510-311 Health Practice 5

This semester explores the psychosocial problems that emerge from the problems of the week. Subjects will include public health and disease control, adverse events, patient and practitioner distress and the psychosocial aspects of cancer medicine. Students learn how to examine skin lesions, soft tissue lumps and the breast. They will revise history and examination skills learned in earlier semesters and integrate these into a biopsychosocial assessment.

Please refer to Health Practice 1.

Three class assessments (20%); end-of-semester written examination of 2 hours (50% - hurdle requirement); performance-based assessment in the form of an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) which includes direct observation of a clinical interview and physical examination (30%). Hurdle requirement: 75% attendance at lectures, tutorials and practical classes and 100% attendance at clinical placements and field visits.