Applied Clinical Skills 2

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Satisfactory completion of 571-623 Applied Clinical Skills 1

80% attendance

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the 3 Disability Liaison Unit website : 4 http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/

The focus of Applied Clinical Skills 2 will be the practical application of theoretical knowledge to patient care. Students will attend clincal attachments at the Royal Children’s Hospital. In semester 2 the attachments will be negotiated between the student and the MMed co-ordinator (all efforts will be made to place students in attachments of their own choice however at times attachments may be subject to availability). There will be a focus on bedside skills, clinical judgement and problem solving, communication skills both with patient/parents and other health professionals.

a) Knowledge: Upon completion of applied clinical skills 2, students should build on competencies in clinical practice gained in applied clinical skills 1.

b) Generic skills:

Students should be able to demonstrate in practice that they can:

• Articulate and defend differential diagnoses

• Order appropriate investigations

• Interpret and appropriately communicate results

• Propose and articulate an appropriate management plan including appropriate medication

• Communicate prognoses of common childhood conditions

• Explain and apply the aetiology of common childhood conditions with which children and adolescents present to RCH, including: asthma; febrile convulsions; failure to thrive/growth delay; developmental delay; cerebral palsy; infections in childhood; dehydration; anaemia

• Communicate effectively with children, adolescents, parents and health professional colleagues

• Have an appreciation of their role as advocate for children

• Understand the importance of immunisation and other preventative health practice

• Have an appreciation of the complexity of the management of social factors for children with chronic illness

• Recognise and respond appropriately to a seriously ill child

• Observe and describe appropriate practice of paediatric procedures

• Integrate the principles of evidence based medicine into clinical practice and contribute to the evidence based medicine literature

Clinical attachments: Continuous clinical assessment (15%) which is criterion based on 1) student participation and attendance, 2) demonstrated clinical skills and knowledge

End year written exam 55% (3 hours), end year oral exam 30% (30 minutes).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Students should be able to demonstrate in practice that they can:

• Articulate and defend differential diagnoses

• Order appropriate investigations

• Interpret and appropriately communicate results

• Propose and articulate an appropriate management plan including appropriate medication

• Communicate prognoses of common childhood conditions

• Explain and apply the aetiology of common childhood conditions with which children and adolescents present to RCH, including: asthma; febrile convulsions; failure to thrive/growth delay; developmental delay; cerebral palsy; infections in childhood; dehydration; anaemia

• Communicate effectively with children, adolescents, parents and health professional colleagues

• Have an appreciation of their role as advocate for children

• Understand the importance of immunisation and other preventative health practice

• Have an appreciation of the complexity of the management of social factors for children with chronic illness

• Recognise and respond appropriately to a seriously ill child

• Observe and describe appropriate practice of paediatric procedures

• Integrate the principles of evidence based medicine into clinical practice and contribute to the evidence based medicine literature