MMED8201 Doctor and Patient 2

2012

4.5

14 x 3-hour tutorials per semester
5 x 50-minute practicals per semester
5 x 1-hour clinical placements per semester
1 x 4-hour independent study weekly
1 x 50-minute on-line exercises weekly

1 Admission into BMBSG-Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Graduate Entry)
1a Admission into BCLSBMBS-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
1b Admission into BMBS-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
1c Admission into BCLSMD-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine
1d Admission into MD-Doctor of Medicine
1e Admission into MDC-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine
1f Admission into MDJ-Doctor of Medicine
2 MMED8100 - First Year Medicine Aggregate (36 Units)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c or 1d or 1e or 1f) and 2)

Assignment(s); Fieldwork; Placement; Project; Tutorial participation and presentation; Oral: Practical work

Students participate in programmed sessions dealing with communication and patient interaction skills, clinical procedures, history taking and physical examination in medical practice. The following knowledge, skills and procedures are reinforced and developed: clinical interviewing, communication skills, history taking, physical examination, intimate examinations, verbal and written presentation skills, clinical procedures, first aid, resuscitation, basic and intermediate emergency care, ethical and legal concerns related to clinical skills; personal development, student-patient, student-hospital, student-doctor and student-allied health professional relationships; the effects of gender, class and ethnicity on communication and the development of professional relationships.

This topic aims to provide development and consolidation of clinical skills.

Students are expected to develop competence in:

• Communication skills

• Patient interaction

• Clinical history taking

• Physical examination

• Patient presentation skills (written and verbal)

• Basic/Intermediate Life support

• Clinical procedures

• Psychiatry clinical skills

• Psycho-behavioural clinical skills

By the end of the topic, the students should be competent to:

• Demonstrate acceptable standards of professional behaviour with patients, staff and students

• Communicate effectively

• Take a history in systems covered

• Take a psychiatric history

• Understand and use Psycho-behavioural clinical skills in a patient encounter

• Write up patient histories in a clear and logical fashion

• Perform physical examination in systems covered

• Show sensitivity towards patients during physical examination

• Perform intimate examinations appropriately

• Write up patient clinical assessment in a clear and logical manner

• Demonstrate an understanding of the process of clinical reasoning

• Formulate a problem list for the patient

• Demonstrate Resuscitation and Basic Life Support Skills