Associated teaching hospitals and clinical service

Flinders Medical Centre

The School of Medicine is located within Flinders Medical Centre (FMC), a fully integrated 430 bed teaching hospital, offering a comprehensive range of services for patients of all ages. Most teaching and learning sessions are conducted within FMC in years 1 and 2 and for most students, clinical attachments in year 3 are located in the Centre.

Royal Darwin Hospital

The School of Medicine has a Northern Territory Clinical School located within Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH). The RDH is the principal specialist hospital in the Northern Territory and has 293 beds for acute care and mental health patients. Students in the Northern Territory quota spend the final two years in the RDH and other Northern Territory clinical services . Adelaide-based students also have opportunities to study in the Northern Territory in years 3 and 4.

Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park

The Repatriation General Hospital (RGH) is one of two southern region hospitals associated with the School of Medicine and is located near to the School. It is a former veterans hospital but now acts as a 270 bed acute general hospital with services in medicine, surgery, palliative care, rehabilitation, psychiatry and geriatrics. The clinical services are closely integrated with those at the FMC.

Noarlunga Hospital and Health Services

The second hospital in the southern region associated with the School of Medicine is the Noarlunga Hospital and associated Health Services. This is a 50 bed hospital with Emergency and Primary Care facilities. The Department of General Practice of the School has a permanent presence in a Teaching Unit at the site.

Glenside Hospital

Students undertake some clinical experiences in Psychiatry at the Glenside Hospital a 382 bed hospital of the South Australia Mental Health Services (SAMHS). SAMHS is being reorganised and many hospital based services are being mainstreamed.

Port Lincoln Hospital

Rural placements are also available at Pt Lincoln Hospital, a 60 bed general medical and surgical hospital. Pt Lincoln is 650km west of Adelaide

Alice Springs Hospital

Rural placements in the Northern Territory can be undertaken at the Alice Springs Hospital, a 180 bed acute general hospital. Alice Springs is located in the centre of Australia and serves surrounding remote communities with high indigenous populations.

Centre for Remote Health

The mission of the Centre for Remote Health is to provide appropriate tertiary education, training and research, focusing on the discipline of remote health, to meet the health needs of remote communities in the NT and adjacent areas.

Flinders University Rural Clinical School

The Flinders University Rural Clinical School aims to serve both Flinders University and the rural and remote communities of South Australia through high quality medical education, research and clinical service for and in rural communities.