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MD Discovery 2: Application (MEDS90040)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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This subject provides a range of Discovery choices for students entering their second year of medical studies.
Whereas the previous subject “MD Discovery 1: Foundation” was intended to lay a basic grounding in the area of interest, “MD Discovery 2: Application” gives students the opportunity to discover new areas of learning and apply them to the clinical practice environment in which they are now immersed.
Where available, students may choose to build on a foundation of knowledge established in the subject “MD Discovery 1: Foundation” in the first year of their Doctor of Medicine course, or they can choose to explore completely different topics of interest.
Each of the learning options available within this subject meets the educational standards required of the rest of the medical degree and is designed to enhance the student’s personal and professional growth. Students are encouraged to choose options that broaden and deepen their learning. The Learning Advisors will ensure that any option or combination will meet the subject learning outcomes and the required level of assessment.
This subject, “MD Discovery 2: Application” is usually taken in the second year of the Melbourne MD and is intended to give students further insights into an area about which they are passionate and that may be built on in subsequent years if desired. Or, it can provide a stand-alone learning experience.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
As a Scientist and Scholar:
- Appraise the key concepts and knowledge bases underpinning their topics.
As a Medical Practitioner:
- Apply these concepts to the medical practitioner's role including patient assessment, clinical reasoning and partnership with patients.
As a Health Advocate:
- Relate how their chosen topics enhance their role as a health advocate.
As a Professional and Leader:
- Demonstrate how their chosen topics inform their professional practice .
Generic skills
Students completing MD Discovery subjects will display skills in:
- Choosing educational pathways that best prepare them for professional practice
- Analysing the content of a wide variety of educational options and integrating it to their professional development
- Managing their time and clinical responsibilities in order to meet the requirements of these subjects
- Understanding health as broader concept beyond the individual clinical interaction, including, community, national and global aspects.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
Please see the Doctor of Medicine (MD) core participation requirements.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Oral presentation or equivalent (15 minutes by an individual or equivalent for a group)
| First half of the teaching period | N/A |
Written assignment/s and / or oral/performance equivalent (max 2500 words equivalent)
| Second half of the teaching period | N/A |
ePortfolio reflective piece
| End of the teaching period | N/A |
Professional behaviour Hurdle requirement: Students must maintain a satisfactory standard in professional behaviour, as demonstrated by observed Professional Behaviour Assessment. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Attendance Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance at any synchronous or face to face teaching sessions, clinical placements and supervisor meetings or similar. | Throughout the teaching period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Year Long
Principal coordinator Cate Scarff Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 27 February 2023 to 22 October 2023 Last self-enrol date 10 March 2023 Census date 31 May 2023 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2023 Assessment period ends 17 November 2023
What do these dates mean
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- Your tuition fees, academic transcript and statements.
- And for Commonwealth Supported students, your:
- Student Learning Entitlement. This applies to all students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP).
Subjects withdrawn after the census date (including up to the ‘last day to withdraw without fail’) count toward the Student Learning Entitlement.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024