Introduction

Summary

Availability

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Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.

Key Dates

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2022 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2022 will be available from the 1st October 2021. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

• Describe the legal and ethical rights and responsibilities of patients, health care consumers and medical practitioners in the regulation and provision of medical practice.
• Understand the Australian Health Care system, specifically the roles of medical and allied health disciplines/providers, community and hospital-based resources, the interface between the hospital and community, and the roles of health care providers in health promotion, disease prevention and treatment.
• Take a whole patient approach to healthcare, including family and community context, and recognise the roles of doctors, health professionals and community in multi-disciplinary care.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical features of common medical problems in the disciplines of General Practice, General Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Psychiatry.
• Further develop and demonstrate clinical and communication skills, including obtaining a comprehensive and/or focussed history; accurate elicitation of clinical signs; effective and appropriate written communications; and procedural skills defined in the Rotation Handbooks.
• Develop and justify appropriate differential diagnoses and related management plans, including the rational and effective use of investigations, therapeutic interventions, and educational, preventative and multidisciplinary care strategies.
• Demonstrate the ability to source, evaluate and communicate clinical and research evidence, use an evidence-based approach to healthcare practice and medical care.
• Develop independence and self-direction in the acquisition of knowledge and skills.
• Describe the structure and function of the nervous system in detail, including motor, somatosensory, auditory and visual systems.
• Use knowledge of neuroanatomy and physiology to localise disorders of the nervous system, like spinal cord disorders, mononeuropathies and brain stem disorders.
• Understand the anatomical and physiological basis of some clinical neurological examinations, like clinical examination of the visual fields.
• Describe in detail the anatomy of the head and neck, including imaging and surface anatomy.
• Describe the physiology and common pathophysiology of the endocrine system.
• Describe and differentially diagnose some common pathologies of the nervous and endocrine systems including dementia, trauma, stroke, tumours and infections.
• Describe the epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical presentation of tropical infectious disease in the returned traveller, pre-travel assessment and health problems that may be encountered in refugees and asylum seekers.
• Describe the epidemiology, aetiology, pathogenesis and clinical presentation of common immune disorders, including HIV related disease, transplantation, and auto-immune disorders.
• Describe the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of haemato-lymphoid malignancies and common solid cancers, including principles of cancer genetics.
• Describe the impact of cancer on the patient, their family and community, patient-centric principles of care and symptom management for the dying patient, and end of life discussion.
• Describe the ‘biopsychosocial’ approach to psychiatric illness, and the assessment, diagnosis and management of common psychiatric disorders.
• Describe the ‘biopsychosocial’ approach to acute and chronic pain management including the roles of pharmacotherapy, psychology, psychiatry and physiotherapy.
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Fee Information

¹ Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
² Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
³ Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
⁴ Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Prerequisites

Teaching

Textbooks

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