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MEDI1012 Introduction to Medical Science

Updated: 16 October 2012
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale JMP Semester 1 On Campus
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 candidature in BMed
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jim McFarlane (jmcfarla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Serves as an introduction to the biomedical sciences and forms the basis for three further courses in Medical Sciences in the first two years of the program. The unit is structured around the development of the human body over its life cycle. Learning will be structured by a series of medical problems that incorporate major stressors on the normal human being.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Please consult coordinator
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1
Assessment Notes
Written assessment using a variety of assessment instruments
Tutorial
Assessment Notes
Group/tutorial participation and contribution. Attendance and participation will be monitored throughout the unit by tutors
Final Examination 2 hrs

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the development of the human body from conception to senescence;
  2. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the normal structure and function of the body and mind at the stages of life;
  3. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying the symptoms and signs associated with some common mental and physical ailments in children, adolescents, adults and the aged;
  4. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of some processes and mechanisms involved with the body's response to the challenges and stressors of everyday existence, and how these responses can be compromised or overpowered by conditions or agents internal or external to the body and which result in the manifestation of disorder or disease;
  5. demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of how the biomedical sciences provide a rational basis for medical practice.

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
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 True
6 Problem Solving
Curriculum design is PBL 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Embedded in Clinical training 		True True
8 Team Work
Embedded in PBL curriculum design 		True True True
   

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