Outline

Unit code	MDMP5318
Academic unit	Northern Clinical School
Credit points	2
Prohibitions ?	None
Prerequisites ?	MDMP5111 and MDMP5112 and MDMP5113 and MDMP5114 and MDMP5122 and MDMP5123 and MDMP5124 and MDMP5125 and MDMP5126 and MDMP5211 and MDMP5212 and MDMP5213 and MDMP5214 and MDMP5221 and MDMP5222 and MDMP5223 and MDMP5224 and MDMP5225
Corequisites ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	None
Available to study abroad and exchange students	No

Coordinator	Marguerite Tracy, marguerite.tracy@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Online task	Required reading quiz Short quiz based on the pre-reading for the tutorial	0%	Multiple weeks	n/a
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Participation	Tutorial attendance and participation preparation, attendance and active participation	0%	Multiple weeks	1.5 hours each x 4 tutorials
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Assignment	Prep activities For use in tutorial discussions and display evidence of learning	0%	Multiple weeks	n/a
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= hurdle task ?

WK	Topic	Learning activity	Learning outcomes
Multiple weeks	Social context of health, Risk and prevention, Cost of care, Advocacy.	Tutorial (1.5 hr)

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. Evaluate the distribution of and risk factors for disease and injury and understand how to use disease and injury prevention practices in the care of individual patients and communities.
LO2. Make evidence-based, ethical and economically responsible decisions about the most appropriate management of health problems in individuals and in communities.
LO3. Identify the economic, psychological, occupational and socio-cultural factors that contribute to the development and/or continuation of poor health and explain how it impacts on individuals and communities.
LO4. Evaluate the economic, political, social and legal factors which determine the way that individuals and communities respond to health problems and describe how public and population health strategies are systematically planned and implemented.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
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Alignment with Competency standards

