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MEDI1015 Medical Science 1

Credit Points 12
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale JMP Semester 2 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

Introduces the 'body and organ systems'-based approach used to structure learning. This course follows on from Introduction to Medical Science by studying in detail the problems associated with some of the individual organ systems. Students will learn by being presented with a series of medical problems. They will then investigate the medical sciences underlying those problems, focussing on the mechanisms and prevalence of abnormalities presented, the basis of diagnostic procedures suggested, the underlying basis of management procedures and the procedures for prevention.

Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. describe the normal structure, function and development of the gastrointestinal, renal and musculoskeletal systems;
  2. identify and discuss the basic mechanisms underlying the symptoms and signs associated with some common ailments involving these systems, including the perception of pain associated with such ailments;
  3. articulate some mechanisms underlying causation of disease, including inheritance and infective agents;
  4. discuss the mode of action of some of the drugs commonly used to treat such ailments and their symptoms;
  5. describe with relevant examples, 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 True
4 Information Literacy
The nature of PBL embeds ITC skills throughout learning
True 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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