MEDIC ST 2502 - Medical Studies 2B
North Terrace Campus - Semester 2 - 2024
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code MEDIC ST 2502 Course Medical Studies 2B Coordinating Unit Medical Studies Term Semester 2 Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 12 Contact Up to 19 hours contact per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange N Prerequisites MEDIC ST 2501 Restrictions Available only to Bachelor of Medical Studies students Assessment Tests, competency assessments, assignments Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Dr Dimitrios Cakouros
MEDIC ST 2502 Course Coordinators:
Christian Mingorance & Dimitrios Cakouros
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
1. Describe key features of normal anatomy and histology of the endocrine, digestive and urinary systems.
2. Explain physiological processes driving the normal function of endocrine, digestive and urinary systems.
3. Describe the pathophysiology and pathology of conditions affecting the endocrine, digestive and urinary systems.
4. Apply knowledge of normal and abnormal structure and function of endocrine, digestive and urinary systems to construct mechanistic and diagnostic hypotheses.
5. Describe and explain rationale for current and emerging pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment and management strategies for identified medical conditions involving endocrine, digestive and urinary systems.
6. Demonstrate information sharing skills, including correct amount and type of information and describe strategies to approach communication at challenging stages of care.
7. Conduct medical interviews with simulated patients, including psychosocial history, with some adaptation to the structure of the history according to patient responses.
8. Undertake physical examination of designated body systems, detecting obvious signs in simulated patients while ensuring patient comfort; explain the pathophysiology of signs.
9. Develop a basic problem list; justify common investigations in relation to the pathological basis of disease.
10. Present written and oral case summaries of clinical scenarios ensuring logical sequence, inclusion of relevant data, and correct
use of medical terminology.
11. Describe the concept of health equity and reflect on and discuss the role of the health system and the individual medical practitioner.
12. Apply the principles of population-based health promotion and illness prevention to specified situations.
13. Identify and demonstrate effective communication protocols in healthcare contexts with Indigenous peoples.
14. Reflect on and apply medical, ethical and legal principles and frameworks to analyse, synthesise and resolve ethical dilemmas.
15. Apply and integrate relevant knowledge and skills from previous courses within the Bachelor of Medical Studies with knowledge obtained within the Medical Studies 2B course.最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attributes
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:
最新糖心Vlog Graduate Attribute Course Learning Outcome(s) Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth
Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.
1 - 15 Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving
Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.
4 - 15 Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills
Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.
5 - 10 Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness
Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.
5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 14 Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency
Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.
5, 11, 12, 13 Attribute 6: 最新糖心Vlogn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural competency
Graduates have an understanding of, and respect for, 最新糖心Vlogn Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values, culture and knowledge.
6, 7, 11, 13 Attribute 7: Digital capabilities
Graduates are well prepared for living, learning and working in a digital society.
1 - 14 Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence
Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
All students should factor in the cost of their own e-device (e.g. laptop or tablet). Required learning resources and readings will be provided on-line via the Learning Management System (MyUni). There are no prescribed textbooks, but students will need to access various online resources (including the 最新糖心Vlogn Medicines Handbook, Therapeutic guidelines and Up-to-date). Students may need to access other software or online resources via the 最新糖心Vlog library (e.g. EndNote).Recommended Resources
Recommended textbooks and peer-reviewed articles will be communicated by course educators via the Learning Management System (MyUni). Students are encouraged to choose their resources that take their learning style into account. Materials such as online videos, presentations and documents will be provided via MyUni. Students may be required to submit written assignments via a Turnitin digital submission portal which can be accessed through MyUni.Online Learning
MyUni will be used as a digital platform to:
• host online teaching activities, resources including supporting documents, videos and external web links.
• communicate course and program related announcements to students.
• promote student discussion and communication via Discussion Boards.
• enable students to access and submit formative and summative assessments.
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
Lectures
Key mechanisms, concepts and issues relating to the four domains of medicine (science & scholarship, clinical practice, health & society and professionalism & leadership) will be explained and discussed via a series of online video resources and in-person presentations.
Research seminars
Medical research seminars will feature invited world-class research scientists who will speak about their cutting-edge research relevant to the course themes. These sessions will provide opportunity for students to learn more about the process of medical research and how new knowledge is translated into clinical practice.
Practicals
Multi-disciplinary interactive practical classes will provide students with opportunity to explore the structure, function and pathologies of the endocrine, digestive and urinary systems.
Scenario-based learning (SBL)
Scenarios will relate to common and important medical conditions, population and community health issues, and professionalism issues relevant to the course themes. New scenarios will be introduced at the start of each week and explored in detail by small student
groups across two scenario-based learning workshops per week. These sessions are designed to develop skills in hypothesis formulation, hypothesis testing and clinical reasoning in addition to consolidating and applying knowledge across the various domains of medicine.
