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
- Have experience of managing common conditions in specialist, community or ambulatory settings.
- Have practice in settings other than in teaching hospital wards.
- Be active learners, self-directed learners and have a fostering of evidence based medicine.
- Understand the scientific basis of diagnosis and management in the relevant discipline, i.e. integration with relevant basic sciences.
- Understand the health care systems, including urban and rural locations.
- Have exposure to changes in the health system.
- Have exposure to the use of cost effective investigation and management.
- Have opportunities to be involved in laboratory medicine and imaging.
- Have opportunities to work with a range of health care providers.
- Experience using information technology as part of their work.