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Foundation Medical Studies
Enrolment code: CAM100
Offered: Hbt: sem 2,
Unit description:
Provides a base for future study in the medical curriculum. The unit provides an
introduction to Evidence Based Medicine and students with their first exposure to clinical
medicine. The relationship of medical sciences to clinical practice is emphasised, helping
students develop an understanding of their important role in patient management. The
unit introduces students to concepts of clinical medicine, including communicating with
patients, problem solving, literature review, critical assessment and statistical methods.
Students will have an opportunity to develop their skills in teamwork and presentation.
It includes work towards the ‘Kids and Families’ program begun during semester 1.
Staff: Dr R Wood-Baker (Medicine), Coordinator Kids and Families Program,
(Coordinators); and members of the Disciplines of Medicine, Surgery, Paediatrics and
Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anatomy and Physiology and Psychiatry
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 12 hours weekly, lectures, case presentations, tutorials and family visits;
14 weeks
Prereq: admission to Medicine
Assess: 15-min examination and in-unit assessment.
Required: Clements A(ed), Infant and Family Health in Australia, ISBN 0443047707
Illingworth R, The Normal Child, ISBN 0443044554
Illingworth T, The Development of the Infant, ISBN 0443038406
Sackett DL, Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach, ISBN 0443062404
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Community Health and Medicine 1
Enrolment code: CAM105
Offered: Hbt: sem 1,
Special note: the unit is NOT restricted to students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Science.
The lecture component of this unit forms part of the first year Pharmacy unit CSA105.
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Unit description:
The lecture program examines the nature and effectiveness of the Australian health care
system. It goes on to introduce topics which will be of ongoing concern, including the role
of the social sciences in health, biomedical ethics, communication skills, and alcohol
studies. An overarching aim of the unit, pursued through lectures and assignments, is to
stimulate the development of literacy in the effective use of information technology and
the capacity for independent study. Medical students also complete two projects designed
to stimulate reflection on the importance of developing effective communication skills,
and are introduced to the ongoing Kids & Families study.
Staff: Mr S Lockwood (Coordinator), Dr C Newell
Unit weight: 12.5%
Teaching pattern: 2x1 hr lectures, 1-2 hrs prescribed reading, 2 hrs assignment preparation
weekly
Assess: 3 class tests (90%), 2 projects (10%)
Required: readings available on the Internet will be prescribed
Recommend: Australia’s Health.
Lovat TJ & Mitchell KR, Bioethics for Medical and Health Professionals, Social Science Press,
Wentworth Falls, NSW, 1991.
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B] [R3A] [R3K]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Community Health and Medicine 2
Enrolment code: CAM205
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Special note: the unit is NOT restricted to students enrolled in the Faculty of Health Science.
Unit description:
The teaching program is in three parts. The first part examines a range of psychosocial
problems in Australia, illustrating the interplay of social, medical, psychological, and
cultural determinants of morbidity and the complexities of interpreting psychosocial
information.
The second part introduces students to important concepts and techniques in biomedical
statistics, epidemiology, and critical appraisal.
The third part is primarily concerned with developing students’ communication skills, a
holistic approach to patient care, and an appreciation of the importance of behavioural
factors in relation to illness.
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In the practical program students are exposed to a range of complementary experiences,
including general practice and retail pharmacy. Students continue contact with families
encountered in First Year under the ‘Kids & Families’ program.
Staff: Mr S Lockwood (Coordinator)
Unit weight: 25%
Teaching pattern: 2–3x1-hr lectures, 1 hr prescribed reading, 2–3 hrs practical and written
assignments weekly
Assess: 2-hr assessment at commencement of sem 2 (30%), 2-hr end-of-yr exam (30%)l
biostatistics & epidemiology assessment (20%). projects and assignments (20%)
Required: readings accessible on the Internet will be prescribed
Majors: Social Ecology
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B] [R3A]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Introduction to Clinical Studies
Enrolment code: CAM300
Offered: Hbt: sem 1,
Unit description:
Introduces students to the techniques of history taking and physical examination. The unit
includes topics related to the ethical and operational activities of the hospital and student
interaction with patients. The unit includes teaching on the application of physiology to
clinical practice, an introduction to clinical pharmacology and diagnostic problem solving.
