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Rural APIC Course Coordinator - Dr Lisa White (lisa.white@adelaide.edu.au)

Year 5 Rural Program Coordinator: Bronwyn Herde
Phone: 0438 821 744
Email: bronwyn.herde@adelaide.edu.au
Location: Adelaide Rural Clinical School, The 成人大片

• Rural Emergency simulation during O-week
• Skills stations in O-week
• Facilitation of theatre sessions with local anaesthetist throughout the year (rural location dependant)
• Anaesthetic and Pain (PBL) tutorials
• Pain Case Discussion
• Critical Care Case Simulation
• Simulation program at mid-year workshop
• Palliative Care Telehealth Simulation Sessions 1 and 2
• Online training resources

Competencies expected of a fifth-year medical student

1. Conduct a preoperative assessment
2. Identify significant co-morbidities and outline strategies for perioperative investigation, optimisation and management
3. Understand the principles of perioperative patient monitoring and recognition of early deterioration
4. Overview of anaesthesia principles, including emergency anaesthesia
5. Application of clinical pharmacology to safely deliver local anaesthesia to patients.
6. Utilise difficult airway algorithm that incorporates professional boundaries
7. Perform advanced life support skills, with effective use of airway aids
8. Use a framework to diagnose and manage common post-surgical problems
9. Develop an approach to the management of critically ill patients including 
   a. Essentials of identification, triage and management of critically ill patients
   b. Principles of life-support and monitoring systems
10. Assessment of pain in relation to clinical diagnosis, classification and response to therapy
11. Knowledge of the pharmacology of drugs commonly used in pain management
12. Familiarity with drug and non-drug techniques commonly used in pain management
13. Develop pain management strategies required to competently fulfil the role of an intern.
14. Outline principles and professional medical responsibilities in patient palliative care
15. Learn effective interaction with multi-professional teams involved in the APIC disciplines
16. Practice the APIC disciplines according to ethical principles.
17. Utilise advanced communication techniques in difficult and challenging staff and patient encounters

Online Textbooks (note that you must be logged into the Library first for the link to work):

Lecture Notes : Clinical Anaesthesia (5)
by Gwinnutt, Carl L. & Gwinnutt, Matthew


Acute Pain Management : A Practical Guide, Fourth Edition (4) by Macintyre, Pamela E., Schug, Stephan A.

See chapters 3,4,6,7 and 16

Other:
Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence 3rd edition, 2010:

Therapeutic Guidelines: Palliative Care: available via the 成人大片 Library
Australian Medicines Handbook: available via the 成人大片 Library

See MyUni Rural APIC Course
Content: Online Interactive Modules, PBL cases and online lectures delivered via MyUni.
Communication: Announcements and discussion boards will be used for asynchronous communications.
Assessment: Formative online assessments.

Rural APIC syllabus and educational activities are integrated across the rural year, orientation and midyear workshops and are uniquely customised to the rural location.

Educational activities include:-
- Lectures - pain management
- Rural Emergency simulation/skills stations - O week
- Facilitation of operating theatre anaesthetic sessions with local anaesthetists ( rural location dependant)
- Online tutorials
- PBL tutorials
- Virtual anaesthetic theatre simulation sessions - mid-year workshop
- Emergency simulation sessions throughout the year
- Palliative care case-based discussions
- Advanced Communication | Pain | End of Life Simulation Workshops
- Online training resources

This course is designed to introduce you to the principles of Anaesthesia, Pain, Palliative Care and Intensive Care. 

Throughout the year this course will cover the theoretical principles, but more importantly it will provide opportunites to gain practical experience in clinical and simulation settings alongside experienced rural clinicians.  

This is a fantastic opportunity to start to develop skills, structure and confidence in looking after some of the sickest and most challenging patients in a supportive and safe environment.  

This course will include:

• O-week workshop Rural Advanced Life Support Skills
• Introductory lectures
• Cased based learning sessions over Zoom
• Mid Year simulation sessions 
• Simulation sessions in local sites
• Pain Discussions
• Palliative Care simulations
• Sessions rostered in theatre with Anaesthetists

To pass this course and the Fifth Year MBBS Examination Annual Examination Part 2 course, students must obtain:

•    a satisfactory result in each of the components of the summative assessment in semesters 1 and 2; and
•    a satisfactory performance in the examinations overall

If an overall borderline grade is achieved in the examinations, a student may be offered an opportunity to sit a Replacement/Additional Assessment examination.

Academic Progression Requirements
Progression from one year to the next in the MBBS is dependent on the student successfully completing a compulsory annual examination course in which a full year’s learning is assessed.

To successfully complete the MEDIC ST 5000AHO and MEDIC ST 5000BHO Fifth Year MBBS Examination Part 1 and Part 2 courses, the student must pass the end of year examinations and have successfully completed all year level component courses (24 units).

IF a student fails the compulsory examination course no passing grade will be received for any core medical studies courses.

IF a student has not completed all required MEDIC ST units of the year they may be offered an appropriate remedial course of the same or greater value as specified in term 4 of the same academic year.

It is compulsory for students to attend clinical placements and their specific activities in line with the principles and guidelines outlined in the Medical Student Clinical Hours document.

Exemptions to mandatory clinical placement attendance requirements may be granted by the Program Coordinator in consultation with the relevant course coordinator and year level advisor if there are exceptional medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances as defined by the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment Policy.


The University has developed a Scope of Practice document which outlines appropriate activities for Year 5 students. Students should be familiar with this document, and adhere to its guidelines. The document can be found in MyUni and .

	Pain case discussion	See My Uni		40%
	Critical Care Case Simulation	Friday 18th October		40%
	Palliative Care Simulation Reflection	2 weeks after pall care session		20%
			Total	100%

The MBBS Program has a regular program of evaluation.  In addition, student representatives are appointed to MBBS committees and are encouraged to report on issues of importance to students.

Students may access the University Health Practice, 61+ 08 83135050 

The MBBS Program website has details on Student Well-being resources which can be accessed.

Please read the MBBS Program Code of Conduct