HME921 - Medicine 2A
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Semester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 4 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.500 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H311, H911 |
| Prerequisite: | Must have passed HME912 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HME201 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 600 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | Online (Zoom) lectures in weeks 1-18 |
| Note: | Laptop Computer requirement Students enrolled in the MD require a wireless-enabled, personal laptop computer to undertake scheduled learning activities. Wireless access to the Deakin network is available within the teaching spaces of the Deakin Medical School. Information about minimum computer standards will be communicated to students upon acceptance into the MD. Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children CheckIn accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course. Students are also required to hold a current Working with Children Check and will be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. |
Content
HME921 represents Semester 1 of Year 2 of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) course and consists of a single unit of four credit points. The unit is structured in two blocks, Endocrine and Lifecycle and Musculoskeletal and Metabolism, and within each block the themes of Medical Science and Clinical Practice, Public Health Medicine, Indigenous Health and Ethics, Law and Professionalism are explored. Students will also undergo a series of clinical placements in the clinical environment.
Hurdle requirement
A pass is awarded for each block based on a cumulative outcome ≥50% of available marks in addition to obtaining a passing grade in ≥4 assessment tasks in the Musculoskeletal and Metabolism block, and obtaining a passing grade in ≥5 assessment tasks in the Endocrine and Life Cycle block.
Students must pass each block of HME921 (Musculoskeletal and Metabolism and Endocrine and Lifecycle) in order to be eligible for an overall pass grade in HME921.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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