The aims are: to ensure students are competent in the techniques of history taking and
physical examination; to assist students in understanding the issues related to their
interaction with patients in the health care setting; to understand the role of medical
sciences in clinical practice. Students are introduced to medical terminology and topics
relevant to history taking and physical examination through a series of clinical
demonstrations, lectures and ward teaching. A series of lectures illustrate the use of
physiology in clinical practice and clinico-pathological sessions are used to demonstrate
the relationship between the pathological and clinical disciplines. There is an introduction
to pharmacology in the clinical setting and sessions exploring the relationship between the
medical profession and pharmaceutical industry. There are sessions on maintaining the
health of medical practitioners and the ‘Kids and Families’ program continues within the
unit.
Staff: Dr R Wood-Baker (Coordinator), members of the Disciplines of Medicine, Surgery,
Paediatrics and Child Health, Psychiatry and Pathology
Unit weight: 17.5%
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Teaching pattern: 7 hrs weekly: lectures (4 hrs), surgical practical sessions (2 hrs), clincial
sessions (1 hr), plus additional ward-based self-directed learning (up to 8 hrs)
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) tutor feedback during clinical teaching sessions; (summative:) 15-minute
clinical exam, graded satisfactory or unsatisfactory
Required: Talley N & O’Connor, Pocket Clinical Examination, ISBN 9813045051
S, Rang HP, Dale MM & Ritter JM, Pharmacology, ISBN 0443059748
Recommend: Hancox B & Whyte K, Pocket Guide to Lung Function Tests, McGraw-Hill,
Roseville, NSW ISBN 0074709798
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties
Enrolment code: CAM310
Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Consists of five components, Rural Health, Paediatrics and Child Health, Psychiatry,
General Practice and Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a combined weight of 10%.
Unit weight: 10%
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (a)
Rural Health
Enrolment code: CAM310
Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides students with a primary health care experience in a rural community. The rural
health attachment involves a two-week placement at a Rural Health Teaching Site.
Students work as a small group to carry out a community based health related mini
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research project. Students also have the opportunity to spend time with GPs, community
nurses and other health professionals.
Staff: Assoc Prof J Walker, Dr E Albert and on-site primary health care professionals
Teaching pattern: lcture series including epidemiology teaching and 2 weeks rural
attachment.
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: lecture series assignment (30%), critical assignment (30%), rural project group
report (30%), epidemiology test (10%)
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (b)
General Practice
Enrolment code: CAM310
Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Provides an introduction to general practice with an emphasis on developing consultation
and communication skills. A combination of sessions with Hobart GPs and classroom
based reflective and experiential learning will be used.
Staff: Prof P Mudge, Dr E Albert and participating GPs
Teaching pattern: 5 sessions involving placements in GP practices, classroom based small
group learning, and integrated seminars with other clinical specialties
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) during clinical attachment; (integrated summative:) at end of year 3/4
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (c)
Paediatrics and Child Health
Enrolment code: CAM310
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Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Aims to consolidate and refine the clinical skills of history taking, examination and
communication introduced in CAM300 Introduction to Clinical Studies. Students are
introduced to the specific requirements of a paediatric history and the skills required to
perform an examination of a child. Students are introduced to the family focused approach
to paediatrics, and encouraged to study the influence of family and community on child
health. This unit continues the ‘Kids & Families’ program, which provides an introduction
to normal growth and development, common childhood conditions, the prevention of
childhood disease and support for those with chronic illness or disability.
Staff: Prof A Carmichael, Dr AJ Larson (Coordinator tba)
Teaching pattern: lectures integrated seminars with other clinical specialties, clinical
attachment
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) during the clinical attachment, (integrated summative:) at the end of year
3 / 4.
