Relevant Auckland MBChB Learning Outcomes

Science and Scholarship: medical graduate as scientist and scholar
1.4: Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature.
MBChB Graduate Learning Outcomes
 Applied Science for Medicine
 •  Apply scientific principles, research methodologies and evidence to improve practice and the health of individuals and communities.
 Clinical and Communication Skills
 •  Access, evaluate and use new knowledge and information sources to support clinical decision-making.
 Personal and Professional Skills
 •  Demonstrate the capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning;
MBChB 221: Respiratory System
 Clinical and Communication Skills
9Describe selected primary techniques used in respiratory research, and outcomes of the work.
MBChB 221: Cardiovascular System
 Clinical and Communication Skills
11Describe selected primary techniques used in cardiovascular research, and outcomes of the work.
MBChB 221: Clinical Pharmacology
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Show how to access sources of information about medicines.
MBChB 311: Medical Humanities
 Humanities
1Identify what constitutes scholarship or excellence in the discipline they have studied.
2Define the differences between excellence in the Arts and excellence in Science or Medicine.
3Evaluate the strength of an argument in the discipline studied.
4Present and defend their own ideas in oral debate; at the same time giving others’ ideas a fair, dispassionate and considered hearing.
5Write a well-structured, carefully reasoned essay, fully referenced and putting forward a specific point of view, supported by both reading and original thinking.
6Demonstrate their developing critical thinking, analytical and presentation skills.
MBChB 321: Blood, Immunity and Infection
 Clinical and Communication Skills
8Critically evaluate concepts and results presented in publications relating to haematology, immunology and microbiology, using a selected literature search.
MBChB 321: Regulation of Body Function
 Applied Science for Medicine
3Explain the essential features of clinical trials.
 Population Health
7Critical review of the design and interpretation of clinical trials.
MBChB 321: Professional and Clinical Skills 2
 Applied Science for Medicine
3 •  Explain the probabilistic approach to clinical medicine
5 •  Explain the principles of evidence-based practice
MBChB 401: General Practice
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Demonstrate skills for dealing with uncertainty (in a low prevalence environment) in clinical diagnosis in general practice;
 •  Use an evidence-based approach to diagnosis formulation;
 Population Health
7 •  Identify areas in which to use health promotion, prevention and screening techniques
MBChB 401: Musculoskeletal
 Clinical and Communication Skills
4 •  Apply CAT methodology to answer specific clinical question(s) identified in a patient with a musculoskeletal problem;
MBChB 401: General Surgery
 Applied Science for Medicine
1 •  Use recent research findings to outline the current status of solid organ transplantation in clinical practice;
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems;
 •  Determine and correct gaps in underpinning knowledge;
 •  Apply CAT methodology to a specific clinical question identified in a surgical patient observed during the clinical experience;
 Population Health
9Suggest evidence-based population health approaches that would reduce the burden of diseases requiring surgery.
MBChB 401: General Medicine
 Applied Science for Medicine
1 •  Determine other knowledge bases that are used in general medicine.
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems;
 •  Apply CAT methodology to a specific clinical question identified in a medical patient observed during the clinical experience.
 Population Health
8 •  Suggest evidence based public health approaches that would reduce the burden of medical diseases.
MBChB 401: Specialty Medicine
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems;
 •  Identify and discuss areas of controversy in patient management;
MBChB 401: Geriatrics
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems;
 •  Identify and discuss areas of controversy in patient management.
 Population Health
8Suggest evidence- based population health approaches that would reduce the burden of medical diseases in older people.
MBChB 401: Formal Learning Yr 4
 Evidence Based Medicine
 •  Critically appraise clinical studies
 Endocrinology and Diabetes
 •  Explain the strengths and shortcomings of the respective tests used for assessing patients presenting with these conditions, using best evidence.
 Renal Disease
 •  Explain the classification of renal failure by GFR (grades I-V) and how the use of the K/DOQI evidence-base is used in clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing chronic kidney disease.
 Urology and Prostate Cancer
 •  Explain the conflicting views in relation to the diagnoses and treatment of prostate cancer from a urological perspective, using best evidence.
 Oncology
 •  Develop a useful scaffold of prior knowledge on which to build the recent research findings and advances in cancer care.
 •  Connect recent advances in molecular biology and genomics with the application of molecular targeted therapies and immune modulating therapies.
MBChB 501: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
 Clinical and Communication Skills
7Present evidence based knowledge in core topics of obstetrics and gynaecology to peers.
MBChB 501: Paediatrics
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Use an evidence based approach to formulate most likely diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
MBChB 501: Psychiatry
 Applied Science for Medicine
1 •  Apply scientific principles, research methodologies and evidence to improve practice and the mental health of individuals and communities.
MBChB 501: Specialty Surgery
 Clinical and Communication Skills
4 •  Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems;
 •  Identify and discuss areas of controversy in patient management;
MBChB 501: Formal Learning Yr 5
 Complementary Medicine (CAM)
 •  Identify and critique studies and sources of information about CAM
 Infectious diseases
 •  Explain the research-based evidence for the epidemiology and prevention of common and important infections in travellers
 •  Explain the research-based evidence for the epidemiology and prevention of the common and important sexually transmitted infections
MBChB 551: General Medicine
 Applied Science for Medicine
 •  Relevant evidence bases are used to critically evaluate literature pertinent to clinical problems.
MBChB 551: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
 Hauora Māori
 •  Clinical audit is used to identify and address healthcare inequities.
 Population Health
 •  QI project completed and presented.
MBChB 551: Paediatrics
 Population Health
 •  Poverty, social and economic policies impacting on child health are identified.