Foundations of Medicine 2 (CAM102) - Courses & Units - University of Tasmania, Australia

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Hobart, Launceston, Cradle Coast

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Unit name	Foundations of Medicine 2
Unit code	CAM102
Credit points	50
Faculty/School	College of Health and Medicine Tasmanian School of Medicine
Discipline	Medicine
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Prerequisites

CAM101

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	The unit is organised around weekly cases. The teaching content is delivered in the form of lectures/presentations, facilitated small group learning sessions, practicals, workshops, tutorials and online self-directed learning. Students must be available full time Monday - Friday with some compulsory out of hours activities scheduled throughout the semester.
Assessment	Assessment includes Examinations, Assignments, and Other Unit Requirements. Examinations: 3 x online, open-book MCQ/EMQ Domain 1 quizzes across the semester, each worth 2% (6% of full year total) End of semester exams (4 x 2-hour) worth 10% + 10% + 10% + 9% = 39%. Assignments: It is a requirement to submit all essays and assignments as per the Unit Outline. Other Unit Requirements: The requirements for the Dissection Lab Rules quiz, Kids and Families Program, Case task presentations (CBL), Clinical Practice Competency assessment, Personal and Professional Development Portfolio (PPD), Regional Communities Program (rural week) and Community Partnership Program (Community Health Visit) are listed in the unit outline. These requirements include minimum satisfactory standards for many of the required items. The mark and grade for year 1 (CAM101 and CAM102 combined), derived from a weighted total of all examinations, essays and assignments, will be released at the end of semester two. In order to pass CAM101/102, a student must pass the weighted total of all examinations (mid semester and end of semester) across the year, pass the weighted total of essays and assignments across the year and complete all other unit requirements satisfactorily.
Timetable	View the lecture timetable \| View the full unit timetable

Teaching Pattern

The unit is organised around weekly cases. The teaching content is delivered in the form of lectures/presentations, facilitated small group learning sessions, practicals, workshops, tutorials and online self-directed learning. Students must be available full time Monday - Friday with some compulsory out of hours activities scheduled throughout the semester.

Assessment

Assessment includes Examinations, Assignments, and Other Unit Requirements.

Examinations:

3 x online, open-book MCQ/EMQ Domain 1 quizzes across the semester, each worth 2% (6% of full year total)
End of semester exams (4 x 2-hour) worth 10% + 10% + 10% + 9% = 39%.

Assignments:

It is a requirement to submit all essays and assignments as per the Unit Outline.

Other Unit Requirements:

The requirements for the Dissection Lab Rules quiz, Kids and Families Program, Case task presentations (CBL), Clinical Practice Competency assessment, Personal and Professional Development Portfolio (PPD), Regional Communities Program (rural week) and Community Partnership Program (Community Health Visit) are listed in the unit outline. These requirements include minimum satisfactory standards for many of the required items.

The mark and grade for year 1 (CAM101 and CAM102 combined), derived from a weighted total of all examinations, essays and assignments, will be released at the end of semester two. In order to pass CAM101/102, a student must pass the weighted total of all examinations (mid semester and end of semester) across the year, pass the weighted total of essays and assignments across the year and complete all other unit requirements satisfactorily.

Timetable

View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Information about any textbook requirements will be available during CAM101 Orientation Week and in the CAM101-102 unit outline.
Recommended	Information about any textbook requirements will be available during CAM101 Orientation Week and in the CAM101-102 unit outline.

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