Required: Lewis IC, Oates RK & Robinson MJ, Consulting with Children and/or
Gill D & O’Brien N, Paediatric Clinical Examination
These texts may be obtained on loan from the Discipline for the 2-week clinical attachment
Robinson HJ & Roberton DM, Practical Paediatrics
Lissauer T & Clayden G (eds), Illustrated textbook of paediatrics
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (d)
Psychiatry
Enrolment code: CAM310
Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Teaches students to recognise psychiatric phenomena and syndromes; alerting them to the
relevance of emotional processes to the practice of medicine; teaching the biological and
psychological foundations of psychiatry; enabling students to appreciate the extent of
psychiatric phenomena, both in the study of psychiatry and in other clinical disciplines.
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Staff: Prof K Kirkby, Dr CA Clifford, Dr B Daniels, LJ Gilroy, Clinical Prof S Pridmore, Dr P
Fernanado, Dr W Ashley, Dr M McArthur, Dr R Parton, Ms S Fernandez, Dr D Weidmann,
Dr L Woo, G Larsen, Dr M Crowley, Dr D Carter, Dr P Benjamin, Dr P Reid, Dr M Rybak
Teaching pattern: lectures, 2 integrated seminars with other clinical specialties, clinical
attachment
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) during the clinical attachment, (integrated summative:) at end of year 3/4
Required: Kaplan HI & Sadock BJ, Synopsis of Psychiatry-Behavioral Sciences Clinical
Psychiatry, ISBN 0683303309
Bloch S & Singh B, Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry, ISBN 0522849245
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, ISBN 9058231062
Tomb D, Case Studies in Psychiatry for the House Officer, ISBN 068083392
Weeding D, Behavior and Medicine, ISBN 0815191421
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (e)
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Enrolment code: CAM310
Offered: Hbt: sem 2
Unit description:
Introduces students to: gynaecological history taking, and examination; obstetric history
taking and examination; the physiological and pathological bases of common
gynaecological and obstetric problems; current controversies, including place of birth,
abortion, hysterectomy and sterilisation.
Staff: Dr M D’Mello, Dr B Mullins
Teaching pattern: 2 weeks half-time clinical attachment involving tutorial sessions, guided
clinical experience, clinicopathological and case discussions; out-patient and operating
theatre exposure
Prereq: 2nd year Medicine
Assess: marks awarded on attendance and responses at tutorials and clinical sessions as
documented in students log books. Written assignments may also be used
Required: Hacker NF & Moore JG, Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
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Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Neuroscience
Enrolment code: CAM320
Offered: Hbt: sem 1,
Unit description:
Enables students to understand the properties, structure, and function of the normal
nervous system, and how these relate to its clinical examination. From this, and learning
how to take a neurological history, students gain insight into how malfunction of the
nervous system can be diagnosed on the basis of knowledge of neuroanatomy and
physiology. Students also acquire knowledge of the anatomy of the head and neck,
including imaging and surface anatomy. Opportunities for understanding applied aspects
of basic neuroscience are provided by lectures on neurological disorders as well as
discussion of case studies.
