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Principles of Clinical Practice 1 (MEDS90032)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 50Dual-Delivery (Parkville)
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Semester 2 (Extended)
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In Principles of Clinical Practice 1, students will build on the knowledge and skills gained in MEDS90031 Foundations for Clinical Practice, further exploring the structure and function of all major body systems. Core content covered will include bioscience knowledge and clinical communication and examination skills, as well as a focus on early professional identity formation. Learning will continue to be in the context of focussed clinical cases, using an integrated approach to understand the structure and function of the major body systems, including how these contribute to patient health and well-being. Students are expected to attend and participate in a variety of learning activities, including lectures, tutorials, practical classes and clinical placements. Mentoring to achieve early clinical competence from expert tutors from the biosciences and from the clinical professions is a feature of learning in this subject. Clinical skills will continue to be taught in small groups with simulated patients, peers and on clinical placement with a focus on clinical communication, medical interviewing, physical examination and clinical reasoning skills. Throughout the subject the three streams of biomedical knowledge, clinical skills and professional identity will be integrated. Further threaded throughout each stream will be First Nations health, populations health and patient advocacy.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, building upon the knowledge and skills gained in the subject, Principles of Clinical Practice 1, students should be able to:
As a scientist & scholar:
- Theme: Clinician Scientist (Skill) Incorporate knowledge into the explanation of biomedical processes and mechanisms underpinning the clinical features and course of common and important medical conditions and the potential for health maintenance, including disease prevention, and for disease management
- Theme: Clinician Scientist (Knowledge) Use biomedical sciences knowledge to describe normal human structure, function and development across the lifespan, and the principles of the body's response to challenge
- Theme: Clinician Researcher (Skill) Examine the suitability of a variety of resources to determine the effectiveness, efficiency and appropriateness of current health care practices
- Theme: Clinician Researcher (Knowledge) Identify the key principles of generating new knowledge and for practising evidence-based medicine, including research question formulation, study design, ethical compliance, literature searching and the critical interpretation of research findings
As a practitioner:
- Theme: Patient Assessment (Knowledge) Describe a framework for patient assessment and the underlying biomedical knowledge and principles of patient focused care
- Theme: Patient Assessment (Skill) Perform an accurate patient focused assessment using an organised framework for history and examination
- Theme: Clinical Reasoning (Knowledge) Integrate biomedical sciences knowledge and determinants of health with patient assessment findings, to derive a list of probable diagnoses
- Theme: Clinical Reasoning (Skill) Synthesise biomedical sciences knowledge with information obtained from patient assessment to construct a well-reasoned list of differential diagnoses
- Theme: Partnership with Patient (Knowledge) Explain the importance of developing partnerships with patients and the impact this has on health promotion, healthcare delivery, patient experience and outcomes, well-being and safety
- Theme: Partnership with Patient (Skill) Demonstrate person-centred care, encompassing communication, health promotion and maintenance with consideration to patient safety
As a health advocate:
- Theme: Determinants of health (Skill) Demonstrate an understanding of each person's unique experience, the determinants of health (systemic, social, individual, ecological, biophysiological) and their impact on health and health behaviours in individuals, communities and populations
- Theme: Determinants of health (Knowledge) Outline the diverse systemic, social and individual factors that contribute to health status and health inequities
- Theme: First Nations Health (Knowledge) Recognise and appreciate the resilience of First Nations peoples in advancing their own health and well-being, both now and in future generations
- Theme: First Nations Health (Skill) Demonstrate competence and confidence in utilising appropriate First Nation's health models with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander patients, families and communities and identify the role of these models in the health advancement of First Nation's peoples
- Theme: Health Care System (Knowledge) Characterise the organisational structure, funding, and function of the Australian Healthcare system and recognise the advantages and disadvantages that this system offers to individuals, communities and populations
- Theme: Health Care System (Skill) Identify key health provision structures within the health system and how they are funded
A professional & leader:
- Theme: Professional Practice (Knowledge) Describe the core ethical, legal and moral principles required in professional practice, and discuss the personal behaviours, interactions with others and self-care and improvement contributing to professional practice, identity and well-being.
- Theme: Professional Practice (Skill) Display professional behaviour encompassing reliability, respectful and honest communication and interactions with others, willingness to accept and respond to feedback, and personal behaviours, such as confidentiality, honesty, integrity, self-care, respecting privileges, codes of conduct and scopes of practice
- Theme: Collaborative Practice (Skill) Demonstrate effective teamwork skills by collaboration as a members of learning groups
- Theme: Collaborative Practice (Knowledge) Develop knowledge of the members of the healthcare team and their roles, and the importance of collaborative practises, that includes effective teamwork, quality communication and interprofessional practice
- Theme: Reflective Practice (Knowledge) Articulate the principles and value of reflective practice for performance improvement and identify that opportunities for assessment and feedback come in a variety of forms and from different sources, including self, emphasising the active role of the learner
- Theme: Reflective Practice (Skill) Participate in formal and informal opportunities for assessment of knowledge and skills, and engage in regular, constructive feedback processes about performance with the intention of promoting learning and ongoing improvement
Application
- Utilise understanding of the bioscience principles underpinning health and disease to enable effective communication and consultation with the patient, their family and care-givers and other health professionals
- Behave professionally as a student and representative of the Melbourne Medical School, including being honest, empathic and reliable, maintaining transparent and respectful interactions with others, proactively seeking and constructively responding to feedback, and personal behaviours, such as confidentiality, honesty, integrity, appearance, respecting privileges and codes of conduct
- Behave professionally in a culturally proficient way, including demonstrating cultural safety and responsiveness and upholding ethical principles in their clinical encounters
- Advocate for the advancement of the health and well-being of Australia's First Nation's peoples
- Display self-regulation and respond to adversity, change and personal health challenges (emotional, physical and psychological) in a proactive manner
- Work effectively and respectfully in group settings with fellow health professional students and staff
- Maintain safety of self and others in all interactions as a student of the Melbourne Medical School, recognising and working within the scope of practice for a first-year medical student
- Demonstrate commitment to problem solving, engaging with assessment feedback and to lifelong learning, reflecting the flexible and adaptive skills required to provide health care to future generations
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- The ability to understand the relationship of basic scientific knowledge to health and disease
- The capacity to integrate biomedical science knowledge across disciplines, and with clinical information
- The ability to work together in a team, including in small group settings, to understand a problem and communicate solutions
- The capacity to communicate using clear, non-technical language
- The ability to adapt to and learn within a workplace setting
- An understanding of the diversity of the Australian community
- The capacity to self-regulate learning and respond constructively to feedback
- The capacity to respond to adversity and to manage personal health in a proactive manner
Last updated: 3 November 2022