Flinders GEMP III (the clinical years)
What academic resources the Flinders SOM offers in the clinical years
- Course books for each major discipline
- Dedicated attachment to wards and clinical staff
- Full access to ward patients (clinics if in General practice)
- Access to operating theatres and procedure suites (depends on
attachment)
- A variable number of PBL cases (but significantly less than GEMP I & II)
touching the disciplines of medicine, surgery, paediatrics, O&G, psychiatry
and general pactice
What resources the Flinders SOM doesn't offer in the clinical years
- Specific guidance on the depth or breadth of knowledge required
- Specific integration of the GEMP I & II biomedical sciences with
clinical application
- Specific orientation or briefing ward participation or any limits
there-of (ward dependent)
- Scheduled sessions for mini-CEX / clinical skills teaching (students to
organise)
- Guarantee of consistent exposure to range of common conditions and
problems tested in the end of year exam (depends on student initiative)
- Consistent access to hospital clinics (may be limited to space/time
constraints)
- A complete PBL syllabus that addresses common problems and issues in
each subject
- Systematic pathology lectures
- Systematic lectures on pharmacology or therapeutics
- Systematic lectures on clinical sciences e.g medicine or surgery
- Specific guidance on clinical reasoning, case analysis and formulation
or patient management.
Immediate tasks for the student
- Polish clinical skills (history, exam, case presentation)
- Continue to expand knowledge on clinical sciences
- Apply knowledge and skills for specific clinical problems
see what is a Clinical Learning
objective