Medicine Year 4A unit (CAM741)

Introduction

This unit, along with Unit 4B, is an integrated Clinical Placement year. Students are placed in a range of clinical placements. Student learning outcomes are organised to deliver the Australian Medical Council (AMC) medical graduate outcomes. Additionally, during this Unit and continuing in Units 4B, 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: Clinical Practice (the medical graduate as practitioner); Professionalism and Leadership (the medical graduate as a professional and leader); Health and Society (the medical graduate as a health advocate); and Science and Scholarship (the medical graduate as scientist and scholar). On successful completion of Unit 4A students receive an AO (Assessment Ongoing) result. The final result for this unit is granted on completion of Unit 4B. 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 Health 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 4A
Unit code	CAM741
Credit points	50
College/School	Health School of Medicine
Discipline	Medicine
Coordinator	Doctor Bradley Williams
Delivered By	University of Tasmania
Level	Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

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.
• Apply public health research evidence to advocate for the health of socially and culturally diverse populations and Indigenous peoples.
• Practise 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

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CAM305

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

CAM418

Teaching

Teaching Pattern	Clinical Placement - 32-38 hours/week for 12 weeks Face-to-face group learning week and MD project work - 32-38 hours/week for 7 weeks
Assessment	Professional Portfolio
Timetable	View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required	Required readings and other resources will be provided through MyLO.
Recommended	You can access the reading list for this unit from the link in MyLO or by going directly to the reading lists page on the University Library website.

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