Principles of Clinical Practice 3 (MEDS90020)

As a Scientist and Scholar:

• Theme: Clinician scientist (Knowledge) . Apply biomedical sciences knowledge to explain underlying mechanisms of patient presentations and rationale for management across the age spectrum.  
• Theme: Clinician scientist (Skills). Incorporate essential biomedical sciences knowledge in proposing a scientifically supported differential diagnosis with rationale for the principal diagnosis, management and response to care across the age spectrum.  
• Theme: Clinician Researcher (Knowledge). Integrate knowledge of study design, data analysis, research governance and current clinical practice to identify, interpret and appraise scientific and scholarly evidence  
• Theme: Clinician Researcher (Skills). Analyse and apply a variety of resources to determine the effectiveness, efficiency and appropriateness of current health care practices in patients across the age spectrum 

As a Medical Practitioner:

• Theme: Partnership with patient (Knowledge). Appraise the elements required to establish effective relationships with patients and their families and carers, that encompasses shared decision making and tailoring management to their individual preferences and circumstances.  
• Theme: Partnership with patient (Skills). Demonstrate skilful interactions with patients and their families and carers, to ensure shared decision making and tailoring management to their individual preferences and circumstances in all health contexts.   
• Theme: Patient assessment (Knowledge). Tailor frameworks for patient focussed assessment, including investigations, in all health contexts and across the age spectrum, integrating knowledge of biomedical sciences, patient focused care and determinants of health.  
• Theme: Patient assessment (Skills). Assess patients, across all ages, appropriately and accurately, demonstrating adaptations for differing physiological, psychosocial, cultural and care contexts.
• Theme: Clinical reasoning (Knowledge). Use clinical reasoning to synthesise clinical assessment findings, population level data and patient context to formulate the differential diagnoses and inform the management plan for patients across the age spectrum.   
• Theme: Clinical reasoning (Skills) Synthesise information obtained from clinical assessment findings, collateral information and investigations to provide a coherent differential diagnosis and a rationale for management appropriate for the individual.  
• Theme: Patient Management (Knowledge). Explain the key principles of management for common and serious presentations across the age spectrum including acute and chronic illnesses and incorporating preventative care.  
• Theme: Patient Management (Skills). Implement basic and initial tailored management plans based on patient assessment findings in all healthcare contexts with consideration of collaborative care and ensuring patient safety.  

As a Health Advocate:

• Theme: Determinants of health (Knowledge). Appraise the diverse global, societal and systemic factors that contribute to health status and health inequities, and informs health promotion and education, within all patient populations.
• Theme: Determinants of health (Skills). Advocate for better health outcomes with individual patients and families in all patient groups, by application of the principles of equity and diversity within their health experiences with an emphasis on continuity of care. 
• Theme: First Nations health (Knowledge). Appraise both community-controlled health organisations and mainstream health services recognising the important role of cultural strengths contributing to health advancement for First Nations' peoples and appraising the influence of biases, judgements, stereotypes, racism and white privilege on First Nations health rights and their healthcare experiences'.   
• Theme: First Nations health (Skills). Perform culturally safe and appropriate clinical assessments with all First Nations' patients and families, and contribute collaboratively to initial management, utilising health models and approaches in tandem with appropriate clinical models, in order to support First Nations health advancement.   
• Theme: Healthcare systems (Knowledge). Evaluate the complexity of coordination and continuity of care within placement settings that contribute to a culture of safety and improvement in the Australian health care system   
• Theme: Healthcare systems (Skills). Demonstrate a structured approach to improving key elements of patient safety by contributing to quality improvement activities within hospital, speciality health, residential care and community settings.   

As a Professional and Leader:

• Theme: Professional practitioner (Knowledge). Explain the core ethical, legal and moral principles for professional practice to teaching and learning activities, clinical and interprofessional experiences, and appraise factors such as personal behaviours, interactions with others, systems and practices that impact on outcomes for self, patients and colleagues .
• 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). Appraise the function and purpose of collaborative teams, identifying team members' unique roles in contributing to better patient outcomes in all health care contexts.  
• Theme: Collaborative practitioner (Skills). Participate effectively and respectfully in collaborative healthcare and learning teams to contribute to better patient outcomes whilst sharing their learning with their peers and colleagues from all professions and disciplines. 
• Theme: Reflective practitioner (Knowledge). Articulate the principles and values of reflection for clinical practice and professional development through feedback, awareness of one's limitations and the development responsive learning plans .
• Theme: Reflective practitioner (Skills). Actively reflect on their practice and seek out formal and informal feedback in order to recognise limits and generate learning plans to continually improve knowledge, skills and attitudes.