• Offered by ANU Medical School
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Course subject Medicine
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person
Introduction to Professional Development (MEDI8112)
This course has three components. Students will participate in a series of interactive clinical presentations which follow the ‘Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors' guidelines and focus on case based - learning.  Students will develop and evaluate a Safety and Quality project and also be expected to participate in the ANU Medical undergraduate clinical skills program. This course will focus on workplace learning and each student will have a course co-ordinator and an academic mentor to whom they will meet regularly. This course will involve self-directed learning and independent research of the medical literature.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

On satisfying the requirements of this course, students will demonstrate an advanced knowledge and conceptual understanding of professional development within clinical medicine including clinical assessment and management, safety and quality and the adult principles underpinning teaching and learning.. The students will be able to demonstrate the principles of evidence-based practice, use of clinical decision making, workplace standards and adult learning principles in a medical workplace environment.

Indicative Assessment

Five ‘Mid Term Formative Appraisals' and five' End of Term Summative Assessments' over a twelve month period. Students will also present a case based presentation to their peers and provide a 2000 word Safety and Quality Project which reflects an understanding of their professional development.

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Workload

The course involves active and self- directed learning. Students will be expected to attend and participate in the case based presentations, clinical skills program and complete a Safety and Quality project under the direction of the course coordinator and academic mentor. Contact hours with the course co-ordinator or mentor will be a minimum of one hour per fortnight  over a forty-eight week period.

Requisite and Incompatibility

You will need to contact the ANU Medical School to request a permission code to enrol in this course.

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Student Contribution Band:
3
Unit value:
6 units

If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees.  Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $4092
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $5454
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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