MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MED5102 Contemporary developments in clinical practice: Patient safety is a 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2020 in Full year at Clayton and Malaysia. It has no prerequisites and unlocks 1 unit.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Full year
- Clayton, Malaysia
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2022 entry.
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Requisites
Before MED5102
Corequisites
Pass these before, or take them in the same semester.
After MED5102
1 unit list MED5102 as a prerequisite or corequisite.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: 2012 pre-reqs: MED4071, MED4082 and MED4000 2014 pre-reqs: MED4171, MED4182, MED4200 and MED4000 or GMC4151, GMC4162, GMC4200 and GMC4000.
Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: 4531, 4532, 4533, M6011, M6018, M6019.
Overview
Medical practitioners are frequently required to respond to emerging and consolidating innovations and policies related to clinical practice. MED5102 further develops the concept of 'readiness to practice' and focuses upon the development of students' understanding of the principles of Patient Safety and the related clinical competencies. The unit will provide students with an understanding of the role of research in Patient Safety and the application of these principles and practices in diverse contexts. The unit will have the capacity to respond to other issues/innovations/policy changes as they arise in medical practice.
Offerings in 2020
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Full year extended | Clayton | On campus |
| Full year extended | Malaysia | On campus |
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Identify and describe the principles of Patient Safety;
- 2
Recognise individual practitioner, patient and institutional methods and strategies used to ensure Patient Safety principles are upheld;
- 3
Demonstrate competence in Patient Safety practices in simulated settings;
- 4
Contribute actively to the development and implementation of Patient Safety practices; and
- 5
Critique and apply current scientific and medical research related to Patient Safety.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Peter Barton
- Associate Professor Ngim Chin Fang
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Julia Harrison
- Dr Stuart Marshall
- Associate Professor Paul Fullerton