Staff: Dr D Choi-Lundberg, Dr MI Chuah (Coordinators), and staff of the Discipline of
Medicine
Unit weight: 20%
Teaching pattern: 30 hours lectures, 40 hours practicals in clinical and neuroanatomy, 14
hours dissectional anatomy and self-directed learning opportunities in anatomy
Prereq: CHG210
Assess: (formative:) 6–7 quizzes with short answers, including questions related to a clinical
case, ‘walk around’ practical near the middle of the term; (summative:) 2-hr written exam
(65%), 1-hr ‘walk-around’ practical including OSCE (35%)
Required: Nolte J, The Human Brain, 5th edn, ISBN 0815189117
The atlases and textbooks used in the anatomy portions of CHG110 and CHG210 will be
used in this course:
An Atlas of Anatomy:
either Netter FH, Atlas of Human Anatomy, 2nd edn, ISBN 0914168819
or Rohen, JW, Yokochi C, Lutjen-Drecoll E, Color Atlas of Anatomy, 4th edn, ISBN
0683304925
or Abrahams PH, Hutchings RT & Marks Jr SC, McMinn’s Color Atlas of Human Anatomy,
4th edn, ISBN 0723427720
or Anderson JE, Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy, ISBN 0683302647
and the following texts:
Moore KL & AF Dalley, Clinically Oriented Anatomy, ISBN 0683061410
Weir J & Abrahams PH, Imaging Atlas of Human Anatomy, ISBN 0723422834 (or CD-ROM
v2.0 Win/Mac, ISBN 0723426317)
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Lisowski FP, A Guide to Dissection of the Human Body, ISBN 9810235690
Sadler TW, Langman’s Medical Embryology, ISBN 0683306502
Talley N & O’Connor, Pocket Clinical Examination, ISBN 9813045051
Medical Research Council, UK, Aids to the Examination of the Peripheral Nervous System,
ISBN 0702011657
Recommend: Lumley JSP, Surface Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Examination, ISBN
0443070458
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Advanced Study/Research/Additional Study
Enrolment code: CAM400/420/440
Offered: Hbt: sem 2, Ltn: sem 2, NWC: sem 2
Special note: Students enrol in CAM400 for Advanced Study, CAM420 for Research, CAM440
for Additional Study; each is weighted at 50%.
There are quotas on most advanced study programs, but students will normally be able to
enrol in their first choice. Students wishing to participate in one of the research programs
will first need to consult the specific project supervisor. Inquiries about this unit should be
directed to the program coordinator, Dr G Woods.
Unit description:
Semester 2 in Year 4 of the MBBS course is devoted to this unit whereby students may
select from a wide variety of advanced study or research programs offered by clinical and
preclinical disciplines. Individual programs may be of either 9 or 18 weeks duration, and
occupy 2.5 or 5 days per week. Students are required to select a combination of programs
totalling 5 days per week for 18 weeks. Details of program offerings will vary from year to
year and this information is available on line from the Faculty of Health Science home
page (WWW address http://www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/medschool/index.html). As an
alternative to advanced study or research, some students may be required to undertake
additional study.
Staff: staff within the School of Medicine
Unit weight: 50%
Courses: [M3J] [M4J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties
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Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt: sem 1,
Unit description:
Consists of five components, Rural Health, Paediatrics and Child Health, Psychiatry,
General Practice and Obstetrics and Gynaecology with a combined weight of 10%.
Unit weight: 10%
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (a)
Rural Health
Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Provides students with a primary health care experience in a rural community. The rural
health attachment involves a two-week placement at a Rural Health Teaching Site.
Students have the opportunity to spend time with GPs, community nurses and other
health professionals.
Staff: Assoc Prof J Walker, Dr E Albert and on-site primary health care professionals.
Teaching pattern: lectures, integrated seminars with other clinical specialties, 2 wks rural
attachment
Prereq: 3rd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) during the clinical attqachment; (integrated summative:) at end of year
3/4
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (b)
General Practice
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Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt: sem 1
Unit description:
Provides an introduction to general practice with an emphasis on developing consultation
and communication skills. A combination of sessions with Hobart GPs and classroom
based reflective and experiential learning will be used.
Staff: Prof P Mudge, Dr E Albert and participating GPs
Teaching pattern: 5 sessions involving placements in GP practices and classroom based
small group learning.
Prereq: 3rd year Medicine
Assess: there will be no summative assessment
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (c)
Paediatrics and Child Health
Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt:
Unit description:
Consolidatesand refines the clinical skills of history taking, examination and
communication introduced in Introduction to Clinical Studies. Students are introduced to
the specific requirements of a paediatric history and the skills required to perform an
examination of a child. Students are introduced to the family focused approach to
paediatrics, and encouraged to study the influence of family and community on child
health., This unit continues the ‘Kids & Families’ program, which provides an
introdudction to normal growth and development, common childhood conditions. The
prevention of childhood disease and support for those with chronic illness or disability.
