Available in 2024
Course code

MEDI4101A

Units

20 units

Level

4000 level

Course handbook

Description

Student enrolment is semester based, MEDI4101A (Semester 1) and MEDI4101B (Semester 2), with the delivery of the academic content occurring across the full year. In this course, students engage in extended clinical placements that explore the patient experience/journey and provide an appreciation of the health care system and the contexts and challenges in which healthcare is delivered in rural and urban communities. Particular emphasis is placed on a number of themes including the patient experience of the healthcare system, the concept of continuum of care, the need to manage acute onset and chronic and complex conditions, and the communication and transfer of the patient between clinicians and across the healthcare system. The delivery of healthcare using new and emerging technologies such as e-health and telemedicine will also be explored. Students will attend placement experiences in urban, rural and regional settings in Australia and examine the interface between the primary and secondary healthcare system and also the services delivered by public, private and non-government organisations.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Central Coast Clinical School

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Hunter Clinical School

  • Semester 1 - 2024

Multi-term sequence

This course is part of a multi-term sequence. Both Part A and Part B must be completed to meet the requirements of the sequence. Part A and Part B must be completed in consecutive terms. Students must complete Part A before completing Part B. Students must complete the sequence within a twelve month period. If students complete Part A but are unable to complete Part B within the timeframe, they must re-enrol in Part A. Part A cannot be completed as a standalone course, it will only count towards your program once you have successfully completed Part B.


Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate the gathering, collation and reporting of accurate and organised comprehensive and focused medical histories in a variety of clinical settings

2. Demonstrate the appropriate performance and communication of systematic, comprehensive or focused physical examinations in a variety of clinical settings and patient presentations

3. Demonstrate contextually specific basic procedures in a safe and sensitive manner to an advanced level

4. Apply knowledge of clinical and behavioural science to the data gathering process, and developing differential diagnoses

5. Critically evaluate and describe the roles of other healthcare professionals and interprofessional teams in a variety of healthcare settings

6. Engage appropriately with patients and other healthcare professionals encountered in a variety of clinical settings

7. Participate in debriefing sessions with a particular focus on their learning and their response to the diagnostic uncertainty often inherent in primary healthcare settings

8. Critically evaluate the social, cultural, demographic and other determinants of health to patients' health trajectories and to their abilities to access health care and comply with management plans

9. Describe and demonstrate the standard mechanisms deployed to manage determinants to an advanced level

10. Critically evaluate the effect of resource distribution on populations with regard to illness and injury prevention, risk factor management, and diagnosis and management plans for individuals within particular populations

11. Critically analyse literature relevant to health equity and relate this to a patient, group or community experience of healthcare

12. Demonstrate respect for cultural and community values


Content

  • Social determinants of health
  • Social justice
  • History, social and cultural impacts on Indigenous peoples’ health
  • Cultural respect, safety and competence
  • Health equity and access
  • Role of primary health care in Australia and internationally
  • Continuum and transfer of care
  • Allocation of resources in healthcare
  • Epidemiology of epidemics and appropriate preventative measures
  • Basic clinical skills of patient-centred data gathering, including interviewing and negotiation with patients and patient examination skills
  • Common clinical conditions requiring hospital care, the related inpatient journeys, and integrated management plans extending from prehospital to post-hospital phases of care
  • Common clinical presentations in general practice and the patient journey for each of these linked to management plans
  • Basic skills in formulating diagnoses and in dealing with diagnostic uncertainty
  • Developing contextually appropriate clinical management plans
  • Community engagement in promotion of health lifestyles and in appropriate accessing of healthcare delivery systems.

Requisite

Students must be active in the Bachelor of Medical Science [40046] program and have successfully completed MEDI2101A and MEDI2101B to enrol in this course.


Assumed knowledge

MEDI1101A, MEDI1101B, MEDI2101A and MEDI2101B


Assessment items

Demonstrated competency: Demonstrated competency
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Practical Demonstration: Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX)
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Professional Task: Cased Based Discussions
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Formal Examination: Integrated Clinical Assessment
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Written Assignment: Sustainable Healthcare Rotation
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.

Professional Task: Clinical & Professional Conduct Reports
Compulsory Requirement: Pass requirement - Must pass this assessment item to pass the course.


Compulsory Requirements

Compulsory Placement and WHS Requirements:

  • NSW Health Verification Requirements - Mandatory NSW Health Verification Requirements must be met.
  • Working with Children - A national criminal history check and review of findings of misconduct involving children, required for any child-related work.

Contact hours

Semester 1 - 2024 - Central Coast Clinical School

Clinical-1
  • Face to Face Off Campus 32 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
  • Clinical Placement - Community/General Practice Rotation 32 hours a week Clinical Placement - Hospital Rotation 24 hours a week
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 3 hour(s) per week(s) for week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Online 4 hour(s) per week(s) for week(s) starting in week 1

Semester 1 - 2024 - Hunter Clinical School

Clinical-1
  • Face to Face Off Campus 32 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
  • Clinical Placement - Community/General Practice Rotation 32 hours a week Clinical Placement - Hospital Rotation 24 hours a week
Self-Directed Learning-1
  • Self-Directed 3 hour(s) per week(s) for week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
  • Online 4 hour(s) per week(s) for week(s) starting in week 1

Course outline

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