Academic Reading

Unit code: HSC0003 | Study level: Non-award
Credit points
N/A
Location
Industry
Prerequisites
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Overview
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Overview

This unit provides students with high level reading skills and strategies needed to manage and comprehend academic texts in the form of case scenarios and tasks while under time pressure. In particular, practice will be provided in dividing typical academic English language texts into sections with a view to formulating a “plan of attack” to approach an exam OSCE. Moreover, practice in understanding of cohesive devices, paragraph structure and both overt and inferred meaning will be provided. Adjunct reading skills such as skimming and scanning for gist and detail as well as vocabulary building will be practised.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Show comprehension of denoted and connoted details in lengthy texts through successful performances of simulated practice OSCEs; and
  2. Demonstrate use of both appropriate formal and informal vocabulary in simulated performances of practice OSCEs.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Performance
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Grade: Pass/Fail
2 x 8-minute OSCE performances assessing clinical communication skills

Required reading

The Australian Medical Council, (2007) The AMC Handbook of Clinical Assessment The Better Health Channel (Victorian Government Online Patient Education website) AMC Clinical Examination candidate information DVD (provided by the teacher)

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bridging Course in Clinical Practice For International Medical Graduates
HIMG | Non-award course | Duration: 12 weeks

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