Learning Technologies

From year 1 of the MD program, all students have access to the following features:

Timetable

Personalised weekly timetables for you to view or print. Timetables are interactive, allowing you to select a learning event and download associated resources. The title, location, lecturer, discipline and learning objectives of every event are also provided.

Announcements

A personalised inbox of announcements notifying you about important course or subject information, timetable changes and upcoming events. Messages may originate from individual teaching academics, the Department of Medical Education, Clinical Schools or the Melbourne Medical School.

Curriculum

Curriculum resources arranged by year, stream (term) and weeks of the entire MD course for students to browse. This feature provides you with an alternative way of accessing curriculum materials.

Library

A portal is provided for accessing a targeted selection of medical and biomedical resources via the University library's online collection. It includes:

• Over 60 online bioscience and medical textbooks;
• Search tools optimised to find academic, scientific and biomedical information;
• Unrestricted access to key clinical support resources (e.g. Clinical Key, Australian Medicines Handbook);
• Other useful software programs related to bioscience and medicine

From year 2 of the MD program, all students also have access to a clinical portfolio, including Patient Records and Procedures Log:

Patient Records

Electronic health records are increasingly being used in clinical environments to manage patient care. To help you develop expertise in the practice of creating, storing and managing high quality patient records, MD Connect features a patient record system designed for clinical education. The system
allows you to capture details of your clinical encounters and store de-identified patient information in a secure database. It also mediates online access to specialist medical databases.

Procedures Log

A clinical procedures log allows you to record when and where a particular clinical procedure was performed and to access key information concerning these procedures.

During years 3 and 4 of the MD program, all students have access to the MD Selectives:

Scholarly Selective

Browse a database of available Scholarly Selective research projects before entering your preferences.

Vocational Selective

Organise and nominate your own year 4 Vocational Selective or enter your preferences for a pool of selectives initiated by individual supervisors, private clinics or hospital-based units.