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.
1.4: Access, critically appraise, interpret and apply evidence from the medical and scientific literature.
MBChB 1: Graduate Learning Outcomes
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| • 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 2: Respiratory System
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 9 | Describe selected primary techniques used in respiratory research, and outcomes of the work. |
MBChB 2: Cardiovascular System
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 11 | Describe selected primary techniques used in cardiovascular research, and outcomes of the work. |
MBChB 2: Clinical Pharmacology
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 3 | • Show how to access sources of information about medicines. |
MBChB 3: Medical Humanities
| Humanities | |
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| 1 | Identify what constitutes scholarship or excellence in the discipline they have studied. |
| 2 | Define the differences between excellence in the Arts and excellence in Science or Medicine. |
| 3 | Evaluate the strength of an argument in the discipline studied. |
| 4 | Present and defend their own ideas in oral debate; at the same time giving others’ ideas a fair, dispassionate and considered hearing. |
| 5 | Write a well-structured, carefully reasoned essay, fully referenced and putting forward a specific point of view, supported by both reading and original thinking. |
| 6 | Demonstrate their developing critical thinking, analytical and presentation skills. |
MBChB 3: Blood, Immunity and Infection
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 8 | Critically evaluate concepts and results presented in publications relating to haematology, immunology and microbiology, using a selected literature search. |
MBChB 3: Regulation of Body Function
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| 3 | Explain the essential features of clinical trials. |
| Population Health | |
| 7 | Critical review of the design and interpretation of clinical trials. |
MBChB 3: Professional and Clinical Skills 2
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| 3 | • Explain the probabilistic approach to clinical medicine |
| 5 | • Explain the principles of evidence-based practice |
MBChB 4: General Practice
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 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 4: Musculoskeletal
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 4 | • Apply CAT methodology to answer specific clinical question(s) identified in a patient with a musculoskeletal problem; |
MBChB 4: General Surgery
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| 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 | |
| 9 | Suggest evidence-based population health approaches that would reduce the burden of diseases requiring surgery. |
MBChB 4: General Medicine
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| 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 4: 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 4: Geriatrics
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 3 | • Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems; |
| • Identify and discuss areas of controversy in patient management. | |
| Population Health | |
| 8 | Suggest evidence- based population health approaches that would reduce the burden of medical diseases in older people. |
MBChB 4: Formal Learning Yr 4
| Evidence Based Medicine | |
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| • 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 5: Obstetrics & Gynaecology
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 7 | Present evidence based knowledge in core topics of obstetrics and gynaecology to peers. |
MBChB 5: Paediatrics
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 3 | • Use an evidence based approach to formulate most likely diagnosis and differential diagnosis. |
MBChB 5: Psychiatry
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| 1 | • Apply scientific principles, research methodologies and evidence to improve practice and the mental health of individuals and communities. |
MBChB 5: Specialty Surgery
| Clinical and Communication Skills | |
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| 4 | • Apply best available evidence to solve clinical problems; |
| • Identify and discuss areas of controversy in patient management; |
MBChB 5: Formal Learning Yr 5
| Complementary Medicine (CAM) | |
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| • 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 6: General Medicine
| Applied Science for Medicine | |
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| • Relevant evidence bases are used to critically evaluate literature pertinent to clinical problems. |
MBChB 6: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
| Hauora Māori | |
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| • Clinical audit is used to identify and address healthcare inequities. | |
| Population Health | |
| • QI project completed and presented. |
MBChB 6: Paediatrics
| Population Health | |
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| • Poverty, social and economic policies impacting on child health are identified. |