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DENT5220: Internal and General Medicine Level 1B
2025 unit information
This unit follows on from Internal and General Medicine 1A. Students will continue to build upon their foundational knowledge of systemic disease and its impact on the orofacial region. Students continue to rotations through various medical and dental specialty clinics at Westmead Hospital including Head and Neck Radiation Oncology, Haematology (with emphasis on the care of patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplants), Dermatology, Immunology, Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, Respiratory Medicine; and Orofacial Pain. Students also attend weekly Medical Grand Rounds Students will gain further understanding and experience in pharmacological management of these conditions.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Discipline of Oral Surgery, Medicine and Diagnostics |
| Credit points | 3 |
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Prerequisites:
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DENT5200 and DENT5119 and PAIN5023 and DENT5120 and DENT6000 |
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Corequisites:
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DENT5218 and DENT5219 and DENT6010 |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate a good understanding of disease conditions in medical specialty clinics, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine
- LO2. demonstrate a good understanding of the application of principles of pharmacology, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine
- LO3. demonstrate a good understanding of the spectrum of internal medicine including the aetiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, prevention and epidemiology of systemic disease, at the level expected of a first year trainee in oral medicine.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Westmead, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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