MED4100 Specialty clinical practices
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MED4100 Specialty clinical practices is a level 4, 24-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Full year at Clayton and Malaysia. It needs MED3100 and MED3200 and unlocks 2 units.
- Credit points
- 24
- Offered in 2025
- Full year
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 15 tasks
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MED4100
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After MED4100
2 units list MED4100 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: M6011, M6018, M6019
Overview
Specialty Clinical Practices provides clinical teaching in Children's Health, General Practice, Psychiatry and Women's Health. You will undertake clinical placements in at least 2 specialty areas across the semester. Learning activities, tailored to the specific placement, may include lectures, tutorials, case-based learning, bedside tutorials, practical skills sessions, and specialty teaching clinics and directed learning activities. You are expected to attend clinical settings, undertake independent learning activities and consolidate knowledge and skills from previous learning. EBCP and Health Economics components will be integrated with placement activities.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Full year extended | Clayton | Immersive |
| Full year extended | Malaysia | On campus |
Assessment
- Clinical Learning Engagement Activity Recognition (CLEAR) - Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
- Children’s Health Observed Clinical Encounter (OCE) Neonate - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- Children’s health case report (1,000 words) - Pass/FailWrittenCompetency hurdle-
- Children’s Health - Contemporary Issues in Health oral presentation (10 minutes) - Pass/FailPresentationCompetency hurdle-
- Children’s health clinical clerkship tasks (logbook) - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- General Practice – Observed clinical encounter – (Clinical reasoning) - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- General Practice – Observed clinical encounter – Prescribing (300 words) - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- General Practice written assignment – Referral letter (400 words) - Pass/FailWrittenCompetency hurdle-
- General Practice professional behaviours appraisal form - Pass/failWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
- Psychiatry written assignments (x2) (4,500 words) - Pass/FailWrittenCompetency hurdle-
- Medical law - Pass/FailDemonstrationCompetency hurdle-
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Logbook - Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology Professional Behaviour Appraisal Form - Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
- Evidence based clinical practice (4 x 20 mins quizzes) - Pass/FailQuiz / TestCompetency hurdle-
- Medical law - Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate ethical, professional and personal responsibility and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.
- 2
Apply the knowledge, skills and conduct necessary for safe, compassionate, and patient-centred health care.
- 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
Source, interpret and critically review medical and scientific literature pertinent to health care.
- 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
Explain key concepts in health system management and the judicious, sustainable use of health care resources.
- 7
Elicit accurate histories and perform relevant physical examinations, and interpret findings to formulate differential diagnosis.
- 8
Select investigations relevant to clinical findings, pathology of the disease and practicality, interpret the results, and develop management plans.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials-
- Workshops-
- Lectures-
- Applied sessions-
- Assessments-
- Teaching approachWork-integrated learning
This is a 24 credit point unit over 2 x18 week semesters in continuous rotations through clinical attachments.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Julia Harrison
- Associate Professor Ngim Chin Fang
- Dr Helmy Cook
- Unit Coordinators
- Vanassa Ratnasingam
- Associate Professor Anthony White
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MED4100?
You need MED3100 and MED3200 before you enrol; and MED4200 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.
What can I take after MED4100?
MED4100 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 2 units, including MED4200 and MED5101.
When is MED4100 offered?
In 2025, MED4100 runs in Full year at Clayton and Malaysia.
Does MED4100 have an exam?
No. MED4100 has 15 assessment tasks and no exam.