HME922 - Medicine 2B
| Year: | 2019 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Medicine Semester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 4 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.500 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H311 - Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, H911 - Doctor of Medicine |
| Prerequisite: | Must have passed HME921 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HME202 |
Laptop Computer requirement
Students enrolled in the MD require a wireless-enabled, personal laptop computer to undertake scheduled learning activities. Wireless access to the Deakin network is available within the teaching spaces of the Deakin Medical School.
Information about minimum computer standards will be communicated to students upon acceptance into the MD.
Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check
In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course. Students are also required to hold a current Working with Children Check and will be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation.
Content
HME922 represents Semester 2 of Year 2 of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) course and consists of a single unit of four credit points. The curriculum throughout the MD course is organised into four themes: Ethics, Law and Professionalism (ELP); Public Health Medicine (PHM); Doctor and Patient (DP); and Knowledge of Health and Illness (KHI). Students will also undergo a series of clinical placements, including dedicated rural placements.
Assessment
Assessment in the MD course is designed to demonstrate attainment of competency in biomedical and clinical knowledge, clinical skills and professional standards. Students must pass the KHI topic Brain and Behaviour (37.5% of unit marks) and each of the DP (37.5% of unit marks), ELP (12.5% of unit marks) and PHM (12.5% of unit marks) themes as academic hurdles in order to be eligible for an overall pass grade in HME922. Further information is available to enrolled students in the Unit Guide and Course Progression Rules.
Note: Assessment in HME922 is an ungraded pass (UP) or Fail (N) grade only.
Unit Fee Information
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