Notice
As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.
To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.
Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Vincent Lam
Contact via Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
30
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
MEDI8301
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
MEDI8303
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This is the second of two units which comprise a total of 20 weeks of core clinical placements where you will be embedded in healthcare teams working with individuals with a variety of health conditions in Stage 2 of the Macquarie MD. You will complete placements aligned with health care delivery (Acute Care, Community Care and Women and Children's Health) and in the public and private health care sectors. These placements will provide exposure to the clinical disciplines of Medicine, Paediatrics, Primary and Community Care, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Surgery. This unit provides you with the opportunity to participate in the delivery of patient-centred healthcare and to apply your medical science knowledge and pathophysiological understanding, history taking and physical examination skills which you have acquired across Stage 1, and to integrate and apply your clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills; and formulate a management plan in diverse clinical settings. You will be required to participate in healthcare delivery and demonstrate significant progress toward the development of the 4 Macquarie MD Graduate Capabilities: Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen and Professional, and the Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities, at a standard appropriate to Stage 2. |
Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Detailed Information regarding the assessment for the Macquarie MD is available on the MQMDAssess Macquarie MD Assessment 2018 Intake iLearn site.
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 in the Macquarie MD Rules of Assessment and Progression document posted in the Policies and Guidelines section of the MDCU Doctor of Medicine Community iLearn site.
All final grades in the Macquarie MD are reviewed by the MD Course Board, Faculty Assessment Committee and ratified by the FMHS Board and therefore, 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. Professional Behaviour Notifications (PBN) which can be a breach (PBNB) or a commendation (PBNC) may be awarded. PBNs will be recorded in the student's portfolio. As part of developing professionalism, Macquarie MD students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including clinical, practical, laboratory and team-based learning activities. If attendance is deemed to be of concern, the student will be referred to the Lead (Student Professionalism) for remediation, subsequent monitoring, and recording in the portfolio. Similarly, as part of developing professionalism, Macquarie MD students are expected to submit all work by the specified due date. Late submission without prior approved extension will result in a PBNB in the portfolio.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Clinical Discipline Project | 30% | No | Various - refer to iLearn |
Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) | 0% | No | Week 20 |
Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) | 0% | No | Week 20 |
Logbook, In-Training Assessment (ITA) and Learning Plan | 30% | No | Various - refer to iLearn |
Team Clinical Evaluation Exercise (T-MEX) | 0% | No | Week 20 |
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) | 40% | Yes | Week 21 |
Ethics Report Part B | 0% | No | Week 13 |
Formative Written Examination | 0% | No | Week 21 |
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Various - refer to iLearn
Weighting: 30%
4 or 5 Clinical Discipline Projects dependent on your student group requirements. Please refer to your assessment guide available on iLearn for details. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CAs performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2.5 hours
Due: Week 20
Weighting: 0%
At least 4 x satisfactory (P- or better) Mini-CEX - 2 in Acute Care and 2 in Women and Children's Health. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CA performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2.5 hours
Due: Week 20
Weighting: 0%
At least 4 x satisfactory (P- or better) DOPS - 2 in Acute Care and 2 in Women and Children's Health. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CA performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2.5 hours
Due: Various - refer to iLearn
Weighting: 30%
3 x Logbook, In-Training Assessment (ITA) and Learning Plans - 1 in Acute Care, 1 in Women and Children's Health and 1 in Primary and Community Care. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CAs performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 2.5 hours
Due: Week 20
Weighting: 0%
At least 4 x satisfactory (P- or better) T-MEX - 2 in Acute Care and 2 in Women and Children's Health. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CA performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 15 hours
Due: Week 21
Weighting: 40%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
8 station OSCE with at least 1 station from each of the following disciplines; a. Medicine b. Paediatrics c. Primary and Community Care d. Obstetrics and Gynaecology e. Surgery. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CAs performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
Assessment Type 1: Clinical performance evaluation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 13
Weighting: 0%
Reflective account of differences in health systems from an ethical perspective. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs). Overall and CAs performance will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio. This task combined with Ethics Report Part A in MEDI8301 forms a hurdle requirement to pass CA 4.2 in MEDI8403.
Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: Week 21
Weighting: 0%
100 Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ) or Extended Matching Question (EMQ), with 20 questions from each of the following disciplines: a. Medicine b. Paediatrics c. Primary and Preventative Care d. Obstetrics and Gynaecology e. Surgery. Assessment criteria will be mapped to relevant Capability Aspects (CAs) and Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Overall and CAs performance and EPAs will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
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2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation
This is the second of two units which comprise a total of 20 weeks of core clinical placements where you will be embedded in healthcare teams working with individuals with a variety of health conditions in Stage 2 of the Macquarie MD. You will complete placements in Acute Care, Women and Children's Health and Primary and Community Care. The 20 week teaching period has an pre-orientation week and post-assessment week. The 20 week period is organised into 2 x 10 week rotations to cover disciplines of Acute Care and Women and Children's Health. Primary and Community Care is delivered 1 day a week across the 20 week session. In any given week a student should aim to spend 3 days in clinical immersion, 1 day undertaking research for MEDI8303 and 1 day in Primary and Community Care.
Each clinical discipline has a series of learning activities scheduled to assist students to develop the Macquarie MD Capabilities and competence in Entrustable Professional activities and clinical procedures. These activities include expert-led lectures, global grand rounds, clinical simulation activities as well as working within the healthcare team under supervision. Students are expected to be part of the healthcare team and are required to self-reflect and identify learning needs as well as seek learning opportunities to meet these learning needs. A suite of clinical discipline resources and materials are available on joint MEDI8301/MEDI8302 Core Clinical Placements A/B (Clinical Discipline) iLearn Sites. Details of assessment requirements is contained in the MQMDAssess Macquarie MD Assessment 2018 Intake iLearn Site.
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).
Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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