Detailed Information regarding the assessment for the Macquarie MD is available on the iLearn Macquarie MD Year Noticeboard 2018 Intake site. Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn.

Grading

In this unit all assessment tasks will be coarse graded, with grades (P+, P, P-, F) assigned to the focused and generic MD Capability Aspects as well as overall task performance.   Only the coarse grade for the overall performance of assessment tasks weighted according to their contribution will be used to calculate the overall  Unit aggregate.  Unit outcomes, based on the Unit aggregate, will be reported to the University using the standard Macquarie grades (High Distinction, Distinction, Credit, Pass, Fail). Because most assessment tasks in the program are coarse graded, a single standardised numerical grade (SNG) equivalent will be reported for each University grade. Both the numeric equivalents for the coarse grades used in the calculation of the unit aggregate and the conversion of the aggregate to a single SNG are available on the iLearn Macquarie MD Year Noticeboard 2018 Intake site. 

All final grades in the Macquarie MD are reviewed by the MD Program and Faculty Assessment Committees and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor.

To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, attempt all assessment tasks, meet any ungraded requirements including professionalism and achieve a unit aggregate of 50% or better.

Extensions for Assessment tasks

Applications for assessment task extensions must be submitted via www.ask.mq.edu.au. For further details please refer to the Special Consideration Policy available at https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration

Professional Expectations

Professionalism is a key capability embedded in the Macquarie MD. As part of developing professionalism, Macquarie MD students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, clinical and laboratory practical sessions, and Team Based Learning activities. If attendance is deemed to be of concern, this will be referred to the Lead (Student Professionalism) for remediation, subsequent monitoring, and recording in the portfolio. All lectures, practicals and clinical colloquium sessions are scheduled in the Macquarie MD Year 1 Session 1 Timetable available on the iLearn Macquarie MD Year Noticeboard 2018 Intake site. 

Similarly, as part of developing professionalism, Macquarie MD students are expected to submit all work by the due date.  Late submission without prior approved extension will result in a professionalism breach notification in the student's portfolio. 

Teaching and Learning Strategy

This unit integrates the development of Evidence-based and Interprofessional Health Care skills in lectures and tutorials with clinical application in the HAWC program and Health Condition Worksheets.  Lectures will provide foundation knowledge and also use large group discussions to consolidate understanding. Tutorials will give students the opportunity to develop practical skills in the key topics, such as formulating clinical questions, searching electronic databases and critical appraisal of evidence. By integration of these skills with real-life clinical examples from the students' HAWCs, and developing their Health Condition Worksheets, students will develop the ability to implement Evidence-Based Health Care in clinical practice.

Interprofessional Learning and Teaching

In this unit, students will have a unique opportunity to be taught by an interprofessional team, including health professionals, academics and clinicians with expertise in medicine and physiotherapy. Further, students will work together in interprofessional teams across the Doctor of Physiotherapy and Doctor of Medicine programs. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted with students from both programs together in the learning spaces, to facilitate interprofessional team work and understanding.

Unit Organisation

This four credit point unit runs over a 13 week session. There is a two hour lecture and a two hour tutorial each week, with some exceptions due to public holidays or other scheduling requirements. Further information is available in iLearn in the Weekly Timetable document.

HAWC Activities 

The Health and Wellbeing Collaboration (HAWC) program provides clinical application and is integrated into this unit throughout the Session. Details of the HAWC program will be explained to you in the first weeks of the unit. Further information is available on iLearn in the "HAWC" section. During the semester, you must spend a minimum of 70 hours completing HAWC-related activities and you will log this information on your Activities Log (available on iLearn).  

Attendance

Professionalism is a key capability embedded in the Macquarie MD. As part of developing professionalism, Macquarie MD students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials, clinical and laboratory practical sessions, and Team Based Learning activities. If attendance is deemed to be of concern, this will be referred to the Lead (Student Professionalism) for remediation, subsequent monitoring, and recording in the portfolio. All lectures, tutorials, practicals and clinical colloquium sessions are scheduled in the Macquarie MD Year 1 Session 1 Timetable available on the iLearn Macquarie MD Year Noticeboard 2018 Intake site. 

Unit materials and readings

• The recommended textbook for MEDI912 is: Strauss et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach it. 4^th Edition; 
• The The recommended textbook for PHTY804 is: Herbert et al "Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy", 2nd edition.

Both texts will be useful references for students from both programs.

Copies of these books are available in the MQ library and in the co-op bookshop. Weekly readings will come from journal articles and a range of text book chapters. Most weekly readings will be available on e-reserve or as full text articles through the library. Where this is not possible a hard copy will be placed in the library reserve. Weekly readings will be listed on iLearn.

Technology and Equipment

On-campus

Teaching rooms are equipped with state of art audio-visual and ICT equipment including ipads, internet connection, high quality video cameras and multiple LCD screens. 

Off-campus

To study optimally when off campus you will need to have access to a reliable internet connection to retrieve unit information & at times to submit assessment tasks via iLearn.

Consultation with staff: All staff will be available for individual consultation. See iLearn for contact details.

iLearn: This unit's iLearn site will provide weekly resources for students, including:

• Assessment details
• HAWC information
• Lecture notes
• Tutorial worksheets
• Preparation and consolidation material
• Other EHC resources such as Critical Appraisal Worksheets

For the first time in 2018, this unit will be delivered in an interprofessional format, combining graduate student cohorts from the Doctor of Physiotherapy program with the Doctor of Medicine program. Considerable development has been conducted to optimise the students' interprofessional learning experiences across both programs and that the learning outcomes and assessment tasks align with the relevant Capability Aspects and Graduate Capabilities.