Staff: Prof A Carmichael, Dr AJ Larson (Coordinator tba)
Teaching pattern: lectures, integrated seminars with other clinnical specialties, clinical
attachment
Prereq: 3rd year Medicine
Assess: (formative:) during the clinical attachment; (integrated summative:) at end of year 3/4
Required: Lewis IC, Oates RK, Robinson MJ, Consulting with Children, and/or
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Gill D & O’Brien N, Paediatric Clinical Examination
These texts may be obtained on loan from the Discipline for the 2-week clinical attachment
Robinson HJ & Roberton DM, Practical Paediatrics
Lissauer T & Clayden G (eds), Illustrated textbook of paediatrics
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (d)
Psychiatry
Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Teaches students to recognise psychiatric phenomena and syndromes; alerting them to the
relevance of emotional processes to the practice of medicine; teaching the biological and
psychological foundations of psychiatry; enabling students to appreciate the extent of
psychiatric phenomena, both in the study of psychiatry and in other clinical disciplines.
Staff: Prof K Kirkby, Dr CA Clifford, Dr B Daniels, LJ Gilroy, Clinical Prof S Pridmore, Dr P
Fernando, Dr W Ashley, Dr M McArthur, Dr R Parton, S Fernandez, Dr D Weidmann, Dr
L Woo, G Larsen, Dr M Crowley, Dr D Carter, Dr R Benjamin, Dr P Reid, Dr M Rybak
Teaching pattern: tutorial sessions, guided clinical experience, clinicopathological & case
discussions, and clinic and operating theatre exposure
Prereq: 3rd year Medicine
Assess: written exam
Required: Kaplan HI & Sadock BJ, Synopsis of Psychiatry-Behavioral Sciences Clinical
Psychiatry, ISBN 0683303309
Bloch S & Singh B, Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry, ISBN 0522849245
Pridmore S, The Psychiatric Interview, ISBN 9058231062
Tomb D, Case Studies in Psychiatry for the House Officer, ISBN 068083392
Weeding D, Behavior and Medicine, ISBN 0815191421
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Clinical Specialties (e)
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Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Enrolment code: CAM410
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2,
Unit description:
Introduces students to: gynaecological history taking, and examination; obstetric history
taking and examination; the physiological and pathological bases of common
gynaecological and obstetric problems; current controversies, including place of birth,
abortion, hysterectomy and sterilisation.
Staff: Dr M D’Mello, Dr B Mullins
Teaching pattern: 2 weeks half-time clinical attachment involving tutorial sessions, guided
clinical experience, clinicopathological and case discussions; out-patient and operating
theatre exposure.
Prereq: 3rd year Medicine
Assess: marks will be awarded on attendance and responses at tutorials and clinical
sessions as documented in students log books. Written assignments may also be used
Required: Hacker NF & Moore JG, Essentials of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Courses: [M3J] [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 5 – NWRH Clinical School
Enrolment code: CAM500
Offered: NWC: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
Provides a general understanding of Surgery, Medicine, Paediatrics, as well as Obstetrics
and Gynaecology in the context of a large regional hospital servicing rural and remote
areas of Tasmania. The unit also provides some introduction to General Practice and
sub-specialties in order to integrate the focus of study in fifth and sixth year medicine.
Students study the 4 specialties in a block rotation system spending three weeks per
rotation on one of the specialties during each semester, spending a total of six weeks
during the year on each of the main specialties. Concurrent with the rotations, two
tutorials in each specialty are scheduled each week. Tutorials cover a list of defined topics
and are designed to give an integrated approach to the study of medicine across the four
disciplines.
A distinct feature of the North-West Regional Hospital (NWRH) Clinical School is the
emphasis placed on rural health issues. Students accompany consultants on their visits to
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rural and remote hospitals and surgeries as part of their rotations. Emphasis is also placed
on the community context of medical practice with placements arranged for students with
allied health professionals in community settings. Students will also spend several
afternoons in local General Practice surgeries during the second semester.
Time is allocated to giving students exposure to the sub-specialties of orthopaedics,
ophthalmology, ear nose and throat surgery, urology and psychiatry. Students are
rostered to spend evenings in the Accident and Emergency Department as well as a longer
placement in the second semester. Time is also allocated to observing and working in the
Intensive Care Unit of the North West Regional Hospital.
