Population Medicine 1
GDMP1013
Upon completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the factors which influence the health of the population and the respective roles of the promotion of health, the prevention of illness and the treatment of disease. They will also understanding of the legal, social, economic, historical and political context of medical practice where relevant to the provision of high quality medical care and to medical research. Furthermore, the students will have the ability to identify and analyse health issues of concern to the community and to contribute constructively and rationally to the debate on these issues; and a rational approach to resolving the tension between the medical practitioner's responsibility for individual patients and his or her responsibility for the health care needs of the whole community.
Unit of study details
Unit of study level: Junior
Credit points: 3
Commencing semesters: 1
Further unit of study information
Unit of study handbook: GDMP1013
Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships
Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates
Available for study abroad and exchange: No