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	Dunedin School of Medicine		University of Otago Christchurch		University of Otago Wellington

Year 4	Medicine 1: Acute Medicine; Geriatrics Ambulatory Medicine	Ethics 4th 5th Clinical Pharmacology 4th 5th Clinical Skills 4th 5th Communication Skills 4th 5th Evidence Based Medicine 4th 5th Maori Health 4th 5th Radiology 4th 5th Microbiology 4th 5th Pathology 4th 5th Professional Development 4th 5th	Healthcare of the Elderly / Rehabilitation / Psycho geriatrics	Clinical Skills 4th 5th Ethics/Medico-legal 4th 5th Hauora Maori 4th 5th Pathology: 4th 5th -Anatomical -Biochemistry -Haematology -Microbiology Prof development 4th 5th Quality and Safety 4th 5th Radiology 4th 5th	Advanced Clinical Skills	Addiction Medicine 4th 5th Clinical Pharmacology 4th 5th Clinical Reasoning 4th 5th Hauora Mäori 4th 5th Medical Imaging 4th 5th Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 4th 5th Professional Skills, Attitudes & Ethics (PSAE) 4th 5th
			Cardiorespiratory, Plastics/ Dermatology (CVPD)		Medicine and Clinical Skills
	Psychological Medicine
	Surgery		Surgery/Oncology/ Gastroenterology/ EM		Surgical and Clinical Skills
	Urban GP, ENT, Public Health		General Practice Public Health		General Practice & Public Health

Year 5	Child Health& Reproductive Medicine Women's Health Children's Health		Womens Health & Developmental Medicine		Reproductive, Sexual and Women’s Health
	Medicine 2: Cardiorespiratory Medicine & Medical Specialties		Paediatrics		Child and Adolescent Health
			Advanced Medicine		General Medicine and Subspecialties
			Neurology
			Psychological Medicine		Psychological Medicine
	Musculoskeletal & Emergency Medicine		Musculoskeletal Medicine		Musculoskeletal and Skin
	Rural GP		Public Health		Primary Health Care & General Practice Public Health
Trainee Intern Year
Year 6	Elective	Professional Development	Elective	Hauora Maori Professional Development Radiology Friday Afternoon Teaching	Elective	Professional Skills, Attitudes and Ethics
	Community management: General Practice, ENT, Ophthalmology, Emergency Medicine, After Hours & Public Health project		General practice		General Practice
	Ward management: Medicine & Surgery		Medicine		Medicine
			Surgery		Surgery
			Emergency medicine/Critical Care / Selective
	Speciality management: Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Psychological Medicine		Psychological medicine		Psychological Medicine
			Obstetrics and Gynaecology		Obstetrics and Gynaecology
	Paediatrics		Paediatrics		Paediatrics

		Block Modules	Integrated Case	Healthcare in the Community Units	Clinical Skills	Vertical modules
Year 2	Semester 1	Foundation Weeks	1 - Trauma	1 – Being a Patient, Being a Doctor	Consultation Skills	Ethics (2nd 3rd) Blood (2nd 3rd) Cancer (2nd 3rd) EBP (2nd 3rd) End of Life Care (2nd 3rd) Genetics (2nd 3rd) Hauora Maori (2nd 3rd) Infection and Immunity (2nd 3rd) Pathology (2nd 3rd) Professional Development (2nd 3rd) Pharmacology (2nd 3rd) Psychological Medicine (2nd 3rd) Public Health (2nd 3rd)
		Behavioural Medicine	2 - Health & Illness Behaviour 3 - HIV
		Musculoskeletal	4 - Painful Joints 5 - Headache and Fever 6 - Bruising	2 – Disabilities and Carers	History and Examination of the Musculoskeletal System
		Cardiovascular	7 - Fainting 8 - Palpitations	3 – Culture and Health 4 – Clinical Placement 5 – Illness and Aging 6 – Addiction	History and Examination of the Cardiovascular System
	Semester 2		9 - Chest Pain

		Respiratory	10 - Shortness of Breath 11 - Cough		History and Examination of the Respiratory System
		Immersion Week
		Gastrointestinal	12 - Abdominal Pain and Jaundice 13 - Colon Cancer	Units 3-6 continue after mid-semester break/immersion week	History and Examination of the Gastrointestinal System
Year 3	Semester 3	Nervous System	14 - Developmental Delay 15 - Traumatic Head Injury 16 - Collapse 17 - Suicide and Depression	1 – Humanities electives	History and Examination of the Nervous System
				2 - Biopsychosocial medicine


		Metabolism and Nutrition	18 - Diabetes 19 - Obesity	3 – Child Development	Clinical Reasoning
		Renal	20 - Haematuria 21 - Chronic Renal Failure	4 – Biopsychosocial Medicine	Lifestyle
				5 – Health Promotion	Dealing with Emotions in the Consultation
	Semester 4	Endocrine	22 - Failure to Thrive 23 - Lethargy	6 – Family Violence	Techniques including Venepuncture, Blood Sugar Levels, Urine Dipstick
				7 – Whole person care
		Reproduction, Development and Aging Regional Clinical Anatomy	24 - Lump in the Neck	8 – Primary health care and preparation for CCW	History and Examination of Obstetrics and Gynaecological Systems
			25 - Infertility and Pregnancy	9 - Community Contact Week
			26 - Sexual Health and Cervical Cancer	10 - Adverse outcome and patient safety
			27 - Lower Abdominal Pain	11 – Interprofessional practice	Revision

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