Paediatrics & Child Health (Honours) (MEDI4013)
Information valid for Semester 2, 2017
Course level
Undergraduate
Faculty
School
Medicine Faculty
Units
3
Duration
One Semester
Delivery mode
Internal
Incompatible
MEDI4012
Restricted
Restricted to MBBS Honours students
Assessment methods
Discipline-based assessment (75%): Mini-CEX Practical assessments; Clinical Examination questions in OSCE format; Multiple Choice Question end-of-rotation exam; Clinical Participation Assessment (Pass/Fail). Honours assessment (25%): Honours Project. To pass this course, students must pass the Clinical Participation Assessment and meet attendance requirements, independent of marks in other assessments.
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Course description
This core clinical rotation is in Paediatrics and Child Health. The course goals include: - preparing the student for work readiness in a paediatric clinical unit; recognition of the sick child; understanding the scope of paediatrics and having sufficient knowledge and experience to progress to post-graduate training in Paediatrics and Child Health. The eight week rotation is a clinical immersion underpinned by the paediatric online interactive education (POLIE) curriculum, supplemented by a specialist lecture series and other teaching sessions depending on the specific Clinical School attachment. Assessment includes work based assessment (mini-CEX) and an end of rotation MCQ and OSCE examination.
