HMA/B (Years 1 & 2)

1. Understanding Medical Biostatistics (Y1)

2. Understanding Risk and Decision-making (Y2)

3. HMB only: Quality and Safety

Introduction to medical error and quality of use of medicines

AEA/B (Years 1 & 2)

1. Introducing EBP: Steps 3-5

a. Understanding study results: Odds, risks and ratios

b. Meta-analysis and systematic reviews

c. Applying evidence to the individual patient

2. AEA only: Clinical research design –bias and confounding

BGDB (Year 2)

1. The Child Health research project

a. Research literature review

b. Using SPSS to examine a research question

c. Carrying out logistic regression analysis

d. Writing up research as a journal paper

e. Research teamwork

SH (Year 2)

1. Research Skills

a. Basics of SPSS and statistical analysis

b. How data is collected and analysed

c. The principles of research ethics and committees

BGDA (Year 1)

1. Introducing EBP – The 3rd of 5 steps

Step 3/5 - Appraise: How to critically appraise and identify bias in medical research

2. Introduction to Screening Principles

Foundations (Year 1)

1. Introducing Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

Step 1/5 - Ask: How to form a good clinical research question

Step 2/5 - Acquire: How to find the best evidence

2. Introducing research study design and data

BGD (Year3)

1. Paeds: EBP: Risk assessment and diagnostic testing

a. Putting evidence into practice

b. Estimating risks and likelihood ratios

2. Obstetrics: Evidence-based approach to ante-natal care

3. Quality and Safety: teamwork, communication, patient safety

ILP (Year4)

1. EBP: The research process

a. Research skills and methodologies

b. Methodologies: quantitative and qualitative

c. Biostatistics: approach and tests

d. Writing up research

Society & Health (Year3)

1. EBP: Screening and diagnostic tests

2. Quality Use of Medicines (QUM): What does this mean for doctors?

Adult Health (Year3)

1. EBP in Medicine and Surgery:

a. Putting evidence into practice

b. Interpreting meta-analyses

c. Using clinical practice guidelines

2. Quality and Safety:

a. Professionalism and Q&S in practice

b. Min-audit: the power of clinical audits

c. QUM: Taking a good medicines history

Aged Care (Year3)

1. EBP in Aged Care:

a. Putting evidence into practice

b. How research becomes clinical practice guidelines

2. Quality and Safety: Principles of safe prescribing for the elderly

Oncology (Year3)

 

1. EBP in Oncology

2. Quality and Safety: teamwork, communication, safe prescribing

Clinical transition

1. EBP in Clinical Practice

a. Diagnostic utility of various signs and symptoms

b. Principles of decision-making when ordering diagnostic tests

2. Quality & Safety

a. Medication charts

b. Medical communication

c. Medical error and you

Clinical attachments (Years 5-6)

1. Consolidating EBP in clinical practice

2. Quality & Safety – across the whole 2 years and also:

a. QUM Pharmacology assignment

b. Prescribing analgesia and fluids post-operatively

c. Hospital-acquired infection

PRINT

1. EBP: Best practice clinical decision-making

2. Quality & Safety

a. Quality use of medicines

b. Communication and teamwork

c. Medical error

d. Fundamentals of patient safety

e. Quality improvement

f. Professionalism