Principles of Clinical Practice 2 (MEDS90004)

As a Scientist and Scholar:

• Theme: Clinician scientist (Knowledge). Apply biomedical sciences knowledge to explain the underlying mechanisms for patient presentations and recommendations for basic management.
• Theme: Clinician scientist (Skills). Incorporate essential biomedical sciences knowledge in proposing a scientifically supported differential diagnosis, a rationale for the principle diagnosis and a basic management plan for common adult presentations.
• Theme: Clinician Researcher (Knowledge). Describe the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP) using knowledge of study designs and critical analysis and an understanding of research governance.
• Theme: Clinician Researcher (Skills). Apply the principles of critical analysis to evaluate the applicability of health-related research to clinical problems.

 As a Medical Practitioner:

• Theme: Partnership with patient (Knowledge). Appreciate and explain the importance of shared decision making with adult patients and their caregivers, being mindful of the patient's individual rights, circumstances and preferences.
• Theme: Partnership with patient (Skills). Establish relationships with adult patients and their caregivers, being mindful of the patient's individual rights, circumstances and preferences.
• Theme: Patient assessment (Knowledge). Formulate patient focussed assessments and appropriate initial investigations for adult patients, integrating knowledge of biomedical sciences and determinants of health.
• Theme: Patient assessment (Skills). Select and perform an appropriate patient focused assessment of an adult, demonstrating adaptations for differing physiological, psychosocial and cultural contexts.
• Theme: Clinical reasoning (Knowledge). Use clinical reasoning to synthesise assessment findings, population level data and patient context, to prioritise the differential diagnosis and inform a basic management plan for adult patients.
• Theme: Clinical reasoning (Skills). Synthesise information obtained from interview, examination and preliminary investigations to provide a coherent differential diagnosis and justification for basic management appropriate for the individual.
• Theme: Patient Management (Knowledge). Explain the key principles of basic management for common and serious conditions and presentations.
• Theme: Patient Management (Skills). Formulate a basic management plan based on patient assessment findings, ensuring patient safety.

As a Health Advocate:

• Theme: Determinants of health (Knowledge). Differentiate the global, societal and systemic factors that contribute to health promotion and education within adult patient populations to address health inequities and improve health status.
• Theme: Determinants of health (Skills). Discuss how to advocate for better health outcomes with individual patients, or patient groups, by application of the principles of equity and diversity within their health experiences.
• Theme: First Nations health (Knowledge). Examine the impact of health service access and delivery models on the health and well-being of First Nations peoples with recognition of historical and ongoing influences, including government policies.
• Theme: First Nations health (Skills ). Demonstrate the ability to provide culturally safe care with adult First Nations patients and families through developing reflexivity, self-awareness, and person-centred communication skills, as well as utilising First Nations health models in tandem with relevant clinical models.
• Theme: Healthcare systems (Knowledge). Examine the structures within placement settings that contribute to improvement in quality and safety of adult patient care, using knowledge of the Australian healthcare system, social and environmental accountability, and the judicious use of resources.
• Theme: Healthcare systems (Skills). Demonstrate a structured approach to improving key elements of patient safety by engaging in quality improvement activities within the hospital setting.

As a Professional and Leader:

• Theme: Professional practitioner (Knowledge). Analyse the core ethical, legal and moral principles for professional practice in clinical scenarios and experiences, including factors such as personal behaviours, interactions with others, systems and practices that impact on outcomes.
• Theme: Professional practitioner (Skills). Consistently display professional behaviour encompassing reliability; appropriate interactions with others; willingness to accept and respond to feedback; and personal behaviours in line with relevant codes of conduct and scope of practice.
• Theme: Collaborative practitioner (Knowledge). Explain how collaborative practices in placement settings enable unique contributions of all health care team members to improve health outcomes of patients. Appraise collaborative practices within healthcare teams, learning groups and the contributions of all team members including themselves.
• Theme: Collaborative practitioner (Skills). Appraise collaborative practices within healthcare teams, learning groups and the contributions of all team members including themselves.
• Theme: Reflective practitioner (Knowledge). Explain the skills and attitudes required for self-regulated learning in medicine in a clinical setting.
• Theme: Reflective practitioner (Skills). Demonstrate the skills and attitudes of a self-regulated learner, being aware of one's own capabilities and limitations in a clinical setting.