Information concerning Macquarie University's assessment policy is available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/assessment. 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). Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading requirements are contained in Schedule 1 of the Macquarie University Assessment Policy. 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 MEDI8102 iLearn page.

To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes. Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn, including marking rubrics.

All final grades in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences are determined by the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences Assessment Committee, and are approved by the Faculty Board. They are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenor. Students will be awarded an Assessment Grade plus a Standardised Numerical Grade (SNG). The SNG is not necessarily a summation of the individual assessment components. The final grade and SNG that are awarded reflect the corresponding grade descriptor in Schedule 1 of the Assessment Policy.

If there is a lack of sufficient evidence demonstrating that a student has met the required level of achievement in all learning outcomes they will be awarded a Fail grading with an assigned mark of 49 or less.

Extensions for Assessment Tasks

Applications for assessment task extensions may be considered for short-term, unexpected, serious, and unavoidable circumstances affecting assessment. Applications must be submitted via www.ask.mq.edu.au . For further details please refer to the Special Considerations Policy available at https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policies/special-consideration

Late Submission of Work

All assignments which are officially received after the due date, and where no extension has been granted by the unit convenor or course director, will incur a deduction of 10% for the first day, and 10% for each subsequent day including the actual day on which the work is received. Assessments received 5 days or more beyond the due date, without an approved extension, will be awarded a maximum of 50% of the overall assessment marks. Weekends and public holidays are included. For example:

Hurdle Assessment

In this unit, the Clinical Placement Logbook (AT3) is a hurdle assessment. This is a requirement for an activity for which a minimum level of performance is a condition of passing the unit in which it occurs. A student who has obtained a SNG over 50, yet fails the hurdle assessment, fails the unit. Please see Macquarie University's Assessment Policy for more information about hurdle assessment tasks.

Teaching and Learning Strategy

This unit integrates the development of Evidence-based and Inter-professional Health Care skills in online lectures and tutorials with clinical application in the Community Clinical Placement. Lectures will provide foundation knowledge, using a variety of delivery modes, including online lectures and Connected Curriculum modules. 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' experiences on their Community Clinical Placement, students will develop the ability to implement Evidence-Based Health Care in clinical practice.

Inter-professional Learning and Teaching

In this unit, students will have a unique opportunity to work together with inter-professional peers across the Doctor of Physiotherapy and Doctor of Medicine courses on their Community Clinical Placements. Lectures and tutorials will be conducted with students from both courses together in the learning spaces, to facilitate inter-professional team work and understanding. The unit is delivered by an inter-professional team, including health professionals, academics and clinicians with expertise in medicine, physiotherapy, psychology and other clinical backgrounds. 

Attendance

Professionalism is a key capability embedded in the Macquarie MD and DPT courses. As part of developing professionalism, students are expected to attend all small group interactive sessions including tutorials. If attendance is deemed to be of concern, this will be referred to the Lead (Student Professionalism) for remediation, subsequent monitoring, and recording.

All lectures are pre-recorded and will be available for viewing prior to tutorial classes. Online tutorials are scheduled in your individual timetable. The timetable for classes can be found on the University web site at: http://www.timetables.mq.edu.au/. You may make a request to your tutor to attend a different tutorial on a one-off basis for extenuating circumstances.

Failure to attend/complete any learning and teaching activities, including lectures and tutorials, may impact your final results. It is the responsibility of the student to contact their tutor or the unit convenor by email to inform tutors if they are going to be absent.

iLearn

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

• lecture notes
• tutorial worksheets
• preparation and consolidation material
• videos
• other teaching resources
• assessment details

Unit materials and readings

The textbooks for the unit are:

• Strauss et al. Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach it. 4th or 5th Edition.
• Herbert et al. Evidence-based Physiotherapy. 2nd Edition 

Copies of these books are available in the MQ library and in the co-op bookshop. Digital version of these books are available online and can be accessed via the MQ Library database. Weekly readings will come from journal articles and a range of text book chapters. Most weekly readings will be available on iLearn (Unit Readings and Access to Papers) or MQ Library e-reserve.

Technology and Equipment

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 consultations, please see iLearn site for information on staff availability for consultation.

This is the first Special Circumstances offering of this unit, however it closely aligns with previous weekday offerings. In response to student feedback, and review of the unit by the teaching team, clinical education team, and learning and teaching specialists in the faculty, the following major changes have been made to the unit:

• Assessment tasks have been revised and streamlined to better align with the Community Clinical Placement experiences of students, to reduce student workload, and enable students more practical application of concepts in Evidence-based Practice,  
• All content will be delivered online.