Medical Practice workshops
These workshops integrate teaching across clinical practice and professionalism and leadership domains and are designed for students to practice and gain competency in clinical examination techniques and concurrently apply professionalism and leadership skills. This
structure models the importance of integrated medical practice in a clinical environment.
Professionalism and Leadership workshops
Students will have opportunity to apply knowledge of ethical and medico-legal issues to resolve ethical, medico-legal and professional dilemmas. Strategies and skills for stress management; self-care and professional capabilities for life as a medical practitioner will be explored. Students will continue to develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes to interprofessional practice.
Health and Society workshops
In these workshops students will apply their knowledge of health inequities and principles of health promotion and prevention to specified health conditions and the role of the health system and medical practitioners in these areas.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
Students will work individually and collaboratively in small groups (typically 4 - 8 students) within tutorials, workshops and
Scenario-based Learning sessions. Group discussions may be facilitated by tutors and demonstrators depending on the nature of each session.
Students are reminded that the overall workload for a full time student as stated in the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Calendar is an average of 48 hours per week per teaching period (i.e. semester). This includes contact and non-contact hours and includes general study and research time for assignments. Medical Studies 2B is a 12 unit course and thus represents the full time load. You should therefore be putting
in an average of 48 hours of study each week (including contact hours) for this course.
Each week you are expected to:
- Attend learning & teaching activities
- Read relevant lecture material, ensuring that you understand the information, and taking additional notes as necessary
- Revise other relevant content to aid your understanding
- Prepare for assessments
- Utilise the resources provided to you through the MS2B and BMS Program MyUni Course
Learning Activities Summary
Lectures and debates (both online and face-to-face)
Research seminars (face-to-face)
Practicals (face-to-face)
Scenario-Based Learning sessions (face-to-face)
Medical Practice workshops (face-to-face)
Professionalism & Leadership workshops (face-to-face)
Health & Society workshops (face-to-face)Specific Course Requirements
Students are expected to:
- Interact and correspond with their peers and academic staff appropriately
- Familiarise themselves with the Professionalism & Leadership Policy Document which will be available within the MS2B MyUni course
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Assessment
The 最新糖心Vlog's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Weighting Hurdle Requirement Learning Outcome Fortnightly Quizzes Formative N/A
No 1 - 4, 9, 11,12, 14 Mid-semester test Summative * Yes* 1 - 4, 9, 11,12, 14, 15 End of semester test Summative * Yes* 1 - 4, 9, 11,12, 14, 15 Clinical competencies Formative and Summative NGP Yes 6 - 10, 13 Hand hygiene audit Summative NGP Yes 8 Case summary Summative NGP Yes 6, 10, 11, 14 Professional Behaviour Formative and Summative NGP Yes 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 Cross domain integrated assignment Summative NGP Yes 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15 Assessment Related Requirements
The following minimum requirements are necessary for progression from the Medical Studies 2B course to Medical Studies 3:
All Domains: It is a hurdle requirement for students to attain an overall combined passing score for the mid-semester and end-of-semester tests, with the mid-semester test having a weighting of 30% and the end-of-semester test a weighting of 70% towards this score. The passing score will be determined after applying an appropriate standard-setting method (e.g. Cohen’s standard setting method). Students who fail to achieve this score may be offered an additional assessment, in keeping with the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy.
Science and Scholarship Domain: To satisfactorily pass students must also achieve acceptable performance (borderline score or greater) in the S & S component of the Cross Domain Assignment.
Health and Society Domain: To satisfactorily pass students must also achieve acceptable performance (borderline score or greater) in the H & S component of the Cross Domain Assignment.
Clinical Practice: To satisfactorily pass students must also achieve acceptable performance (borderline score or greater) in the CP component of the Cross Domain Assignment. Acceptable performance in summative Clinical Competencies, the Hand Hygiene Audit and the Case Summary are also required.
Professionalism and Leadership: In addition to the above requirements, to satisfactorily pass this domain of the course students must achieve acceptable performance (borderline score or greater) in the P & L components of the Cross Domain Assignment and the Case Summary. Students are also obligated to attend core structured learning activities* (min 80%), actively contribute to small group teaching sessions and submit assignments on time. There is to be no substantiated record of unprofessional behaviour.
*Core structured learning activities for this course rely on group discussion and/or practical participation and include:
Scenario-based learning sessions, all workshops (Medical Practice, H&S, P&L) and practicals.
