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MDMP7512: Specialty Clinical 2
2025 unit information
Students undertake Specialty Blocks in Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), Child and Adolescent Health(CAH), Perinatal and Women's Health (PWH), and Critical Care (Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine). Students participate in a variety of clinical activities in hospital wards, outpatient clinics and community-based clinics. During the middle of year 3, students will be working on their MD Research projects. The MD Research project is a scholarly investigation into a topic relevant to health or medicine, leading to a formal report submitted for summative assessment. Students will undertake an approved, supervised, individual research project comprising of a series of milestone assessment tasks and culminating in the submission of a written report in the form of a scientific report that will be examined and graded.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Central Clinical School |
| Credit points | 24 |
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Prerequisites:
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MDMP5511 and MDMP5512 and MDMP6511 and MDMP6512 |
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Corequisites:
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MDMP7511 |
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None |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. MD Project - Formulate a research question, hypothesis, or issue for investigation
- LO2. MD Project - Appraise the ethical issues pertaining to the project
- LO3. MD Project - Identify, obtain, and integrate existing knowledge relevant to the research question or hypothesis
- LO4. MD Project - Organise and conduct a research project
- LO5. MD Project - Collect and analyse data and logically present the findings
- LO6. MD Project - Prepare a scientific report that draws appropriate conclusions from the findings, recognises the strengths and limitations of the design and methods of the project and considers the findings in light of current knowledge in the area
- LO7. Understand the therapeutic nature of the patient-doctor relationship and the impact on that relationship of the individual characteristics of both patient and doctor in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO8. Perform important clinical procedures in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO9. Elicit and interpret clinical symptoms and signs by interviewing and examining patients systematically and with sensitivity, and use this information to guide further investigations and the inital management in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO10. Perform important clinical procedures in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO11. Demonstrate ethical behaviour in meeting the needs of patients and families - concern for confidentiality and respect for individual autonomy, enabling patients and their families to make informed decisions in relation to their medical care in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO12. Demonstrate understanding of the structure and function of most body systems (e.g., musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, respiratory) in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO13. Apply an understanding of normal and abnormal human structure, function and behaviour to the diagnosis, management, and prevention of health problems in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO14. Use the best available evidence on outcomes to prevent or cure disease, relieve symptoms, or minimise disability and analyse clinical data and published work to determine their validity and generality in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
- LO15. Participate in the generation, interpretation, application, and dissemination of significant advances in medical knowledge whilst recognising the limits of scientific knowledge and understanding in the context of Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), and Critical Care (CC).
Unit availability
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Dubbo | |
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Dubbo |
Outline unavailable
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Semester 2 2025
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Outline unavailable
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