The specific objectives for the fifth and sixth year of the MBBS are grouped according to
four domains:
1
Scientific basis of medicine: Students are expected have the scientific knowledge
required to understand the pathogenesis, investigation, diagnosis and management
of disease appropriate to this stage of the course including problem solving and
evidence based medicine skills.
2
Doctor and patient: At the end of the program students will have clinical skills in
history taking, examination, patient management, communication and diagnostic
procedures applicable to patients of all ages at an appropriate level for this stage of
the course.
3
Doctor, health and society: Students are expected to understand the population
aspects of disease and disease prevention, the significance of the social context of
disease and an understanding of community resources available to support patients.
4
Ethics, personal and professional development: Students are expected to gain the
ethical, personal and professional attitudes and skills required of a medical graduate
including commitment to the professionalism of medicine, recognition and
maintenance of appropriate role boundaries and a commitment to patient
confidentiality.
Staff: Dr P Lucas (Coordinator), Dr M Cherian (Director of Clinical Training), Teaching for
the 4 specialties by preceptors holding clinical academic titles with the School of Medicine,
consultants of the NWRH, and visiting registrars on rotation from Tasmanian and
mainland hospitals
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: much of the teaching and learning takes place in wards, clinics and
theatre. 8 hrs tutorials scheduled to cover theoretical and practical aspects of study in the 4
main disciplines of surgery, medicine, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology.
Students spend an afternoon each week on case based presentations to discuss aspects of
medical knowledge encountered in the hospital during the previous week. Case-based,
small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key common problems;
development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 4th-year Medicine
Assess: There are 3 assessment periods: (Formative) Following an introductory month, a
60-question Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) paper and four Objective Structured Clinical
Examinations (OSCEs) – to give students experience in OSCE format (not included in
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overall end-of-yr assessment). (Summative) 2 end-of-sem exams, consisting of a 120-MCQ
paper and 12-station OSCE program. The OSCEs are divided into two blocks of six
conducted over one day. Students maintain a log book. Students present two longitudinal
cases at the end of each sem – known as ‘Chronic Rural Cases’ to reflect the rural nature of
the cases students’ experience while based at the NWRH. Overall mark is determined as
follows: OSCEs (40%) (June assessment (30%), Nov (50%), MCQs (40%) (as above),
Supervisor Assessments (10%), Longitudinal Cases (10%) (2 Chronic Rural Cases worth
5% ea)
Recommend: reading lists to be provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 5 – LGH Clinical School
Enrolment code: CAM504
Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
First semester consists of an 18-week attachment to Medicine – includes therapeutics and
ophthalmology, the surgical specialties and psychiatry. The second semester consists of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Child Health and a combined General Practice/ Medicine
term. During these terms students spend some time in the Department of Emergency
Medicine on a rostered basis. The combined General Practice / Medicine term attempts
to integrate medicine in the community. Students are attached to a Medical Unit to enable
them to ascertain which patients are likely to be discharged to their homes, to a Nursing
home or to some other facility in the very near future. Students get to know the patient
and follow that patient out into the community. This involves close liaison with the
General Practitioners who are responsible for the care of the patient on discharge from the
Launceston General Hospital (LGH). Students arrange to visit the patients normally with
the General Practitioner but in some situations it may be possible for the student to follow
up the patient in their home or in their Nursing home at other times. The assessment of
this unit will be portfolio-based and it is hoped the student will gain appreciation of the
problems which are faced both in the hospital environment and also in the community
setting.
The specific objectives are as for CAM500.
