MEDIC ST 6015AHO - Medicine Internship & Year 6 Teaching Series Pt 1

Teaching Hospitals - Semester 1 - 2017

Students undertake a 6 week placement in a major teaching hospital. Year 6 Teaching Series focuses on practical knowledge needed by interns.

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Course Details

Course Code	MEDIC ST 6015AHO
Course	Medicine Internship & Year 6 Teaching Series Pt 1
Coordinating Unit	Medical Studies
Term	Semester 1
Level	Undergraduate
Location/s	Teaching Hospitals
Contact	6 week placement
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	N
Prerequisites	MEDIC ST 5000
Restrictions	Available to MBBS students only
Assessment	To be advised at the start of the year

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Josephine Thomas

Year 6 MBBS Convenor
Prof Cherrie Galletly
Year 6 Transition to internship teaching series convenor (includes core skills program)
Dr Jo Thomas
Clinical Attachments are overseen by the Clinical placements team
cpteam@adelaide.edu.au
There is a clinical supervisor for each attachment:
1. Medical internship
2. Surgical internship
3. Emergency and Intensive care internship

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Course Learning Outcomes

1. On completion of Year 6 Medicine Internship and Teaching Series, students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the: Immediate assessment and management of acute and common presentations of illness (Including emergency management)

How and when to obtain assistance with managing patients
Ordering of investigations
Practice of prescribing
Management of Patients and their families at end of life
Impact of intern working hours
Supervision and teaching of others

2. Students will demonstrate competency, as expected of a Year 6 student, in the following areas of clinical skills and reasoning:

Practising all procedures on the Essential Procedures Checklist
Managing the requirements of a dynamic clinical context e.g. assessing patients, organising and documenting clinical information, communicating with patients, relatives and other staff
Managing short calls

3. Students will demonstrate the following professional attributes:

Confidence to cope with competing demands of internship
The ability to work as part of the ward team, with a defined role and clear (but limited) responsibility
Development of management strategies required for maintaining their own health and well-being during long shifts and runs of consecutive days on duty

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1b,c. 2a,b,c.
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1b,c. 2a,b,c.
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	1a,d. 2b,c. 3a,b,c.
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1b,c. 2b,c. 3a,b,c.
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	1a,d. 2b,c. 3b.
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	1a,d,e,f. 2b,c. 3a,b,c.

Learning Resources
Required Resources

There is a range of learning resources on MyUni for this course.

Recommended Resources

Australian Medicines Handbook- available online
Therapeutic Guidelines (eTG)
British Association of Dermatology: Handbook for medical students & junior doctors- available as pdf on MyUni

Online Learning
This includes:
- prereading and online lectures for teaching sessions
- instructions to access online modules from the National Prescribing Curriculum
- Access to Austarlain Medicines Handbook
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

The Clincial attachments provide workplace - based learning with oppportunity to attend clinical and educational meetings provided by the clinical unit. The year 6 teaching series has a mixture of online learning; interactive leactures; and small group activities (including simulation).

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

Students are expected to attend clinical attachments for the same hours as an intern on the unit, they are released one full day per week (wednesday) to attend formal teaching program (Transition to internship teaching series)

Learning Activities Summary

No information currently available.

Small Group Discovery Experience

The predominant learning method for the MBBS Program is small group discovery learning.
Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
1. Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
2. Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
3. Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
4. Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Successful completion of the course requires >95% attendance at clinical attachments, Year 6 Teaching Series and the feedback sessions of the compulsory NPS Prescribing modules.

There is a summative assessement in multiple domains of the three six-week Student Internships (clinical attachments in Medicine, Surgery and Emergency Medicine) which closely mirror intern workplace-based assessments.

Students are also required to satisfactorily complete:
- Online components of the transition to intership teaching series, inlcluding: 11x specified NPC online prescribing modules, Cultural competency reflective journal, Safety and quality assignment.
- Transition to Internship Essential Competencies checklist. Competencies must be signed off by an appropriately senior person and proof of completion uploaded into the Mahara e-portfolio 6 weeks before the end of Year 6.
Assessment Detail

No information currently available.

Submission

No information currently available.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

NOG (No Grade Associated)

Grade Description

CN Continuing

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.
Student Feedback

The University places a high priority on approaches to learning and teaching that enhance the student experience. Feedback is sought from students in a variety of ways including on-going engagement with staff, the use of online discussion boards and the use of Student Experience of Learning and Teaching (SELT) surveys as well as GOS surveys and Program reviews.

SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.

The MBBS Program has a regular program of evaluation. In addition, student representatives are appointed to MBBS committees and are encouraged to report on issues of importance to students.
Student Support
The MBBS Program website has details on Student well-being resources which can be accessed.

Students may access the University Health Practice: 61+ 08 83135050 http://www.adelaide.edu.au/student/health/
Policies & Guidelines
This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.
Please read the MBBS Program Code of Conduct
Fraud Awareness

Students are reminded that in order to maintain the academic integrity of all programs and courses, the university has a zero-tolerance approach to students offering money or significant value goods or services to any staff member who is involved in their teaching or assessment. Students offering lecturers or tutors or professional staff anything more than a small token of appreciation is totally unacceptable, in any circumstances. Staff members are obliged to report all such incidents to their supervisor/manager, who will refer them for action under the university's student’s disciplinary procedures.

NOG (No Grade Associated)
Grade	Description
CN	Continuing

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