Australian Medical Council Limited Accreditation of University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine medical program Medical School Accreditation Committee November 2016 July 2018 Digital edition ABN 97 131 796 980 ISBN 978-1-925829-10-5 Copyright for this publication rests with the Australian Medical Council Limited Australian Medical Council Limited PO Box 4810 KINGSTON ACT 2604 Email: [email protected] Home page: www.amc.org.au Telephone: 02 6270 9777 Facsimile: 02 6270 9799 Contents Executive summary 2016 ............................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 1 The context of the medical program .......................................................................................... 11 1.1 Governance ........................................................................................................................................................... 11 1.2 Leadership and autonomy .............................................................................................................................. 15 1.3 Medical program management .................................................................................................................... 15 1.4 Educational expertise ....................................................................................................................................... 16 1.5 Educational budget and resource allocation .......................................................................................... 16 1.6 Interaction with health sector and society .............................................................................................. 18 1.7 Research and scholarship ............................................................................................................................... 19 1.8 Staff resources ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 1.9 Staff appointment, promotion & development ...................................................................................... 22 2 The outcomes of the medical program ...................................................................................... 23 2.1 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................................. 23 2.2 Medical program outcomes ........................................................................................................................... 24 3 The medical curriculum .................................................................................................................. 26 3.1 Duration of the medical program ................................................................................................................ 26 3.2 The content of the curriculum ...................................................................................................................... 27 3.3 Curriculum design ............................................................................................................................................. 28 3.4 Curriculum description ................................................................................................................................... 30 3.5 Indigenous health .............................................................................................................................................. 30 3.6 Opportunities for choice to promote breadth and diversity ............................................................ 31 4 Learning and teaching ..................................................................................................................... 33 4.1 Learning and teaching methods ................................................................................................................... 33 4.2 Self-directed and lifelong learning .............................................................................................................. 35 4.3 Clinical skill development ............................................................................................................................... 35 4.4 Increasing degree of independence ............................................................................................................ 36 4.5 Role modelling ..................................................................................................................................................... 37 4.6 Patient centred care and collaborative engagement ........................................................................... 37 4.7 Interprofessional learning .............................................................................................................................. 38 5 The curriculum – assessment of student learning ................................................................ 39 5.1 Assessment approach ....................................................................................................................................... 39 5.2 Assessment methods ........................................................................................................................................ 40 5.3 Assessment feedback ........................................................................................................................................ 41 5.4 Assessment quality ............................................................................................................................................ 42 6 The curriculum – monitoring ........................................................................................................ 44 6.1 Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................................ 44 6.2 Outcome evaluation .......................................................................................................................................... 45 6.3 Feedback and reporting .................................................................................................................................. 46 7 Implementing the curriculum - students .................................................................................. 47 i 7.1 Student intake...................................................................................................................................................... 47 7.2 Admission policy and selection .................................................................................................................... 49 7.3 Student support .................................................................................................................................................. 52 7.4 Professionalism and fitness to practise .................................................................................................... 54 7.5 Student representation .................................................................................................................................... 55 7.6 Student indemnification and insurance .................................................................................................... 55 8 Implementing the curriculum – learning environment ...................................................... 56 8.1 Physical facilities ................................................................................................................................................ 56 8.2 Information resources and library services ............................................................................................ 58 8.3 Clinical learning environment ...................................................................................................................... 59 8.4 Clinical supervision ........................................................................................................................................... 61 Appendix One Membership of the 2016 assessment team ...................................................... 64 Appendix Two Groups met by the 2016 assessment team ....................................................... 65 Figures and tables Figures Figure 1: School of Medicine governance structure ....................................................................... 12 Figure 2: Phases of the Wollongong medical program .................................................................. 26 Figure 3: Program curriculum model................................................................................................... 29 Tables Table 1: Enrolment figures 2012 - 2017 ............................................................................................. 47 Table 2: Attrition rates 2012 - 2015 ..................................................................................................... 48 Table 3: Domestic admissions instruments and weightings ....................................................... 50 Table 4: Other clinical sites ...................................................................................................................... 57 Table 5: Student numbers by phase at clinical sites 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