All details are outlined in the Policy Document “Assessment of the Professionalism & Leadership Domain” which students are expected to be familiar with.Assessment Detail
Assessment will be conducted under the GS8 Grade Scheme in recognition of the integrated, domain-led nature of the medical program curriculum. In addition, the program uses the philosophy of “Assessment for Learning”, where the learner is guided by assessment, and
assessment feedback is used to shape and determine the learner’s progress.
The integrated nature of the curriculum, with four Domains: Science and Scholarship; Clinical Practice; Health and Society, and Professionalism and Leadership, means that the successful learner must achieve a minimum standard of performance in each domain, and deficiencies in an individual domain cannot be compensated by performance in another.
Fortnightly quizzes: Each fortnight, students will undertake a quiz that tests and consolidates the knowledge of that fortnight’s learning. Questions can be drawn from across the domains, with approximate weight related to the content taught during the fortnight.
Mid-semester test: At mid-semester, students will undertake a summative test. Material from across the curriculum to that
point in time will be assessed, via Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Data Analysis Question formats. It is a hurdle requirement for students to attain an overall combined passing score for the mid-semester and end-of-semester tests, with the mid-semester test having a weighting of 30% and the end-of-semester test a weighting of 70% towards this score. The passing score will be determined after applying an appropriate standard-setting method (e.g. Cohen’s standard setting method). Students who fail to achieve this score may be offered an additional assessment, in keeping with the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy.
End-of-semester test: At the end of semester, students will undertake a summative test. Material from across the entire curriculum
will be assessed, via Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Data Analysis Question formats. It is a hurdle requirement for students to attain an overall combined passing score for the mid-semester and end-of-semester tests, with the mid-semester test having a weighting of 30% and the end-of-semester test a weighting of 70% towards this score. The passing score will be determined after applying an appropriate standard-setting method (e.g. Cohen’s standard setting method). Students who fail to achieve this score may be offered an additional assessment, in keeping with the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy.
Cross domain assignment: For this task, students will explore a contemporary medical issue and will be assessed on their ability to analyse and summarise using appropriate high-quality evidence the basis for current therapeutic and management strategies together with the relevant ethical, cultural, economic and broader societal issues surrounding the topic.
Case summary: Students will produce a written summary of a history they have taken from a simulated patient during a Medical Practice Workshop. Students will be assessed on their ability to present relevant information clearly and concisely, follow a logical sequence using appropriate medical terminology. Students will demonstrate appropriate clinical reasoning and a patient-centred approach by formulating an assessment and appropriate next steps.
Clinical competency assessments: Students will be assessed on their competency and professionalism in history taking, information sharing, performance of physical examinations, selection and interpretation of appropriate investigations, and clinical reasoning in simulated clinical encounters.
Hand hygiene audit: Students will be audited on their hand hygiene practices throughout their simulated clinical encounters in Medical Practice Workshops. Students will be required to demonstrate appropriate hand hygiene as per the 5 Moments for Hand Hygiene during their simulated clinical encounters.
Professional behaviour: Students will be required to demonstrate appropriate professional behaviour, as evidenced by timely submission of assignments, satisfactory active attendance at small group teaching sessions, and no unresolved behaviours of concern. Satisfactory performance is required for progression.
Submission
Unless otherwise indicated, coursework should be submitted electronically via MyUni. Any students experiencing technical difficulties
should contact the course coordinators at the earliest opportunity. The deadline for submission will be strictly enforced according to the digital time displayed by the MyUni portal. Coursework submitted to any location other than those specified will not be accepted. This includes submissions to staff email addresses. Submission dates may be extended only under exceptional circumstances as per the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment (MACA) policy.Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
GS8 (Coursework Grade Scheme) Grade Description CN Continuing FNS Fail No Submission NFE No Formal Examination F Fail NGP Non Graded Pass P Pass C Credit D Distinction HD High Distinction RP Result Pending 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 .
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Student Feedback
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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 最新糖心Vlog 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.
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Student Support
- Academic Integrity for Students
- Academic Support with Maths
- Academic Support with writing and study skills
- Careers Services
- Library Services for Students
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- Student Life Counselling Support - Personal counselling for issues affecting study
- Students with a Disability - Alternative academic arrangements
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Policies & Guidelines
This section contains links to relevant assessment-related policies and guidelines - all university policies.
- Academic Credit Arrangements Policy
- Academic Integrity Policy
- Academic Progress by Coursework Students Policy
- Assessment for Coursework Programs Policy
- Copyright Compliance Policy
- Coursework Academic Programs Policy
- Intellectual Property Policy
- IT Acceptable Use and Security Policy
- Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy
- Reasonable Adjustments to Learning, Teaching & Assessment for Students with a Disability Policy
- Student Experience of Learning and Teaching Policy
- Student Grievance Resolution Process
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