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MBHT5005: Evidence and Ethics in Metabolic Health
2025 unit information
This capstone unit of study will develop the ethical and critical thinking and decision-making needed to inform and develop best clinical practice. You will learn about key ethical concepts and methods of ethical analysis relevant to health care practice and research. You will then consider how to apply the practical knowledge and skills learned throughout the Metabolic Health degree to an individual patient. You will be guided through the process of formulating a clinical question in an area of practice relevant to your work, searching the literature, and critically appraising the evidence base. Application of the evidence to individual patient care will be explored, with consideration of ethical concepts, clinical factors and individual patient preferences, through a shared decision-making model.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Metabolic Health |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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CEPI5100 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study from any of (MBHT5001 or MBHT5002 or MBHT5003 or MBHT5004 or NURS5012 or PMED5102 or GLOH5136) |
| 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. Explain and compare the features of predominant ethical theories relevant to evidence based health care practice and research
- LO2. Describe and critically evaluate ethical principles and concepts such as autonomy, capacity, vulnerability, best interests and consent and their role in health care practice and research
- LO3. Apply these ethical concepts to relevant contemporary issues or challenges in health care practice and research
- LO4. Formulate a clinical question so that it fits into one of the four main areas (diagnosis, prognosis, intervention, harm) and can be answered by finding and using the best evidence
- LO5. Select sources of EBM material appropriate for a given question
- LO6. Retrieve appropriate evidence through optimal querying of selected sources
- LO7. Critically appraise retrieved evidence for validity, importance and applicability including how the limitations of retrieved evidence modifies its applicability to patient care
- LO8. Apply the factors involved in clinical decision making as they relate to an individual patient.
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| Session | MoA ? | Location | Outline ? |
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Semester 2 2025
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Online | Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney |
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