MMED8201 Doctor and Patient 2

2016

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.

Note: Students are required to complete a 4 day Nursing Attachment as part of their clinical skills topics throughout Years 1 and 2 of the MD. The Nursing Attachment can be completed anytime during the topics MMED8101, MMED8102, MMED8201 or MMED8202, however the assessment forms part of the MMED8202 topic and must be completed satisfactorily prior to the completion of said topic.

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

On completion of this topic, students will be expected to be able to:

1. Demonstrate the ability to readily establish rapport with patients and to interact appropriately and sensitively during history and examination.

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

3. Demonstrate the ability to take a complete history from the patient (using Calgary- Cambridge method) and a focussed history for each body system.

4. Demonstrate the ability to perform a comprehensive physical examination for the body systems, including a combined CVS/Resp examination.

5. Demonstrate the ability to present the symptoms and signs in a verbal and written format, including the integration of the history and physical examination findings to provide a brief concluding summary and a problem list.

6. Demonstrate a basic understanding of the knowledge related to clinical skills and be able to apply this knowledge in the clinical reasoning process.

7. Demonstrate the ability to take a psychiatric history and be able to write up the history and mental state examination clearly, succinctly and accurately.

8. Demonstrate understanding of psychobehavioural skills and concepts through the development and implementation and reporting of a behavioural management plan.