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MEDI3014 Health Equity Selectives

Updated: 19 April 2010
Credit Points 12
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale JMP Semester 2 On Campus D - Comp/internet essential
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites MEDI1011 and MEDI1012 and MEDI1013 and MEDI1014 and MEDI1015 and MEDI2011 and MEDI2012 and MEDI2013 and MEDI2014 and MEDI3017
Co-requisites MEDI3018
Restrictions None
Notes

Attendance mandatory for clinical placements
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) To be advised
Unit Description

Designed to expose students to factors affecting health equity through a structured clinical experience in an area where people have poor health. The unit also develops the student's ability to plan a project, carry it out and report on it.
Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Written Assignments 60%
Assessment Notes
Student Placement Proposal Form, Progress Report Form, Reflective diary, HES Project Report Outline, Reflective Diary, Reflective Diary, Case Write-up
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-29 GA: 1-4, 6, 7
Final Examination 3 hrs 40%
Assessment Notes
Multiple Choice Questions
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-29 GA: 1-4, 6, 7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. identify economic, geographic, cultural, political, educational and social factors affecting the physical and psychological well-being of patients, their families and the population;
  2. identify the effects of resource maldistribution in delivery of health to populations and the underlying causes of maldistribution;
  3. identify the interactions between humans and their social and physical environment in an area of health inequity;
  4. identify the principles of efficient and equitable allocation and use of finite resources;
  5. identify systems of provision of health care, including their advantages and limitations, in areas of health inequity;
  6. develop the skill to act as a advocate for the improvement of health;
  7. develop the skill to be able to integrate relevant information about patient backgorund/disadvantage into standard medical history taking, treatment planning and delivery;
  8. demonstrate respect for community values, including an appreciation of the diversity of human background and cultural values;
  9. demonstrate an awareness of the need for cost-effectiveness to allow maximum benefit from the available resources;
  10. demonstrate an appreciation of the importance and relevance of economic, geographic, cultural, political, educational, psychological and social factors to the physical health of their patients.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Knowledge of the Discipline is embedded throughout 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
BMed is a Problem Based Learning curriculum with communication skills at its core 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Professional practice and clinical experience have a global focus. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
The nature of PBL embeds ITC skills throughout learning 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Included as an element of Professional Practice 		True
6 Problem Solving
Curriculum design is PBL 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Embedded in Clinical training 		True True True
8 Team Work
Embedded in PBL curriculum design 		True True
   

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