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MEDI3014 Health Equity Selectives

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 no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites MEDI1011 and MEDI1012 and MEDI1013 and MEDI1014 and MEDI1015 and MEDI2011 and MEDI2012 and MEDI2013 and MEDI2014
Co-requisites MEDI3018
Restrictions None
Notes

Attendance mandatory for clinical placements.

Case Study, Clinical Field Study, Experience Based Learning, Individual Supervision, Integrated Learning, Self Directed Learning, Practical and clinical attendance of 35 hours per week.
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) To be advised
Unit Description

This unit is designed to expose students to factors affecting health equity, including access to care, through a structured clinical experience and associated learning activities. The unit also provides an opportunity for students to plan, conduct and report on a community field project.
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. identify and critique research literature relevant the area of health equity being studied;
  2. perform a range of clinical skills relevant to the area of health equity being studied;
  3. demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of known demographic, educational and cultural factors affecting the physical and psychological wellbeing of patients, their families and the population;
  4. demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of interaction between humans and their social and physical environment, and ways in which these factors may impact on a person's clinical presentation, access to health care and ability to comply with a management plan;
  5. demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of the effect of resource maldistribution in the delivery of health to a population, and how this may impact on prevention, risk factor management, diagnosis and management plans for an individual in this population;
  6. demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of a capacity for appropriate inter-professional communication and behaviour with colleagues; and
  7. demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of respect for community values including an appreciation of diverse human backgrounds and cultural values.

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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