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| FAM5101 | Family Medicine: Practice and Principles 1 | ||
| SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | |||
| Credit Points: 20 | |||
| Description: | |||
| This unit examines the origins and principles of the discipline of family medicine and its context within the health care system across the world. The underlying concepts of health and illness, healing, clinical decision-making and patient-centred medicine are explored within the setting of family medicine in the community and the broader primary health care setting.
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This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
| M44 | Graduate Diploma of Family Medicine | ||
| I28 | Master of Family Medicine | ||
| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 30/04/2009 VET: 30/04/2009