Enrolment in Trimester 3 available to repeating students only and requires permission from the Head of School of Rural Medicine.

1. Understand: 1. The aetiology, epidemiology, presentation and prognosis of illnesses and conditions that commonly present within the environments of the attachments of the Critical Care Course. 2. The appropriate use of common diagnostic procedures used including their uses and limitations 3. The basic principles of delivery of care and management of common problems. 4. Problems at require urgent assessment and treatment, including patients who are unconscious or suffering from acute, life-threatening illnesses. 5. The psycho-social and cultural significance of disease and its treatment, including understanding the cultural differences in the response to illnesses. 6. The systems of delivery of care and patient management, including pain control, symptom assessment and management. 7. The public health impact of critical care and the potential benefits of related preventative health strategies. 8. How the cost of care may affect the choices made within the health care system, at both the individual and community level. 9. The basis of clinical pharmacology and use of drugs in clinical practice. 10. The application of basic anatomical pathology to clinical practice.
2. Skills: 1. Obtain an accurate, problem-oriented, tactful and organised medical history from presenting patients. 2. Perform an accurate, problem-oriented, tactful and organised physical and mental state examination. 3. Interpret and integrate the history and physical examination findings to arrive at an appropriate diagnosis and differential diagnosis, and to identify the personal and social problems to which the illness may contribute. 4. Recognise serious illness and perform common emergency and life-saving procedures, such as caring for the unconscious patient and CPR. 5. Formulate a plan addressing the investigation and management of the patient's illness, and the personal and social problems to which the illness may contribute. 6. Demonstrate the capacity to communicate clearly and sensitively with patients and their families and with other health professionals, including communication regarding critical and terminal illness, and education and counseling for patients and their families. 7. Show the capacity to contribute appropriately as a member of the health care team, including referral to other disciplines, interaction with other health care professionals and understanding of the role of other members of the health care team. 8. Demonstrate the capacity to evaluate and interpret medical evidence in a scientific manner at a level similiar to that of an intern, and to use information sources to pursue independent inquiry. 9. Communication of key features of a patient history with other health care professionals. 10. Manage uncomplicated wounds and simple trauma. 11. Recognise potential 'risk situations' and be able to respond appropriately.
3. Appropriate Professional Attitudes: 1. The principles of ethics related to health care and end of life decision making and the capacity to apply those principles to the care of patients including understanding of the legal responsibilities. 2. The emotional stresses in professional environments, including those related to the management of the critically ill patient and/or the terminally ill patient, and develop appropriate strategies for self-care. 3. The factors that affect the quality and safety in health care. 4. The need to maintain standards of medical practice at the highest possible level throughout a professional career. 5. Demonstrate an appropriate, professional attitude as a medical student, recognising that the primary professional responsibility is to patient care. 6. The need to apply the basic ethical and legal constraints that structure the interation between health care professionals and patients. 7. The need to interact safely with patients and professionals in the health care system, with due regard for hospital and system safety and OH&S standards. 8. Show an appreciation of the importance of taking into account the values and preferences of the patient when considering the investigation and management of illness and of the need, in all cases, to plan management in concert with the patient.