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Internationalisation of Curriculum for MBBS

In this Curriculum map there has been a deliberate emphasis on the relevant graduate attributes associated with intercultural competence. For the purposes of our MBBS course, internationalisation has been further interpreted to emphasise a transformative process where: 

  1. our international students are optimally accepted & integrated and,
  2. all our students understand and practice inter-cultural competence through critical culturism.

Theme 1: Human health & disease

Graduate Medical Profile outcome Specific Outcome Teaching activity or experience Unit location Key word
1. Understands the scientific basis of
health and disease
1.4 Describes the pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of a range of specific common diseases Rabies & lyssavirus lecture CAM 304 Tropical disease, HIV Malaria, TB dengue
Parasitic diseases
1.5 Understands the use of common therapeutic interventions in health care Tropical Medicine 3 wk Selective Yr 4  
2. Understands the relevance of basic science to the clinical setting     Differential diagnosis (and interpretation of lab tests) in different settings
4. Demonstrates the ability to
systematically elicit and interpret
clinical symptoms and signs
4.1 Demonstrates the ability to take a systematic history in all clinical settings    Clinical history in diverse populations
4.2 Demonstrates the ability to examine a patient on both a regional and a systems basis    Physical examination
5. Demonstrates the ability to perform clinical procedures, especially those
required in life saving situations
5. 1 Demonstrates the ability to perform all clinical procedures outlined in the "clinical procedures" section of the learning portfolio document    
6. Understands the limitations to
scientific knowledge
6.3 Understands the role and contribution of medical science to overall concepts of health and disease in individuals and populations    
6.4 Understands the effect that social, mental and spiritual factors have on health and disease    

Theme 2: Communication & Collaboration

Graduate Medical Profile outcome Specific outcome Teaching activity or experience Unit location Key word
7. Demonstrates an understanding of the therapeutic relationship between patient and doctor 7.2 Demonstrates respect for patients differing cultures and values, and understands how these effect the therapeutic relationship Cultural respect practices and differences workshops x2 DHHS & Migrant Resource Centre   CAM 101 Multi-cultural health Cultural competence & safety Interpreters
Dignity and diversity case study
CAM 101
Our cultural norms and expectations lecture AM BW CAM 102
Wholistic and general practice approach to refugee & migrant health CB CAM 102
Dignity lecture CAM 201
Cross cultural knowledge and practices lecture CAM 101
Cultural competence lectures 2 (EDS) CAM 201
Kids and Family Program CAM 101
Online module/peer discussion on Multicultural Health CAM 304/5
Elective Program – 5th yr Symposium, 4th yr orientation, Pre-departure workshop ^ CAM 434/435/436
Use of Interpreters workshop NC Intercultural consultation Wshop NC CAM 532
CAM 43$
9. Demonstrates the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues in the healthcare team setting 9.1 Understands theoretical concepts of teamwork    Teamwork
9.2 Demonstrates the ability to work in teams with other medical students/doctors    
10. Understands the principles of leadership and providing a leadership role, where appropriate to health care teams 10.2 Identifies the application of leadership skills in a health care team environment   CAM 202 Leadership
Entrepreneurialism
Activism

Theme 3: Community Health & Disease

Graduate Medical Profile outcome Specific outcome Teaching activity or experience Unit location Key word
11. Understands the Australian Health care System including its funding, planning and major national priorities and contrasts this with the global context of healthcare provision. 11.8 Compares and contrasts the Australian health care system with those in SE Asia, Europe & North America Indian Medicine lecture
Chinese medicine lectureDA
CAM101
CAM101
Health systems
12. Understands the social, political, economic, environmental, cultural and spiritual factors that impact on the health of individuals and communities 12.1 Understands the WHO definition of health and its relevance to 21st century Australia Reflective essay: What does health mean to me?
The social gradient and health outcomes
CAM101
CAM101
Definition of health
12.2 Understands the principles of primary health care Introduction to health promotion lecture
Health determinants & PHC lecture
CAM101
CAM101
Primary health care
12.3 Critically appraises health related political policies Workshop: Doctors & activism
Humanitarian health care & MSF lecture
CAM201
CAM101
Geo-political effects on health
12.6 Understands the relationships between the environment (natural and man made) and the health of individuals and communities Medicine & environment lecture
Occup. & environmental health (climate change, disasters) MD
Social & environmental determinants of health lecture MD
Global health Workshop NC
CAM201
CAM201
CAM101
CAM432
Climate change
Zoonosis
Biodiversity
Disasters
13 Understands the principals involved in the effective utilisation of hospital and community based resources and networks 13.1 Understands the burden of disease upon populations Refugee Health CD- self directed and as part of workshops
Migrant health lecture
CVD epidemiology in developing countries
Refugee CBL 4th yr LCS
Filed visit MRC and Refugee clinic LCS
CAM 201
CAM201
CAM 201
CAM 435
CAM 435
Refugee health, Multicultural health
13.5 Understands the roles of community based/charitable organisations in the provision of healthcare Humanitarian health care –MSF lecture
Career pathway lecture
CAM201

