Overview

This topic is designed to develop the student's ability to integrate their knowledge derived from their formative education including the first year Bioscience, and all second year Pathophysiology topics, and the concurrent Clinical Assessment topic and apply this to the complexities associated with making Clinical Decisions.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

  • Explore the complexities of patient presentations and decisions about emergency health care, taking into account individual variations in pathologies, age, social status, racial traits, comorbid health status and drug use
  • Explore complex decision making in the setting of a multi-casualty incident or disaster

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Requisites information

Pre-requisites:

Assumed knowledge

Understanding of fundamental human anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology.