MED4100 Specialty clinical practices

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

1. 1

   Demonstrate ethical, professional and personal responsibility and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.

2. 2

   Apply the knowledge, skills and conduct necessary for safe, compassionate, and patient-centred health care.

3. 3

   Acknowledge own social determinants of health and access to health care and suggest ways to promote culturally responsive practice in primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.

4. 4

   Source, interpret and critically review medical and scientific literature pertinent to health care.

5. 5

   Relate key concepts in population health, epidemiology and measurement of health and disease in populations to health care practices observed in clinical settings.

6. 6

   Explain key concepts in health system management and the judicious, sustainable use of health care resources.

7. 7

   Elicit accurate histories and perform relevant physical examinations, and interpret findings to formulate differential diagnosis.

8. 8

   Select investigations relevant to clinical findings, pathology of the disease and practicality, interpret the results, and develop management plans.