Staff: Assoc Prof A Scott and staff of the LGH
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: case-based, small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key
common problems; development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 4th-year Medicine
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Assess: Formative assessment for each discipline carried out during attachment in that
block, global summative assessment carried out by each discipline at the end of each
block. Satisfactory completion of assessment is required before the student can progress
to Year 6. Students who receive more than one unsatisfactory result are subject to
academic remediation. Students are also required to complete two portfolios
demonstrating Personal and Professional development. End-of-year Summative
assessment is by written exam (40%) and clinical exam (OSCE) (60%)
Recommend: reading lists to be provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 5 - RHH Clinical School
Enrolment code: CAM505
Offered: Hbt: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2
Unit description:
The unit is integrated with the program of the final year of the course. The three 12 week
terms based in Hobart encompass the areas of Women and Children’s Health, Psychiatry
and General Practice, and Medical and Surgical Specialties. Overall objectives are
organised by the domains of the scientific basis of medicine, doctor health and society, the
doctor patient relationship, and ethics professional and personal development. Weekly
integrated teaching sessions cover key common problems expected to be managed by
interns. They are case-based and require self-directed learning approaches. Therapeutics
teaching includes the web-based resource of the National Prescribing Service educational
program and there is an emphasis on the rational use of investigative procedures.
Allocated mentors and small group teaching support students in their self-directed
learning and provide feedback in addition to that of rotation supervisors.
The specific objectives are as for CAM500.
Staff: Dr RI Young (Coordinator), teaching by academic members of the clinical
disciplines of the School of Medicine, consultants of the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) and
the School of Pharmacy.
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: case-based, small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key
common problems; development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 4th-year Medicine
Assess: (Formative) internal assessment of clinical skills in the form of case and tutorial
presentations to be included in the student’s portfolio and maintenance of a diary of
activities and accomplishments. A formative mid-year integrated MCQ and OSCE;
(summative) end-of-year assessment by integrated MCQ (40%) and clinical exam (OSCE)
(60%)
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Recommend: reading lists to be provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Integrated Examination
CPR and Well Woman Assessments
Enrolment code: CAM600
Offered: Hbt: sem 2,
Special note: This unit is taken after completion of the discipline-based semester 2 examinations
Unit description:
During the term allocated to the Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a ‘Well Woman
Check’ will be taught and assessed for competence; during the semester in which a
student studies Internal Medicine (CMM600), proficiency performing cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) will be assessed. Both of these must be found to be of acceptable
standard to allow the student to progress to the final examination (as follows.)
At the completion of the MBBS course, a multidisciplinary examination must be passed as
an exit examination prior to acceptance for graduation and registration by the Medical
Council of Tasmania. This Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is designed
to assess competence in a broad array of disciplines involved in the clinical years of the
undergraduate course, particularly in areas which can be encapsulated in a very brief,
targeted history-taking, by performance of an examination technique, by advice about an
aspect of management or by interpretation of the basic findings of an investigation. It is
aimed at assessing areas not otherwise covered in the discipline-based examinations of the
final year of the course.
Staff: Discipline year coordinators and other academic and clinical tutors
Unit weight: 0%
Teaching pattern: no specific teaching program for this unit
Prereq: Competence formally assessed in CPR and the Well Woman Check. Satisfactory
results in at least two disciplines in the Sixth Year Course, with the possibility of an award
of Faculty Pass or a supplementary examination in the remaining disciplines if the result
in this OSCE is satisfactory.
Assess: Observed structured clinical examination [OSCE] (100%)
Required: According to discipline reading lists
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
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Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 6 – LGH Clinical School
Enrolment code: CAM604
Offered: not offered in 2003
Unit description:
Primarily a pre-intern year. Students divide into 2 groups for a period of 18 weeks. One
semester consists of Medicine / Surgery pre-intern normally nine weeks in each area.
The second semester consists of the Maternal and Child Health pre-intern group, General
Practice attachment and Psychiatry / Medicine pre-intern group. Students are allocated
to a Unit as well as to a specific intern / resident and will have pagers and be immediately
available to deal with Ward problems as they arise. It should be possible to arrange for
the student to be the first person called by the nursing staff or by the A&E Department in
non-urgent situations. This will give students an appreciation of what is involved in
routine Ward work as well as routine patient care.
Students attend all relevant hospital meetings, and are issued with a logbook with the
various tasks they are expected to complete.
The specific objectives are as for CAM500.
