MBCHB 551A/B : MBChB Part VI

Medical and Health Sciences

2020 Semester One (1203) / Semester Two (1205) (120 POINTS)

Course Prescription

The 44 week year includes an optional element for students to undertake study in an area of medicine of their choice (the Elective), or complete a substantial research project, up to a period of 11 weeks. The remaining weeks are spent, practising under supervision, in hospitals and community facilities. Students undertake patient care in the disciplines of general practice, medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, psychiatry, paediatrics and obstetrics and gynaecology. Students also complete an advanced cardiac life support workshop and a week of clinical imaging.

Course Overview

Updated text for Course Prescription:
Students undertake patient care, under supervision, in the disciplines of general practice, medicine, surgery, emergency medicine, psychiatry, paediatrics, and obstetrics and gynaecology. Students also complete a week of medical imaging,  a compulsory course in core resuscitation skills and a revision course in procedural skills. The 41 week year includes an optional element for students to undertake study in areas of medicine of their choice (the Elective and the Cohort Option), or complete a substantial research project, for a period of 10 weeks. The research project is a 30 point project which may qualify as a prerequisite for doctoral study.


Course Overview:
An detailed overview of the course can be found in the Phase 3 Guidebook on the MBChB portal:  https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/MBChB

Course Requirements

Prerequisite: MBCHB 501 To complete this course students must enrol in MBCHB 551 A and B

Capabilities Developed in this Course

Capability 1: Disciplinary Knowledge and Practice
Capability 2: Critical Thinking
Capability 3: Solution Seeking
Capability 4: Communication and Engagement
Capability 5: Independence and Integrity
Capability 6: Social and Environmental Responsibilities

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Understand and apply a broad body of scientific knowledge. (Capability 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.4, 5.1, 5.3, 6.1, 6.3 and 6.4)
  2. Demonstrate with a culturally safe, empathetic, patient-centred approach, the clinical skills appropriate to the stage of training and the setting of clinical practice (Capability 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1 and 6.3)
  3. Demonstrate the communication skills required with patients, whānau and other healthcare professionals (Capability 2.2, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.6, 5.4 and 6.1)
  4. Demonstrate personal and professional behaviours expected of healthcare professionals (Capability 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1 and 6.2)
  5. Understand and apply the obligations under Te Tiriti O Waitangi (Capability 2.4, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.1, 6.3 and 6.4)
  6. Understand and apply strategies to improve health care and the health of all peoples in Aotearoa-New Zealand (Capability 1.1, 2.4, 3.1, 3.3, 3.4, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 5.1, 5.4, 6.1, 6.3 and 6.4)

Assessments

Assessment Type Percentage Classification
Clinically-focused Progress Tests Individual Test
Clinical Supervisors' Reports Individual Coursework
Clinical Skills Assessments Individual Coursework
Case Report Individual Coursework
Project Group & Individual Coursework
Presentation Group & Individual Coursework
Elective Report and Interview Individual Coursework
CORE course Individual Coursework
Medical Imaging Test Individual Test
Portfolio Individual Coursework
Professional Development Plan Individual Coursework
Pass all assessments 100% Individual Coursework
Assessment Type Learning Outcome Addressed
1 2 3 4 5 6
Clinically-focused Progress Tests
Clinical Supervisors' Reports
Clinical Skills Assessments
Case Report
Project
Presentation
Elective Report and Interview
CORE course
Medical Imaging Test
Portfolio
Professional Development Plan
Pass all assessments

All assessments in the final year of the medical programme are pass/fail (must pass), with the exception of the optional 10 week Research Project. Students may be exempt from one of the first two progress tests, please refer to the Phase 3 Guidebook for more detail, https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/MBChB. Students who fail an assessment may be given the opportunity to re-take the assessment. A period of remediation is offered after the completion of the academic year for students who have not satisfactorily completed any component of the course. The optional 10 week Research Project is a letter-graded 30 point paper.

Learning Resources

Students are directed to the MBChB portal, https://wiki.auckland.ac.nz/display/MBChB, for the electronic learning resources available in the Medical Programme, and for discipline guidance to other recommended learning resources.

Course Contacts

Course Director: Dr Briar Peat, briar.peat@middlemore.co.nz

Workload Expectations

The final year of the medical programme is a full time course. All learning occurs in clinical environments. Students are expected to work normal working hours on weekdays, approximately 0800-1600h, although this may vary with the clinical discipline. On most clinical attachments, students are expected to work one long day per week, until  10pm, and one weekend per clinical attachment.  For some clinical attachments students may be required to work nights or other rostered hours.

Digital Resources

Course materials are made available in a learning and collaboration tool called Canvas which also includes reading lists and lecture recordings (where available).

Please remember that the recording of any class on a personal device requires the permission of the instructor.

Academic Integrity

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting their learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the internet. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against online source material using computerised detection mechanisms.

Inclusive Learning

All students are asked to discuss any impairment related requirements privately, face to face and/or in written form with the course coordinator, lecturer or tutor.

Student Disability Services also provides support for students with a wide range of impairments, both visible and invisible, to succeed and excel at the University. For more information and contact details, please visit the Student Disability Services’ website at http://disability.auckland.ac.nz

Special Circumstances

If your ability to complete assessed coursework is affected by illness or other personal circumstances outside of your control, contact a member of teaching staff as soon as possible before the assessment is due.

If your personal circumstances significantly affect your performance, or preparation, for an exam or eligible written test, refer to the University’s aegrotat or compassionate consideration page: https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/academic-information/exams-and-final-results/during-exams/aegrotat-and-compassionate-consideration.html.

This should be done as soon as possible and no later than seven days after the affected test or exam date.

Student Feedback

At the end of every semester students will be invited to give feedback on the course and teaching through a tool called SET or Qualtrics. The lecturers and course co-ordinators will consider all feedback and respond with summaries and actions.

Your feedback helps teachers to improve the course and its delivery for future students.

Class Representatives in each class can take feedback to the department and faculty staff-student consultative committees.

Student Charter and Responsibilities

The Student Charter assumes and acknowledges that students are active participants in the learning process and that they have responsibilities to the institution and the international community of scholars. The University expects that students will act at all times in a way that demonstrates respect for the rights of other students and staff so that the learning environment is both safe and productive. For further information visit Student Charter (https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/students/forms-policies-and-guidelines/student-policies-and-guidelines/student-charter.html).

Disclaimer

Elements of this outline may be subject to change. The latest information about the course will be available for enrolled students in Canvas.

In this course you may be asked to submit your coursework assessments digitally. The University reserves the right to conduct scheduled tests and examinations for this course online or through the use of computers or other electronic devices. Where tests or examinations are conducted online remote invigilation arrangements may be used. The final decision on the completion mode for a test or examination, and remote invigilation arrangements where applicable, will be advised to students at least 10 days prior to the scheduled date of the assessment, or in the case of an examination when the examination timetable is published.

Published on 16/01/2020 04:15 p.m.