MICN501 Medicine Fifth Year

Overview

The fifth year builds on fourth year with more time spent on wards and in the community; interviewing and examining patients; and clinical problem solving. There are also projects in public health.

About this paper

Limited to

MB ChB

Eligibility

Successful progression from MICN 401.

Contact

otagomedicalschool@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Various academic staff from the relevant home campus of the Otago Medical School.

Textbooks

Textbook lists are updated annually and will be provided early in the academic year.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
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Learning Outcomes

The Advanced Learning in Medicine (ALM) curriculum builds on Years 2 and 3 of the MB ChB programme by greater application of the theoretical learning of ELM training to clinical settings. There is an important transition from work as a student to work as a health professional. Students spend 75% of their time learning in clinical environments, with supplementary lectures and tutorials.

Specific skills include:

• Skills in working with patients and within a clinical team
• Attitudes concomitant with professional and ethical patient-centred conduct
• Independent thinking
• Research-informed, lifelong learning

Timetable

Overview

Medical students spend their fifth year consolidating the development of the previous years. Expectations correspond with their greater familiarity of the clinical environments, with further exposure to other medical disciplines and contexts. A small number of students may choose to spend their fifth year based in a rural centre as part of the Rural Medical Immersion Programme.

About this paper

Limited to

MB ChB

Eligibility

Successful progression from MICN 401.

Contact

otagomedicalschool@otago.ac.nz

Teaching staff

Various academic staff from the relevant home campus of the Otago Medical School.

Teaching Arrangements

Clinical experience is supplemented by lectures and tutorials, including vertical module topics such as ethics, Hauora Maori, Pacific and pathology. In Advanced Learning in Medicine (ALM) about 75% of the students' time will be spent in clinical situations and about 25% in lectures and tutorials.

Textbooks

Textbook lists are updated annually and will be provided early in the academic year.

Graduate Attributes Emphasised

Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes.

Learning Outcomes

The Advanced Learning in Medicine (ALM) curriculum builds on Years 2 and 3 of the MB ChB programme by greater application of the theoretical learning of ELM training to clinical settings. There is an important transition from work as a student to work as a health professional. Students spend 75% of their time learning in clinical environments, with supplementary lectures and tutorials.

Specific skills include:

• Skills in working with patients and within a clinical team
• Attitudes concomitant with professional and ethical patient-centred conduct
• Independent thinking
• Research-informed, lifelong learning

Timetable