Staff: Assoc Prof A Scott and staff of the Launceston General Hospital (LGH)
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: case-based, small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key
common problems; development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 5th-year Medicine
Assess: follows the hospital structure of intern assessment, which emphasises the areas of
importance in clinical practice. The student receives both a formative and a summative
assessment from each unit to which they are assigned. Assessment is of the student’s
knowledge, skills and attitude; students are required to have produced evidence of
satisfactory assessments from each of their clinical attachments, and to satisfactorily
demonstrate key competencies, which are considered essential for internship. Students
who fail more than one assessment point will be barred from progressing. Students will
also be required to complete two portfolios demonstrating Personal and Professional
development.
Recommend: reading lists to be provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 6 – RHH Clinical School
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Enrolment code: CAM605
Offered: not offered in 2003
Unit description:
Three 12-week terms based in Hobart encompass the areas of Emergency Medicine,
private specialist practice and General Practice, and pre-intern placements in general
medicine and surgery, women and children’s health and an individually selected term.
Overall objectives are organised by the domains of the scientific basis of medicine, doctor
health and society, the doctor patient relationship, and ethics professional and personal
development. Weekly integrated teaching sessions cover key common problems expected
to be managed by internsl they are case-based and require self-directed learning
approaches. There is an emphasis on the rational use of investigative procedures.
Allocated mentors and small group teaching support students in their self-directed
learning and provide feedback in addition to that of rotation supervisors.
The specific objectives are as for CAM500.
Staff: Dr RI Young (Coordinator), teaching by academic members of the clinical
disciplines of the School of Medicine, consultants of the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) and
the School of Pharmacy.
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: case-based, small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key
common problems; development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 5th-year Medicine
Assess: (Formative) internal assessment of clinical skills in the form of case and tutorial
presentations to be included in the student’s portfolio and maintenance of a log-book of
activities and accomplishments.
(summative) ungraded assessment of portfolio including log-book.
Recommend: reading lists to be provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
Medicine Year 6 – NWRH Clinical School
Enrolment code: CAM606
Offered: not offered in 2003
Unit description:
A continuation of CAM500, the introductory work in sub-specialties begun in fifth year
and extensive study and placement in General Practices in rural and remote areas, the unit
is a mixture of study at the North-West Regional Hospital (NWRH) in the sub-specialties
of Orthopaedics, Ear Nose and Throat, Urology, Anaesthetics, Ophthalmology, Accident
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and Emergency, Intensive Care and Psychiatry. The remainder of the time is spent in the
community through placements in General Practices. Owing to limitations on numbers,
students revolve in groups between hospital study and general practice placements.
Overall objectives are organised by the domains of the scientific basis of medicine, doctor
health and society, the doctor patient relationship, and ethics professional and personal
development. Weekly integrated teaching sessions cover key common problems expected
to be managed by interns, are case-based and require self-directed learning approaches.
There is an emphasis on the rational use of investigative procedures. Allocated mentors
and small group teaching support students in their self-directed learning and will provide
additional feedback to that of rotation supervisors
The specific objectives are as for CAM500.
Staff: Dr P Lucas (Coordinator), Dr M Cherian (Director of Clinical Training), Teaching for
the 4 specialties by preceptors holding clinical academic titles with the School of Medicine,
consultants of the NWRH, and visiting registrars on rotation from Tasmanian and
mainland hospitals
Unit weight: 100%
Teaching pattern: Case-based, small group teaching; presentation of topics relating to key
common problems; development of clinical skills; professional development skills
Prereq: 5th-year Medicine
Assess: (Formative) internal assessment of clinical skills in the form of case and tutorial
presentations to be included in the student’s portfolio and maintenance of a log-book of
activities and accomplishments. (Summative) ungraded assessment of portfolio including
log-book. OSCEs and MCQs to be set on completion of each sub-speciality. A
comprehensive assessment document to be completed after the end of General Practice
placements – to be completed by students in consultation with their General Practice
supervisor.
Required: reading lists provided at the beginning of each rotation
Courses: [M3B] [M4B]
Faculty website: <www.healthsci.utas.edu.au>
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