Key facts
UNE unit code: MEDI6202A
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- JMP Semester 1 - On Campus
- Central Coast Clinical School
- Hunter Clinical School
- Manning Clinical School
- Peel Clinical School
- Tablelands Clinical School
- Yes
- No
- No
- 3
Unit information
Student enrolment is semester based, MEDI6202A (Semester 1) and MEDI6102B (Semester 2), with the delivery of the academic content occurring across the full year. Pathways Experience is the Year 5 component of a student directed selective, chosen from a broad group of special topics, that are designed to finalise the extension of student capabilities beyond, and to greater depth than core threshold learning outcomes. In Year 5, the student will be following a negotiated learning plan around the chosen topic/specialty created during the Pathways to Medical Practice unit in Year 4. The areas to be chosen from are: Rural Health, Indigenous Health, Laboratory Medicine, Global Health, and Health Education.
In their chosen pathway, students, in conjunction with a mentor or mentors, will undertake an extended period of study that may include a clinical attachment, community placement, laboratory setting or other contexts appropriate to topics/specialties. For most students, the pathway will articulate with an identified career path or special interest. For some students it may be used to gain an insight, or to set themselves a challenge, in an area that they might ordinarily not contemplate, for example, an alternative or supplement to an envisaged career path such as neonatology for paediatrics, or Indigenous health as a component of global health.
Offerings
For further information about UNE's teaching periods, please go to Principal Dates.
Teaching period | Mode/location |
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JMP Semester 1 | On Campus |
JMP Semester 1 | On Campus, Central Coast Clinical School |
JMP Semester 1 | On Campus, Hunter Clinical School |
JMP Semester 1 | On Campus, Manning Clinical School |
JMP Semester 1 | On Campus, Peel Clinical School |
JMP Semester 1 | On Campus, Tablelands Clinical School |
*Offering is subject to availability
Intensive schools
There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
Enrolment rules
Notes
Student enrolment is semester based, MEDI6202A (Semester 1) and MEDI6202B (Semester 2), with the delivery of the academic content occurring across the full year.
Students will be required to be able to access learning remotely and will require equipment that meets minimum technical specifications for reliable access. They are also required to purchase personal equipment required for clinical activity (e.g. stethoscope). Further details are available on the Joint Medical Program website.
Students must meet the following Placement Requirements:
NSW Health Verification Requirements must be met.
Infection Control training as directed by NSW Health, LHDs, Hospitals, and private placement providers.
Professional Behaviour Pre-Clinical Modules Parts 1 and 2.
Working with Children Check.
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
Unit coordinator(s)
Unit coordinators information is not currently available.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Evaluate the relationship between professional practice and their lifelong learning and apply a systematic process to learn and develop as a professional;
- Integrate knowledge from Years 1-4 of the program into the conduct of one major area of medical practice;
- Operationalise a plan for the development and fulfilment of individual learning needs around a topic of interest through a well-articulated capstone experience;
- Differentiate and establish priorities for self and, if appropriate, patient management in one context of medical practice;
- Communicate effectively, and with empathy and sensitivity, with the major stakeholders/ constituents in a complex and difficult healthcare setting;
- Identify the extent of achievement of the 5 negotiated objectives as nominated in the Pathways to Medical Practice Plan;
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the individual learning plan in terms of objectives achieved;
- Identify issues that inhibited achievement of the learning objectives;
- Diagnose how the learning plan could be improved so that the objectives could have been achieved more efficiently/effectively; and
- Identify issues, plan and implement a solution.
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
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Pathway Placement Activity Log and Reflections | Yes | All offerings | Pass Requirement: Students must pass this assessment item to pass the course. | |
Pathways Experience Field Supervisor Report | Yes | All offerings | Pass Requirement: Students must pass this assessment item to pass the course. | |
Pathways Presentation | Yes | All offerings | Pass Requirement: Students must pass this assessment item to pass the course. |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
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