CAM101
Health systems
14. Understands the various roles of the doctor in health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention and treatment at both population and individual patient levels 14.2 Understands the concepts of health promotion, health maintenance and disease prevention Rural week
Introduction to health promotion lecture MD
Health promotion/research project tutorial MD
CAM201
CAM101
CAM305
Health promotion
14.5 Understands public and population approaches to health and healthcare Intro to Population health lecture
Urban health lecture
Population health & national health priority areas
Public health lecture MD
CAM101
CAM101
CAM102
CAM102
Population health
Public health
15 Demonstrates an understanding of knowledge generation and application through community based research and education programs 15.2 Understands the means by which medical practitioners can engage with their community in research and education programs including the identification of barriers and strategies to overcome these Rural week
Primary care rotation – research project
Yr 2
Yr 4
Research
15.3 Understands methods that allow interaction with other health professionals in the community around research education collaboration    Collaboration
16 Understands the special needs of certain communities including access and equity issues 16.1 Understands the socio-cultural perspectives of health and health care needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders "Walk with us" program Yr 1 Riawunna staff- cultural awareness and safety 2 x3 hr W/shop
Lecture: Health inequalities
Community visits
CBLs
Lecture : Intro to Aboriginal health
CAM101
CAM101
Aboriginal health
Remote health
16.3 Understands the cultural practices of non-Western people around traditional healing methods and practices    Multicultural health
16.4 Understands how the context of health care setting influences clinical practice Kids & Family Program "Far from Care" Issues and solutions seminar CBLs 102-304 CAM101 Multicultural health Global patterns of disease Remote and rural health Culture shock

Theme 4: Personal & Professional Development

Graduate Medical Profile outcome Specific outcome Teaching activity or experience Unit location Key word
17. Demonstrates a commitment to compassionate, professional and ethical behaviour 17.2 Demonstrates the ability to gain informed consent for medical procedures Lecture: Intro to bioethics
Lecture: Varieties of ethics
Lecture: Ethics in everyday life
Lectures: Professionalism 1 & 2 + discussion
Lecture: Paying organ donors
Lecture: Individual v Family
Lecture: Competent refusal of care
Lecture: Confidentiality & privacy
Lecture: Reporting of bad behaviour by colleagues
Lecture: Consent
CAM 101
CAM 101
CAM101
CAM101
CAM 102
CAM101
CAM101
CAM101
CAM201
CAM101
Ethics
Professionalism
18. Demonstrates the ability to recognise one owns strengths and weaknesses and to be open to assistance from others when needed 18.1 Demonstrates the ability to critique their own performance    Self reflection
18.2 Demonstrates the ability to recognise the limitations of their own expertise in caring for a patient    Self reflection
20. Understands the need for respect for the inherent dignity of every human being and demonstrates its relevance to medical practice 20.1 Demonstrates the ability to explore their own reactions to patients with physical or mental disability, social disadvantage, aging and death in terms of the normative aspects of health and their own personal value system Lecture : How useful is the concept of dignity
Lecture: Autonomy & its limits
Lecture: Health inequalities
Lecture: Equality & justice
CAM201
CAM201
CAM201
CAM 201
Ethics
Professionalism
21.Understands the principles of quality improvement, risk management, and patient safety 21.1 Understands concepts of open disclosure and safety and quality principles in terms of trust, ethics and systems Lecture: Medical uncertainty & medical error CAM 201 Ethics
23 Understands and applies concepts of reflective practice 23.1 Demonstrates a commitment to life long learning, self-appraisal and reflection Guide to Reflective learning- Booklet
Respect and reflective learning lecture
Perspectives on Aging seminar series
CAM 101
CAM 202
Reflective learning
23.2 Demonstrates ability to define their own learning needs in a given situation Career pathway lecture- including remote & indigenous health CAM 101 Personal development

Theme 5: Integration

Graduate Medical Profile outcome Specific outcome Teaching activity or experience Unit location Key word
24. Demonstrates an ability to apply critical and creative thinking to a range of problems 24.1 Creates and defends reasonable, individualised differential diagnoses for a variety of patient presentations    Clinical reasoning in different contexts
Epidemiology of disease in different environments
Infectious diseases
24.3 Enunciates and defends appropriate ethical positions in relationship to proposed actions in a variety of clinical situations. See 17
Lecture: Ethics and EBM
CAM102 Ethics
25. Demonstrates an ability to integrate and synthesise disparate material to arrive at the most appropriate solution to a problem 25.1 Understands the principles of evidence-base healthcare, health economics and decision analysis Lecture: Health service economics & justice CAM 210 Health systems
Geopolitical effects on health
Business
26. Demonstrates the ability to develop, in consultation an appropriate patient centred management plan 26.1 Enunciates the extent and limitation of contributions by other health professionals to the management of a given patient Rural week
Career pathway lecture- including remote & indigenous health
CAM 101 Teamwork
26.2 Outlines the appropriate medical interventions for a variety of patient presentations, in various clinical settings    Context of treatment