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Relevant Auckland MBChB Learning Outcomes

Science and Scholarship: medical graduate as scientist and scholar
1.6: Demonstrate a commitment to excellence, evidence based practice and the generation of new scientific knowledge.
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.
MBChB 221: Principles of Medicine
 Personal and Professional Skills
6Demonstrate academic integrity.
MBChB 221: Cardiovascular System
 Clinical and Communication Skills
11Describe selected primary techniques used in cardiovascular research, and outcomes of the work.
MBChB 221: Genitourinary System
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Describe and justify a systematic approach to clinical examinations.
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
 Population Health
7Critical review of the design and interpretation of clinical trials.
MBChB 321: Professional and Clinical Skills 2
 Applied Science for Medicine
3 •  Demonstrate an awareness of objective versus subjective findings
 •  Explain the probabilistic approach to clinical medicine
5Quality and Safety
 •  Explain the principles of evidence-based practice
 •  Distinguish between the concepts of quality and safety
 •  Describe the principles of safe work practices
 •  Explain the psychological precursors of error
 •  Propose actions a healthcare ‘team’ might take to prevent adverse events
 Personal and Professional Skills
13 •  Critically reflect on own and other cultural and religious norms and how they affect interactions with patients and team members
MBChB 401: General Practice
 Clinical and Communication Skills
2 •  Use an evidence-based approach to diagnosis formulation;
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;
 Population Health
9Suggest evidence-based population health approaches that would reduce the burden of diseases requiring surgery.
MBChB 401: General Medicine
 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 medical patient observed during the clinical experience.
MBChB 401: Formal Learning Yr 4
 Evidence Based Medicine
 •  Apply focussed clinical questions to acquire relevant clinical evidence
 •  Explain the need to integrate the evidence with patients’ values and other relevant clinical to make good decisions.
 Endocrinology and Diabetes
 •  Explain the strengths and shortcomings of the respective tests used for assessing patients presenting with these conditions, using best evidence.
 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.
MBChB 501: Paediatrics
 Clinical and Communication Skills
3 •  Use an evidence based approach to formulate most likely diagnosis and differential diagnosis.
MBChB 501: Formal Learning Yr 5
 Optimised Patient
 •  Explain an effective or optimal approach or pathway to prepare a patient for anaesthesia and surgery
MBChB 551: General Medicine
 Hauora Māori
 •  Potential bias in working with Māori patients and whānau is identified and strategies are used to overcome biases.
 Population Health
 •  Relevant preventative medicine strategies are incorporated into daily practice – emphasis on vaccinations, smoking cessation, cardiovascular risk assessment and preventative strategies.
 Applied Science for Medicine
 •  Application of pharmacologic principles is demonstrated in disease management and safe prescribing practice.
 •  Relevant evidence bases are used to critically evaluate literature pertinent to clinical problems.
MBChB 551: Psychiatry
 Population Health
 •  Improvements in public health mental services through reflection on current delivery models of mental health care.
MBChB 551: Clinical Imaging
 Clinical and Communication Skills
 •  Relative strengths and weaknesses of imaging modalities for diagnosis, including economic considerations and radiation dose.