Courses & Units
Medicine Year 4B CAM742
Professional Experience Placement (PEP)
Students will be allocated PEP within individual health care agencies. Students must be available 5 days a week (40 hours) during the allocated PEP, and must be prepared to undertake a range of shifts – morning, evening and nightshift, which may include weekends, as per roster provided by the healthcare agency. Students may be expected to relocate and are expected to travel to where PEP is available. 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.
PEP dates MAY differ from University of Tasmania calendar semester dates.
Students are required to enrol concurrently in Unit 4A and Unit 4B.
Introduction
This unit, along with Unit 4A, is an integrated Clinical Placement year. Students are placed in a range of clinical attachments. Student learning outcomes are organised to deliver the Australian Medical Council, AMC, medical graduate outcomes. Additionally, during this Unit along with Units 4A, 5A and 5B, students will undertake an independent capstone research/professional practice project. This unit is integrated with the programme in the following year of the course (Unit 5A and 5B). Case based learning sessions will cover core clinical issues, will be delivered by a mixture of learning activities and will require a self-directed learning approach. The BMedSc/MD curriculum uses the AMC domains as an organising principle under which ILOs have been developed and outcomes are assessed. The 4 domains are: Science and Scholarship (the medical graduate as scientist and scholar); Clinical Practice (the medical graduate as practitioner); Health and Society (the medical graduate as a health advocate); and Professionalism and Leadership (the medical graduate as a professional and leader). Note: Students are required to enrol concurrently in Unit 4A and Unit 4B. 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 (https://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement/safety-in-practice-requirements). The Safety in Practice Disclosures section requires the student to establish, with the University, their capacity to perform the mandatory functional requirements of the course in which they are enrolled. The Safety in Practice Agreement also requires the student to comply with the UTAS Behaviour Policy, agree to undertake a police (criminal record) check, working with vulnerable persons registration and provide evidence of their immunisation/vaccination status. Students enrolled in the Tasmanian School of Medicine are required to comply with these requirements prior to the allocation of, and participation in, professional experience placements (which includes community engagement activities) 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. Further information is available at the College of Health and Medicine PEP website: http://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement Students who are unsure of the procedural guidelines should seek guidance from the School of Medicine.
Summary
| Unit name | Medicine Year 4B |
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| Unit code | CAM742 |
| Credit points | 50 |
| College/School | College of Health and Medicine School of Medicine |
| Discipline | Medicine |
| Coordinator | Doctor Kathryn Ogden |
| Delivered By | University of Tasmania |
Availability
This unit is currently unavailable.
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Learning Outcomes
- Integrate knowledge to identify and respond to health-related issues of individuals, populations, and health systems.
- Undertake a professional practice/research project using the appropriate ethical and organisational processes
- Implement advanced communication skills with patients to build rapport, determine patient perspectives, and communicate risk and benefit to enable shared decision making.
- Integrate information obtained through medical history, examination, and investigations to make clinical judgements and plan care with patients.
- Perform common procedural skills, including venepuncture, IV cannulation, basic life support, airway maintenance and urinary catheterisation, in a simulated setting and in a supervised clinical setting.
- Use public health research evidence to advocate for the health of socially and culturally diverse populations and Indigenous peoples.
- Practice the principles of professionalism, ethics and leadership as outlined in relevant codes of conduct during interactions with patients and colleagues.
- Develop advanced reflective capacity to enhance self-care and improve performance.
Fee Information
| Field of Education | Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 | Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 | Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 | Domestic Full Fee 4 |
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| not applicable |
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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Requisites
Prerequisites
CAM741Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | Clinical Practice – 6 weeks 5 placements across Units 4A and 4B. Clinical placement including various activities including ward based clerking of patients, theatre attendance, in rotation skills training, clinic attendances, bedside teaching, in rotation tutorials Project – 45 days across Units 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B. Individually timetable and approved program for students to complete capstone project Block Teaching – 5 days – 5 times across Units 4A and 4B. Various modalities of delivery including tutorials, small group learning, skills training, case-based learning sessions. |
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| Assessment | 12 OSCE station examination.|Clinical Placement|Portfolio|Professional project assessment|Written MCQ Examinations|Written long case report |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required |
Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes. |
Links | Booktopia textbook finder |
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