MED4100 Specialty clinical practices

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Comply with the code of conduct for Monash medical students

2. 2

   Use key ethical and legal principles to discuss issues pertinent to patient care and clinical contexts.

3. 3

   Use appropriate environments and strategies for sensitive and effective communication and interaction with others in clinical environments (patients and carers, peers and health care professionals)

4. 4

   Interact appropriately and work collaboratively with others in clinical settings.

5. 5

   Identify, develop and use strategies to meet academic, professional and personal challenges and needs

6. 6

   Identify and critique programs, interventions and community resources for disease prevention and health promotion appropriate for patients and the community.

7. 7

   Discuss key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease in populations

8. 8

   Describe the impact of public health policy and the essential roles of systems on the delivery of health care to the individual across a range of contexts

9. 9

   Source, interpret and use information from medical research literature and clinical practice guidelines according to discipline guidelines/practices

10. 10

    Explain the structure and function of the human body at cellular, organ, and system levels.

11. 11

    Apply the knowledge and concepts of basic biological, psychological and social science to common and important clinical conditions

12. 12

    Relate presenting complaints and clinical signs to common and important illnesses, conditions and disorders

13. 13

    Explain the pathological processes and causes underlying clinical signs and symptoms for specified illnesses and conditions.

14. 14

    Select appropriate pharmacological approaches to the management of specified conditions and diseases

15. 15

    Elicit and record an accurate clinical history appropriate for the patient and the clinical context

16. 16

    Perform and accurately record an appropriate physical and mental health examination

17. 17

    Develop a differential diagnosis (list) and justify the most likely options relevant for the patient

18. 18

    Competently perform specified clinical procedures

19. 19

    Justify the selection of investigations for a patient presenting problems or conditions

20. 20

    Develop and justify management plans for common problems and conditions and for a patient whose illness remains undifferentiated

21. 21

    Effectively communicate medical information to patients