Student Conference 3 (MEDS90022)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)

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The Student Conference is a one-week intensive subject that brings together students across all Doctor of Medicine (MD) years and sites for a student led and driven conference. The aim of the Student Conference is to allow students to learn from each other, experts in various fields and other health professionals in topic areas suited to a conference format. In third year students will attend, actively participate in the conference program and provide peer review, as well as having the opportunity to teach, present and be actively involved in conference organisation. 

Intended learning outcomes

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

As a Scientist and Scholar:

  • Critique how conference learning informs the integration of the roles of scientist and scholar to improve the delivery of care to specific patient population.

As a Medical Practitioner:

  • Select and demonstrate extension of a clinical skill for a self-identified learning gap.

As a Health Advocate:

  • Illustrate how they could act as a health advocate for a specific patient population/s.

As a Professional and Leader:

  • Articulate how conference learnings can be integrated into their role as a professional and leader.

Generic skills

  • The ability to extract information from expert presentations and to take notes to enable them to write a report on those presentations.
  • The ability to participate in groups discussions and workshops.
  • An understanding of academic conferences and their role in the dissemination of knowledge.
  • The ability to communicate their learnings from conference to their peer in a group format.

Last updated: 4 March 2025