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MEDI8403 – Reflective Medical Practice 2

2026 – MD4B, In person-placement, North Ryde

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff Stage 2 Lead
Penny Uther
penny.uther@mqhealth.org.au
Acting Stage 2 Lead/Year 4 Lead
Patricia Hullah
patricia.hullah@mq.edu.au
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
MEDI8400 and MEDI8401
Corequisites Corequisites
MEDI8402
Co-badged status Co-badged status
Unit description Unit description

This unit provides an opportunity to revise, consolidate, and reflect on your learning across the entire Doctor of Medicine (Macquarie MD), with a focus on preparing for professional practice. You will continue to develop skills in evaluating feedback, creating action plans in response to feedback, and critically reflecting on your professional development, with reference to the graduate capability expectation statements. You will also assemble the evidence required for the summative portfolio assessment, which demonstrates your performance and capability across the entire course, and at the level expected for graduation.

Important Academic Dates

Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the graduate expectations, in the capabilities of Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen, and Professional, as appropriate for the Macquarie MD (Capability 1: Scientist and Scholar, 2: Clinical Practitioner, 3: Engaged Global Citizen, and 4: Professional).
  • ULO2: Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities, as appropriate for graduation from the Macquarie MD (Capability 2 Clinical Practitioner).
  • ULO3: Use feedback from teachers, clinicians, peers and patients, to inform self-evaluation and critical reflection (Capability 4 Professional).
  • ULO4: Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning with the generation of professional development plans for the next phase of your medical career (Capability 4 Professional).

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due Groupwork/Individual Short Extension AI Approach
Integrated Examination 50% Yes 22/06/2026 Individual No Observed
Portfolio Self Assessment 0% No 06/07/2026 Individual No Open
First Nation's Health Portfolio 0% No 06/07/2026 Individual No Open
Portfolio Exam / Interview 50% Yes Self Reflection due 27 Oct 2026, Interview 30 October 2026 Individual No Observed

Integrated Examination

Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 22/06/2026
Weighting: 50%
Groupwork/Individual: Individual
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach: Observed
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)

The integrative written examination will cover all disciplines in Stage 2, excepting Mental Health and Critical and Acute care. Performance will be evaluated against capability aspects and mapped to the relevant graduate Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs). Outcomes for capability aspects and EPAs will be recorded in the Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the graduate expectations, in the capabilities of Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen, and Professional, as appropriate for the Macquarie MD (Capability 1: Scientist and Scholar, 2: Clinical Practitioner, 3: Engaged Global Citizen, and 4: Professional).
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities, as appropriate for graduation from the Macquarie MD (Capability 2 Clinical Practitioner).

Portfolio Self Assessment

Assessment Type 1: Reflection task
Indicative Time on Task 2: 10 hours
Due: 06/07/2026
Weighting: 0%
Groupwork/Individual: Individual
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach: Open

Self-assessment of performance across all 8 capability aspects and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPA) tasks to date, and reflection of development towards attainment of graduate capability expectations and EPA tasks. Outcomes for capability aspects and EPAs will be recorded in the Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the graduate expectations, in the capabilities of Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen, and Professional, as appropriate for the Macquarie MD (Capability 1: Scientist and Scholar, 2: Clinical Practitioner, 3: Engaged Global Citizen, and 4: Professional).
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities, as appropriate for graduation from the Macquarie MD (Capability 2 Clinical Practitioner).
  • Use feedback from teachers, clinicians, peers and patients, to inform self-evaluation and critical reflection (Capability 4 Professional).
  • Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning with the generation of professional development plans for the next phase of your medical career (Capability 4 Professional).

First Nation's Health Portfolio

Assessment Type 1: Portfolio
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: 06/07/2026
Weighting: 0%
Groupwork/Individual: Individual
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach: Open

The First Nations Health portfolio collates all faculty-directed and self-directed activities you have undertaken and reflected on throughout Stage 2 in relation to the health of First Nations Australians. Performance will be evaluated against capability aspects and will be recorded in the Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the graduate expectations, in the capabilities of Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen, and Professional, as appropriate for the Macquarie MD (Capability 1: Scientist and Scholar, 2: Clinical Practitioner, 3: Engaged Global Citizen, and 4: Professional).
  • Use feedback from teachers, clinicians, peers and patients, to inform self-evaluation and critical reflection (Capability 4 Professional).
  • Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning with the generation of professional development plans for the next phase of your medical career (Capability 4 Professional).

Portfolio Exam / Interview

Assessment Type 1: Examination
Indicative Time on Task 2: 30 hours
Due: Self Reflection due 27 Oct 2026, Interview 30 October 2026
Weighting: 50%
Groupwork/Individual: Individual
Short extension 3: No
AI Approach: Observed
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)

Assessment of Portfolio and Interview. Your Macquarie MD Portfolio data will be reviewed and discussed in an interview. The portfolio examiner will provide an aggregate grade for all eight capability aspects and a level of supervision for all 9 G EPAs and overall portfolio grade, all of which will be recorded in your Macquarie Assessment Portfolio.

 
On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the graduate expectations, in the capabilities of Scientist and Scholar, Clinical Practitioner, Engaged Global Citizen, and Professional, as appropriate for the Macquarie MD (Capability 1: Scientist and Scholar, 2: Clinical Practitioner, 3: Engaged Global Citizen, and 4: Professional).
  • Demonstrate achievement of a standard of performance against the Graduate Entrustable Professional Activities, as appropriate for graduation from the Macquarie MD (Capability 2 Clinical Practitioner).
  • Use feedback from teachers, clinicians, peers and patients, to inform self-evaluation and critical reflection (Capability 4 Professional).
  • Demonstrate commitment to lifelong learning with the generation of professional development plans for the next phase of your medical career (Capability 4 Professional).

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • Academic Success for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation.

3 An automatic short extension is available for some assessments. Apply through the Service Connect Portal.

Delivery and Resources

This unit is the assessment unit at the culmination of your degree.  This unit encourages you to reflect back on all learning of your degree, and demonstarte that you have the knowledge and skills required to be a competent medical graduate and intern.  This unit is integrated with MEDI8402, where you will have the opportunity to review your portfolio and access the clinical space during electives and selectives to address any areas where you are not yet at intern level. Please ensure you review all coursework from the MD in preparation for the Integrated Exam, and all your portfolio assessment data prior to the Portfolio Examination. 

Policies and Procedures

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Students seeking more policy resources can visit Student Policies (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/policies). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

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Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/admin/other-resources/student-conduct

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit connect.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

Academic Integrity

At Macquarie, we believe academic integrity – honesty, respect, trust, responsibility, fairness and courage – is at the core of learning, teaching and research. We recognise that meeting the expectations required to complete your assessments can be challenging. So, we offer you a range of resources and services to help you reach your potential, including free online writing and maths support, academic skills development and wellbeing consultations.

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Unit information based on version 2026.02 of the Handbook