• Offered by ANU Medical School
  • ANU College ANU Joint Colleges of Science
  • Course subject Medicine
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Mode of delivery In Person
Students will attend a series of didactic lectures that follow the ‘Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors' guidelines. This course will focus on practice-based learning within the workplace involving  the course co-ordinator and an academic mentor.  The course involves the use of evidence based medicine relevant to clinical practice and will provide relevant resources for self directed learning to take place within the workplace.

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 clinical medicine including clinical management, communication and professionalism. The students will be able to demonstrate competencies in safe patient care, patient assessment, emergencies, patient management, common problems and conditions, skills and procedures, patient interaction, managing information, working in teams, doctor and society, professional behaviour and teaching and learning.

Other Information

The course involves the use of evidence based medicine relevant to clinical practice and will provide relevant resources for self directed learning to take place within the workplace.

Indicative Assessment

Five ‘Mid Term Formative Appraisals' and five' End of Term Summative Assessments' over a twelve month period, and a 2000 word self reflective journal/portfolio which identifies how the course has impacted on the students clinical practice. Satisfactory completion of the summative assessment is required by the ACT Medical Board for unconditional registration.

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Workload

Two hour of lectures per week.   

The course involves active learning. Students will be expected to attend the lectures and engage in discussion under the direction of an academic mentor. Contact hours with the course co-ordinator or mentor will be a minimum of two hours a week 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:
12 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
12.00 0.25000
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $8184
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2017 $10908
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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