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Student Conference 1 (MEDS90003)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Overview
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The Student Conference is a one week intensive subject that brings students together across all 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 first year students will attend and actively participate in the conference program.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
As a Scientist and Scholar:
- Describe how a chose relevant student conference learning enhances current understanding of medical practice and/or medical research.
As a Medical Practitioner:
- Demonstrate consolidation of clinical skills in their student conference engagement.
As a Health Advocate:
- Draw on their learnings at student conference to reflect on their role as a health advocate.
As a Professional and Leader:
- Describe how learnings from student conference illustrate the role of a doctor as professional and leader.
Generic skills
By the end of this subject students should have developed the following 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 group discussions and workshops
- An understanding of academic conferences and their role in the dissemination of knowledge
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
Non-allowed subjects
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Attendance Hurdle requirement: 100% attendance for four days of conference period. | N/A | |
Professional Behaviour Hurdle requirement: Must maintain a satisfactory standard in professional behaviour, as demonstrated by observed Professional Behaviour Assessment. | N/A | |
Student Conference ePortfolio: A student curated compilation that responds to prescribed tasks addressing three categories: Conference reflection, research evaluation and academic participation
| During the assessment period | N/A |
Oral Group Presentation
| During the assessment period | N/A |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- June
Principal coordinator Justin Bilszta Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 25 hrs Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 24 June 2024 to 28 June 2024 Last self-enrol date 23 June 2024 Census date 19 July 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 August 2024 Assessment period ends 27 September 2024
Time commitment details
85 hrs
What do these dates mean
Visit this webpage to find out about these key dates, including how they impact on:
- 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
No prescribed texts. An online volume of proceedings will be available at the end of the conference.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Doctor of Medicine
Last updated: 31 January 2024