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Professional Experience Placement (PEP)
To be eligible to undertake PEP, all students must be “Verified” as meeting College of Health and Medicine PEP Safety in Practice Compliance as per the Course Entry Requirements. Students who cannot or do not comply with these requirements will not be allocated PEP and therefore will not be able to complete this unit.
Grade
At the completion of CAM201 an IC (Interim Completion) grade is awarded because of the year long nature of some assessments. The result for year two (CAM201 and CAM202 combined) will be released at the end of semester two.
Introduction
This unit sees students moving into a more clinically focussed environment, through the study of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. As in first year, the weeks are organised around cases, with accompanying material delivered by lectures, tutorials, practicals and on-line components. Basic medical sciences are taught in parallel with clinically focussed material.
Clinical examination and communication skills are developed in parallel with the systems covered. Students will participate in rural week which involves groups of students visiting a country district for one week. The second year will lay the foundation for a more integrated patient-centred approach to medicine, which will be further developed and emphasised in following years.
In order for students to undertake Professional Experience Placements (PEPs), there are mandatory requirements to be completed before students can enter a PEP venue. These are outlined in the Safety in Practice Agreement http://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement/safety-in-practice-requirements. The Safety in Practice disclosure (Section 8 in the Safety in Practice Agreement), requires the student to establish, with the University, their capacity to perform the functional requirements of the course in which they are enrolled. The Safety in Practice Agreement also requires the student to agree to the Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct, agree to undertake a police (criminal record) check and to gain evidence of their immunisation and infectious disease status. Students enrolled in the School of Medicine are required to comply with these requirements prior to the allocation of, and student participation in, learning placements and clinical rotations in health care settings. Students who do not comply will not be placed or will be removed from placements and therefore will not meet the requirements of the unit with regard to Professional Experience Placements. Further information is available at the 'Professional Experience Placement' webpage of the University of Tasmania, Faculty of Health, http://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement/guidelines-and-procedures. Students who have not complied or are unsure of the policies should seek guidance from the School.
Summary 2020
| Unit name | Fundamentals of Clinical Science 1 |
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| Unit code | CAM201 |
| Credit points | 50 |
| Faculty/School | College of Health and Medicine Tasmanian School of Medicine |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Coordinator | Dr Renee Dwyer |
| Teaching staff | |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Mutual Exclusions
You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | The unit is organised around weekly cases consisting of lectures/presentations, facilitated small group learning sessions, practicals and tutorials. This unit is web-dependent including on-line discussion and assessment. Students will attend clinical attachmentsand community organisations over the course of the semester. Students must be available full time Monday - Friday with some compulsory out of hours activities scheduled throughout the semester. |
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| Assessment | Assessment includes Examinations, Assignments and Other Unit Requirements Examinations: Mid semester written examination and end of semester examinations including two written papers and an applied examination. These examinations assess the lecture, clinical, practical, tutorial and dissection-based material using multiple choice, extended-matching, short answer and case-based integrated questions. All examinations must be attempted. Assignments: It is a requirement to submit all assignments as per the CAM201 Unit Outline. Other Unit Requirements: Clinical examination and history skills are assessed during a series of clinical competency sessions over the year. Students must demonstrate competency in cardiovascular and respiratory examination and one history competency session in semester one. A pass mark is required in all clinical competencies performed in year 2 (CAM201 and CAM202). The requirements for the Kids and Families Program, Personal and Professional Development Portfolio (PPD), pharmacology log book interviews, case-based presentations and rural week attendance are listed in the unit outline. All 'Other Unit Requirements' must be completed to a minimum satisfactory standard. At the completion of CAM201 an IC (Interim Completion) grade is awarded because of the year long nature of some assessments. The mark and grade for Year 2 (CAM201 and CAM202 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 CAM201/202, 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 Week 1. |
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| Recommended | Information about any textbook requirements will be available during Week 1. |
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