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HME941 - Medicine 4A

Year:

2026 unit information
Enrolment modes:

Semester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong)^
Credit point(s): 4
EFTSL value: 0.500
Cohort rule: This unit is only available to students enrolled in H911
Prerequisite:

HME932
Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with:

HME401
Study commitment:

Students will on average spend 600 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Students are expected to attend all rotation requirements which will typically include the equivalent of 40 hours per week for the duration of each rotation (6 x 5 week rotations) which incorporates all placement learning including, theoretical and practical clinical activities, formal teaching, personal reflection and self-directed learning.
Note:
  1. ^Students enrol at Geelong Waurn Ponds but will be based at one of the following Deakin Medical School sites: Eastern Health, Geelong – Barwon, Rural Communities, Warrnambool – South West, or Ballarat – Grampians.
  2. The fourth year of the Doctor of Medicine course consists of two semester units of four credit points each (HME941 and HME942), which are combined into a single unit of eight credit points.
  3. Upon completion of HME941 students are awarded an initial grade of XA (Result not to be assessed yet) and are graded for both units at the completion of HME942.

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

In Year 4 HME941 and HME942, students undertake a clinical attachment to one of the Deakin Medical School sites. Throughout year 4, students undertake five rotations at hospitals and other sites attached to the Deakin Medical School sites: Emergency Medicine, Aged Care/ Palliative Care/ Rehabilitation, Intensive Care/ Anaesthetics, Mental Health and General Practice, as well as an Extended Studies Program and the Pre-Internship. Students may be also required to complete a period of placement at a rural site.

Unit fee information

Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

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