Course overview
A Selective is a Specialist/Community or Ambulatory Placement. Each Selective is 4 weeks in duration. Students must do a Selective in Medicine, Primary Care, Psychiatry and Surgery. Students must take at least one rural-based Selective (with the exemption of International students who are not required to do a rural placement). Note 1: Students that have already fulfilled their 4 weeks rural total (Commonwealth requirement before graduation) may wish to apply for a rural Selective exemption. Selective selection is from a pre-determined list of available Selectives. Individual "once-off/self-created" Selectives may be negotiated (interstate/overseas) for student's Medicine, Surgery, Primary Care OR Psychiatry Selective. Only ONE self-created Selective may be created in Year 6. The self-created Selective must be approved by the relevant Discipline before it can be accepted. Note 2: Some students may be required to complete a directed elective in place of their Medicine or Surgery Selective, based on decisions made at the Year 5 Board of Examiners.
Course learning outcomes
- On completion of Year 6 Medicine Selective, students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: · the scientific basis of diagnosis and management in the relevant discipline, i.e. integration with relevant basic sciences · health care systems, including in urban and rural locations · changes in the health care system · the use of cost effective investigation and management · the practice of rural medicine
- Students will demonstrate competency, as expected of a Year 6 student, in the following areas of clinical skills and reasoning: · managing common conditions in specialist, community or ambulatory settings · practicing in settings other than in teaching hospital wards · involvement in laboratory medicine and imaging · using information technology as part of their work
- Students will demonstrate the following professional attributes: · working as part of the team of health care providers · the ability to be an active and self-directed learner · applying evidence from the medical and scientific literature
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus West
Class number 29776
Section 01CW
Size 210
Available 177
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