17. principles of prevention and screening for common disease in primary health care including risk factor management and public health issues 18. the nature of chronic disease and need for a multidisciplinary input into care in chronic disease 19. the complexity of ethical issues related to illness 20. interventions at the individual level for common public health issues such as smoking, diet, alcohol and physical activity 21. mechanism of action of vaccines currently used in Australia and the programs to ensure high population coverage 22. healthy public policy in relation to alcohol use and abuse 23. epidemiology of respiratory epidemics and appropriate preventive measures 24. a capacity for appropriate inter-professional communication and behaviour with colleagues 25. Demonstrate the ability to effectively and sensitively carry out a history and examination on Indigenous patients 26. Demonstrate the ability to reflect how the history, social and cultural determinants of health might affect an Indigenous person's current health status 27. Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of Indigenous Health challenges 28. Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of key health indicators for Indigenous Australians and ways of redressing health inequity issues 29. Demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the centrality of family and kinship ties for Indigenous Australians in regard to health |
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| Content | Clinical skills, including history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, formulation of management plans, communication skills and teamwork, with specific consideration to: General Practice Public Health Risk Factor Management Clinical Ethics Evidence-Based Medicine Access to Health Care |
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| Industrial Experience | 0 | ||||||||||
| Assumed Knowledge | Students must have successfully completed MEDI1011, MEDI1012, MEDI1013, MEDI1014, MEDI1015, MEDI2011, MEDI2012, MEDI2013 and MEDI2014. | ||||||||||
| Modes of Delivery | Internal Mode | ||||||||||
| Teaching Methods | Case Study
Clinical Email Discussion Group Problem Based Learning Lecture Individual Supervision Integrated Learning Laboratory Practical Self Directed Learning Tutorial Workshop |
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| Contact Hours | Problem Based Learning: for 4.5 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Case Study: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Lecture: for 6 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Self Directed Learning: for 12 hour(s) per Week for Full Term Practical: for 12 hour(s) per Week for Full Term |
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| Timetables | 2014 Course Timetables for MEDI3017 |