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Course description

The General Practice course offers students the opportunity to explore the community context of health and illness, through observing and participating in the delivery of health care to patients with a large range of biopsychosocial problems. Students will learn about people's experiences and the everyday management of health and health problems. They will also become familiar with the Australian primary health system and some of the ways in which different community groups and organisations contribute to maintaining and promoting health in the community. The General Practice course includes a community-based placement component, in which students are placed in a general practice. Students also participate in weekly small group, case based, tutorials. They are expected to work up illustrative cases to contribute to these tutorials. The broad knowledge content of general practice has been divided into 6 weekly disease system and theme groupings, each with online lectures and reading resources provided to support students in their learning. Students are encouraged to be enthusiastic and inquisitive, to become familiar with the everyday procedures involved in the workings of general practice, and to function as a member of the health care team. Additionally, they are expected to use evidence-based medicine skills to answer clinical questions as they arise. In these ways students will provide a benefit to their general practice preceptors, patients and their own learning.

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