Outcomes	Competency standards
	Australian Medical Council's Graduate Outcome Statements - 1. Domain 1- Science and Scholarship: the medical graduate as a scientist and scholar. On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 1.1. Demonstrate an understanding of established and evolving biological, clinical, epidemiological, social, and behavioural sciences 1.2. Apply core medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations and heath systems 1.6. Demonstrate a commitment to excellence, evidence based practice and the generation of new scientific knowledge 2. Domain 2- Clinical Practice: the medical graduate as practicioner. On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 2.2. Elicit an accurate, organised and problem-focussed medical history, including family and social occupational and lifestyle features, from the patient, and other sources 3. Domain 3- Health and Society: the medical graduate as a health advocate On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 3.1. Accept responsibility to protect and advance the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations 3.2. Explain factors that contribute to the health, illness, disease and success of treatment of populations, including issues relating to health inequities and inequalities, diversity of cultural, spiritual and community values, and socio-economic and physical environment factors 3.3. Communicate effectively in wider roles including health advocacy, teaching, assessing and appraising 3.4. Understand and describe the factors that contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori, including history, spirituality and relationship to land, diversity of cultures and communities, epidemiology, social and political determinants of heath and heath experiences. Demonstrate effective and culturally competent communication and care for Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.9. Demonstrate an understanding of global health issues and determinants of health and disease including their relevance to health care delivery in Australia and New Zelanad and the broader Western Pacific region 4.2. Demonstrate professional values including commitment to high quality clinical standards, compassion, empathy and respect for all patients. Demonstrate the qualities of integrity, honesty, leadership and partnership to patients, the profession and society. 4.7. Demonstrate awareness of and explain the options avaialble when personal values or beliefs may influence patient care, including the obligation to refer to another practitioner
	Australian Medical Council's Graduate Outcome Statements - 1.1. Demonstrate an understanding of established and evolving biological, clinical, epidemiological, social, and behavioural sciences 1.2. Apply core medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations and heath systems 1.4. Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature 1.6. Demonstrate a commitment to excellence, evidence based practice and the generation of new scientific knowledge 2.5. Select and justfy common investigations, with regard to the pathological basis of disease, utility, safety and cost effectiveness, and interpret their results 2.8. Elicit patients' questions and their views, concerns and preferences, promote rapport, and ensure patients' full understanding of their problem(s). Involve patients in decision-making and planning their treatment, including communicating risk and benefits of management options 3. Domain 3- Health and Society: the medical graduate as a health advocate On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 3.2. Explain factors that contribute to the health, illness, disease and success of treatment of populations, including issues relating to health inequities and inequalities, diversity of cultural, spiritual and community values, and socio-economic and physical environment factors 3.4. Understand and describe the factors that contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori, including history, spirituality and relationship to land, diversity of cultures and communities, epidemiology, social and political determinants of heath and heath experiences. Demonstrate effective and culturally competent communication and care for Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.5. Explain and evaluate common population heath screening and prevention approaches, including the use of technology for surveillance and monitoring of the health status of populations. Explain environmental and lifestyle health risks and advocate for healthy lifestyle choices 3.6. Describe a systems approach to improving the quality and safety of health care 3.7. Understand and describe the roles and relationships between health agencies and services, and explain the principles of efficient and eqitable allocaiton of finite resources, to meet individual community and national health needs 3.8. Describe the attributes of the national systems of health care including those that pertain to the health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.9. Demonstrate an understanding of global health issues and determinants of health and disease including their relevance to health care delivery in Australia and New Zelanad and the broader Western Pacific region
	Australian Medical Council's Graduate Outcome Statements - 1.1. Demonstrate an understanding of established and evolving biological, clinical, epidemiological, social, and behavioural sciences 1.2. Apply core medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations and heath systems 1.3. Describe the aetiology, pathology, clinical features, natural history and prognosis of common and important presentations at all stages of life 1.4. Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature 2.5. Select and justfy common investigations, with regard to the pathological basis of disease, utility, safety and cost effectiveness, and interpret their results 3. Domain 3- Health and Society: the medical graduate as a health advocate On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 3.1. Accept responsibility to protect and advance the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations 3.2. Explain factors that contribute to the health, illness, disease and success of treatment of populations, including issues relating to health inequities and inequalities, diversity of cultural, spiritual and community values, and socio-economic and physical environment factors 3.4. Understand and describe the factors that contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori, including history, spirituality and relationship to land, diversity of cultures and communities, epidemiology, social and political determinants of heath and heath experiences. Demonstrate effective and culturally competent communication and care for Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.5. Explain and evaluate common population heath screening and prevention approaches, including the use of technology for surveillance and monitoring of the health status of populations. Explain environmental and lifestyle health risks and advocate for healthy lifestyle choices 3.6. Describe a systems approach to improving the quality and safety of health care 3.7. Understand and describe the roles and relationships between health agencies and services, and explain the principles of efficient and eqitable allocaiton of finite resources, to meet individual community and national health needs 3.8. Describe the attributes of the national systems of health care including those that pertain to the health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.9. Demonstrate an understanding of global health issues and determinants of health and disease including their relevance to health care delivery in Australia and New Zelanad and the broader Western Pacific region
	Australian Medical Council's Graduate Outcome Statements - 1.1. Demonstrate an understanding of established and evolving biological, clinical, epidemiological, social, and behavioural sciences 1.2. Apply core medical and scientific knowledge to individual patients, populations and heath systems 1.3. Describe the aetiology, pathology, clinical features, natural history and prognosis of common and important presentations at all stages of life 1.4. Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature 2.5. Select and justfy common investigations, with regard to the pathological basis of disease, utility, safety and cost effectiveness, and interpret their results 3. Domain 3- Health and Society: the medical graduate as a health advocate On entry to professional practice, Australian and New Zealand graduates are able to: 3.1. Accept responsibility to protect and advance the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations 3.2. Explain factors that contribute to the health, illness, disease and success of treatment of populations, including issues relating to health inequities and inequalities, diversity of cultural, spiritual and community values, and socio-economic and physical environment factors 3.3. Communicate effectively in wider roles including health advocacy, teaching, assessing and appraising 3.4. Understand and describe the factors that contribute to the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori, including history, spirituality and relationship to land, diversity of cultures and communities, epidemiology, social and political determinants of heath and heath experiences. Demonstrate effective and culturally competent communication and care for Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.5. Explain and evaluate common population heath screening and prevention approaches, including the use of technology for surveillance and monitoring of the health status of populations. Explain environmental and lifestyle health risks and advocate for healthy lifestyle choices 3.6. Describe a systems approach to improving the quality and safety of health care 3.7. Understand and describe the roles and relationships between health agencies and services, and explain the principles of efficient and eqitable allocaiton of finite resources, to meet individual community and national health needs 3.8. Describe the attributes of the national systems of health care including those that pertain to the health care of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and/or Maori 3.9. Demonstrate an understanding of global health issues and determinants of health and disease including their relevance to health care delivery in Australia and New Zelanad and the broader Western Pacific region 4.2. Demonstrate professional values including commitment to high quality clinical standards, compassion, empathy and respect for all patients. Demonstrate the qualities of integrity, honesty, leadership and partnership to patients, the profession and society.

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