MD Discovery 3: Integration (MEDS90041)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Overview
| Availability | Summer Term March April Winter Term August |
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This subject is the third in a series of four MD Discovery subjects embedded within the Doctor of Medicine course. Students will engage in a total of 87.5 credit points of discovery-based learning in areas of interest across their course. Discovery learning allows medical students to engage in flexible, personalised and increasingly complex situational learning as they progress, providing opportunities to reflect on the professional practice of medicine in a variety of contexts and settings.
In the final two years of Discovery students will choose to extend their knowledge and skills in one of two pathways based on their learning needs and interests: the clinical scholar or research scholar pathway.
In Discovery 3: Integration students will select the clinical scholar pathway in line with their interest in clinical leadership, integrated clinical scholarship and health advocacy. The Clinician Scholar pathway leads students towards an integrated clinical placement in Discovery 4: Clinical Scholar, with a more clinically engaged scholarly output. The level of scholarship demonstrated through core coursework and Discovery will meet all training requirements to begin a career as a medical clinician-researcher.
The topics in Discovery 3 Integration give students a choice of options to gain deeper insights into an area about which they are passionate and possibly pursue this in the following year. Alternatively, the subjects can provide a stand-alone learning experience within the course.
Students may choose to build on learning they gained in the subjects Discovery 1: Foundation and/or Discovery 2: Application’ or they can choose to explore a completely different topic of interest. Each of the learning options available within this subject is designed to enhance the student’s personal and professional growth. The subject will be delivered as a four-week intensive and employs blended delivery and integrated experiential learning experiences.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Integrate learnings from their topic to extend their knowledge and understanding of clinical scholarship
- Integrate learnings from their topic with core learnings to the medical practitioner's role in their partnership with patient, patient assessment, clinical reasoning and management
- Appraise how their topic enhances their role as a health advocate
- Demonstrate how appropriate learning from their topic is integrated into their professional practice and leadership
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
- Understanding health as broader concept beyond the individual clinical interaction, including, community, national and global aspects.
- Managing their time and clinical responsibilities in order to meet the requirements of these subjects
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
| Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDS90004 | Principles of Clinical Practice 2 | Year Long (Extended) (On Campus - Parkville) |
81.25 |
| MEDS90040 | MD Discovery 2: Application |
March (On Campus - Parkville)
May (On Campus - Parkville)
July (On Campus - Parkville)
June (On Campus - Parkville)
|
12.5 |
Discovery 2 Faculty selective
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Course advice about Discovery subject selection will be based on students’ past experiences and knowledge.
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Assessment
| Description | Timing | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Oral presentation / clinically based assessment / skills assessment (or similar) or combination
| During the teaching period | N/A |
Report/s and/or equivalent
| Second half of the teaching period | N/A |
ePortfolio reflective piece
| During the assessment period | N/A |
Professional Behaviour Hurdle requirement: Satisfactory standard in professional behaviour, as demonstrated by attendance at learning activities, clinical placements and observed Professional Behaviour Assessment. | Throughout the semester | N/A |
Additional details
Assessment tasks will be dispersed throughout the 4 week delivery of the subject (providing opportunity for feedback early in the subject and demonstration of learning later on). The exact timing of each individual assessment will be pedagogically based for each individual topic.
The level of performance required to pass each hurdle is determined by a rigorous standard setting procedure
Last updated: 4 March 2025
Dates & times
- Summer Term
Principal coordinator Cate Scarff Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This availability relates to Discovery Term 1 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 February 2025 to 7 March 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 February 2025 Census date 21 February 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 February 2025 Assessment period ends 14 March 2025 Summer Term contact information
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- March
Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This availability relates to Discovery Term 2 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 10 March 2025 to 4 April 2025 Last self-enrol date 14 March 2025 Census date 21 March 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 28 March 2025 Assessment period ends 11 April 2025 - April
Principal coordinator Cate Scarff Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This availiabilty relates to Discovery Term 3 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 28 April 2025 to 23 May 2025 Last self-enrol date 2 May 2025 Census date 9 May 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 May 2025 Assessment period ends 30 May 2025 April contact information
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- Winter Term
Principal coordinator Cate Scarff Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This availability relates to Discovery Term 4 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 30 June 2025 to 25 July 2025 Last self-enrol date 4 July 2025 Census date 11 July 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 18 July 2025 Assessment period ends 1 August 2025 Winter Term contact information
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- August
Principal coordinator Cate Scarff Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours This availability relates to Discovery Term 5 Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 11 August 2025 to 5 September 2025 Last self-enrol date 15 August 2025 Census date 22 August 2025 Last date to withdraw without fail 29 August 2025 Assessment period ends 12 September 2025 August contact information
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Last updated: 4 March 2025
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Last updated: 4 March 2025