UWA Handbook 2025

Unit Overview

Description

Scholarly Activity 2 is the second unit in a 3-unit sequence and delivers a Longitudinal Integrated Curriculum (LIC) for the Clinical years, that includes the scholarly research (CLEaR) component of the curriculum. This unit continues on from Scholarly Activity 1 in semester 6 and will be followed by the final unit Scholarly Activity 3 in Semester 8.Students will spend ½ day per week exploring diverse topics essential to maintaining personal mental health and wellness, in addition to pursuing independent research and scholarly activities through the Community Learning, Experiences, and Research experience (CLEaR). The LIC will also expose students to essential topics in medicine that are not typically taught in clinical clerkships. Finally, the LIC includes a unique approach to “continuity of care” through the “Adopt-a-family” program.

Credit

6 points

Offering

Availability	Location	Mode
Not available in 2025	UWA (Perth)	Face to face

Outcomes

Students are able to (1) display individual, interpersonal, work-based, and culturally safe professionalism in all aspects of professional life; display critical and insightful self-awareness of own personal values, well-being, personal difficulties, and professional performance and implement effective management strategies when necessary; comply with and apply ethical, legal, and regulatory frameworks in medical practice

; (2) display appropriate medical leadership, management, and effective team skills and behaviours; participate effectively in collaborative healthcare spanning disciplines and geographical borders; discuss global health organisations, healthcare systems, and career pathways and display the ability to assist patients/carers/families navigate their healthcare journey with regard to their local context

; (3) demonstrate advocacy for individual patients, groups, communities, and populations; display culturally safe communication, cultural humility, and comprehensive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, M?ori, and Native American peoples and communities globally through an applied understanding of the historical, geographical, and socio-cultural contexts; provide sensitive and individualised healthcare to patients/carers/families and communities recognising diverse backgrounds and situations; evaluate and apply health maintenance, promotion, and prevention strategies applicable to the communities served; (4) inform medical practice with critical evaluation and application of biomedical, behavioural, epidemiological, clinical, and translational sciences; perform an accurate, relevant, timely, and prioritised patient assessment; apply justifiable diagnostic reasoning strategies to formulate a relevant and prioritised differential diagnosis and diagnostic strategy for core presentations and medical conditions; and apply logical clinical judgement and decision-making in individual clinical situations; demonstrate the formulation, negotiation, and implementation of a prioritised management plan in partnership with the patient/carer/families and other health professionals displaying logical clinical judgement and decision-making; assess and respect the patient's values, preferences, context, perspectives, and impacts of their health and health problems, and involve and inform the patient/carers/families during the decision- making and management process; display caring, compassionate, and empathic behaviours with patients/carers/families and other health professionals and communities through communicating professionally, respectfully, courteously, and effectively; apply a quality framework to medical practice and display a commitment to high quality clinical standards

; (5) display capacity for critical self-reflection, lifelong learning, and continuous professional development; establish effective mutually beneficial mentoring and support relationships; demonstrate effective teaching, education, and counselling of patients/carers/families and communities; implement teaching sessions guided by the principles of effective teaching and learning; display effective self-assessment skills, seek, and effectively respond to constructive feedback, provide constructive feedback to others, and evaluate different assessment methods and strategies

; and (6) evaluate and apply scientific, research, and biostatistical methods and information and demonstrate a commitment to generation and dissemination of knowledge; apply evidence-based practice to individual patient, community, or society healthcare; use clinical information, support systems, and resources in a relevant, effective, and professional manner.

Assessment

Indicative assessments in this unit are as follows: (1) portfolio components; (2) in-semester assessment; and (3) professional behaviour assessment. Further information is available in the unit outline.

To pass this unit, a student must: (a) achieve an overall mark of 50 per cent or higher for the unit; and (b) achieve the requisite requirements(s) or a mark of 50 per cent or greater, whichever is higher and specified in the unit outline, for the portfolio components and professional behaviour assessment components.

This unit is assessed on an ungraded pass/ungraded failed basis. All assessment items must be successfully completed.

Student may be offered supplementary assessment in this unit if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Scott McCoombe and Dr Todd Vanderah

Unit rules

Prerequisites

Enrolment in

92850 Doctor of Medicine (Global)

and Successful completion of

GMED5602 Scholarly Activity

Co-requisites

GMED5701 Medical Practice 3

Approved quota: 105—selection for the Global MD will be overseen with the Medical School's Medicine and Dentistry Admission and Selection Committee and be consistent with the approved and advertised selection processes for the standard UWA MD (course code 91850).

Contact hours

96 hours