MMED8405 Professional Induction to Clinical Practice

Dr Cyle Sprick

2012

4.5

1 x 60-minute seminar weekly
1 x 40-hour workshop per semester
1 x 50-hour on-line exercises per semester

1 Admission into BCLSMD-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine
1a Admission into MD-Doctor of Medicine
1b Admission into MDC-Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine
1c Admission into MDJ-Doctor of Medicine
2 MMED8300 - Third Year Medicine Aggregate (36 units)
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a or 1b or 1c) and 2)

1 of MMED9451, MMED9455 has been successfully completed

Examination; Practical work, On-line Tests; Tutorial participation.

This topic provides a range of activities aimed at preparing students for the transition to internship. Learning and teaching activities focus on practical application of knowledge in the clinical setting. Subjects covered include generic skills, medical emergencies, and practical transition to medical practice.

Professional Induction to Clinical Practice will be a capstone topic providing students with work ready knowledge, skills and health professional behaviour as required for the junior doctor role.

On completion of this topic, students should be able to:

Understand the extent and nature of harm arising from the provision of health care within complex health care systems
Understand the nature of human error and the critical role that system design plays in improving patient safety
Knowledge of methods commonly used to assess risk in health care
Awareness of issues that should be considered when dealing with and managing patient complaints or adverse events
Increased knowledge of techniques that can be used to identify the underlying cause of an adverse event
Practical experience of on-call emergencies including in-hospital resuscitation
Experience with an online rehearsal of the clinical reasoning required for working through on emergency cases
Understand the ethical issues likely to be encountered in the junior doctor setting and how to approach these
Understand the role of functioning health care teams in patent safety and emergency care, and the factors that contribute to and disrupt team functioning
Awareness of the students own state of preparedness for the intern role and plans for further development.

Key dates and timetable

Timetable details for 2012 are no longer published.

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