Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

The UWA medical course aims to produce doctors who will:

• Understand the meaning and application of the social determinants of health and their implications for the health and health care needs of individuals, families and communities.
• Have sufficient knowledge and understanding of human structure and function and behaviour to extend this understanding to the management of health and disease.
• Have the appropriate skills and attitudes to provide responsible clinical care within professional limitations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and ability to engage in continuing self-education and further learning in a chosen field of medicine.
• Apply ethical standards of behaviour and knowledge of legal responsibilities to professional practice.
• Apply understanding of population health issues to the health needs of individuals, families and communities.
• Have the ability to contribute to the advancement of medical and scientific knowledge.
• Have sufficient knowledge of the health care system to understand its impact on the delivery of sustainable health care services.

Learning outcomes for the medical curriculum

The undergraduate medical program has been developed around four main themes. The themes provide the framework for the learning outcomes across and within all years, for the development of the curriculum and for assessment.

Each of the four themes is made up of several strands and students must demonstrate satisfactory performance in all eighteen strands.

1. Scientific basis of medicine
   
2. Doctor and patient
   
3. Doctor, health and society
   
4. Personal and professional development
   

1. Scientific basis of medicine (ScBM)

1.1 Apply the scientific/evidenced based approach to medicine and practice.

1.2 Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of normal structure, function and behaviour of the human to health.

1.3 Be able to evaluate and discuss disordered structure, function and behaviour of the human and its effect upon health.

1.4 Apply knowledge of the pathological and clinical features of disease.

1.5 Apply knowledge of therapies to health, illness, and disease.

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2. Doctor and patient (DP)

2.1 Provide effective and safe patient management.

2.2 Perform and practice practical procedures effectively and safely.

2.3 Use effective communication skills and styles.

2.4 Apply and evaluate health maintenance, promotion and disease prevention approaches to clinical practice.

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3. Doctor, health and society (DHS)

3.1 Apply knowledge of the organisation of health care systems delivery in Australia.

3.2 Apply a population perspective to health and health care in the community.

3.3 Have a working knowledge of the socio-cultural context of health and illness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

3.4 Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the effect of a multicultural society on health.

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4. Personal and professional development (PPD)

4.1 Apply the principles of learning and continuing education.

4.2 Apply principles of self care.

4.3 Engage career development pathways.

4.4 Apply ethical behaviour to professional practice.

4.5 Know own legal and professional responsibilities.

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