OBJECTIVES FOR YEAR 2 MEDICINE

The overall objectives will be to acquire knowledge, skills and appropriate attitudes for the specific subjects and systems mentioned below, to improve communication skills with particular reference to educational meetings, and to gain personal development and experience by means of an elective subject. That subject will be the equivalent to a single semester subject and the student may choose to study a branch of medicine in more detail (eg an anatomy prosectorship, laboratory skills) or other options may be chosen (eg medical journalism, history, art, music, anthropology) from other JCU subject offerrings. N.B. Summative assessment for progression to year 3 will require satisfactory performance at a second year level in connection with each of these objectives.

Knowledge
By the end of year two, the student will know: 1. the normal structure and function (anatomy, physiology, histology and basic pharmacology) relevant to the cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, renal, nervous and endocrinological systems and to sexuality; 2. the common patterns in Australia of illness including basic epidemiology and pathology, diagnostic indicators, primary treatments and public health considerations; 3. about common abnormalities of the above systems especially those of particular relevance to Indigenous, rural, remote and tropical health (eg rhematic fever, renal failure, and diabetes); 4. the particular problems of incidence, presentation, diagnosis, treatment, transport etc. which are posed by Indigenous, rural, remote and tropical locations; 5. about normal human psychology and sexuality and the basics of abnormal psychological behaviour and mental illness; 6. the importance of cultural influences and background to psychological expression; 7. the principles of health promotion at an individual and community level in connection with the above systems; 8. the principles of communicating with an audience; and 9. the principles of health economics and ethics relating to the major systems and their disorders (eg the ethics and economics of renal, bone marrow and heart transplants).

Skills
By the end of year two, the student will acquire skills appropriate to: 1. take a basic history and perform a gross examination of the cardiovascular, respiratory, haematological, renal, central and peripheral nervous systems; 2. satisfactorily perform cardio-pulmonary resuscitation; 3. perform and interpret a normal ECG, recognising common abnormalities, interpret a normal Chest X-ray, perform and interpret basic respiratory function tests (peak flow and simple spirometry) and interpret normal renal imaging; 4. recognise normal haematology results and be introduced to abnormal results; 5. recognise normal biochemical results and be introduced to abnormal results relevant to the above systems (eg electrolytes, blood gases, cardiac enzymes, renal function tests): 6. examine urine using current office procedures; 7. take a basic psychiatric history and perform a mental state examination and a mini-mental state examination for organic psychiatric disorders including dementia; and 8. conduct a tutorial and small group meeting (eg organisation and conduct of meetings, public speaking, use of visual overheads, computer graphics and other technologies).

Attitudes
By the end of year two, the student will develop attitudes: of a caring approach to those with psychological disorders and the mentally ill; to appreciate the importance of public health issues relating to the subjects studied; that recognise the importance of self-directed learning; that recognise and value the importance of delivering equitable health care to communities that are Indigenous, remote, rural or tropical; and 5. that maximise the learning potential of educational meetings. 1. 2. 3. 4.