Doctor of Medicine

Overview

Flinders University offers graduate entry to the MD in Adelaide and the Northern Territory*, providing an alternative to the traditional pathway from secondary school to an undergraduate medical course. The four-year program enables you to graduate with a medical qualification that is comparable to a six-year undergraduate program.

The Flinders medical program aims to develop the elements of knowledge, understanding and skill central to varied areas of medical practice, producing graduates well prepared to act as hospital interns and with the potential to follow a full range of medical specialties in subsequent training.

Flinders has a strong profile in medicine both nationally and internationally, and continues to be at the forefront of innovation in teaching and research. We provide rich and innovative student clinical placements and are leaders in the field of rural and remote health.

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Course

Doctor of Medicine

Duration: 4 years

Delivery mode:
On campus

Availability:
Full-time

Start dates:
February

Annual indicative fees (2019):
$10,958 (Commonwealth supported)

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Your career

Upon graduation, you must complete a year as a hospital intern to qualify for medical registration with the Medical Board of Australia. After internship and a possible further year in a training position, you can then apply to undertake specialist training with a medical college. In addition to clinical practice in a wide range of medical specialties, medical graduates may work in research, public health or community aid around the world, or in health administration.

Potential occupations after internship include:

general practitioner
hospital medical officer
medical specialist
general practitioner in urban, rural and remote settings.

Professional accreditation/recognition

All medical students will be registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, which has responsibility for ensuring that all persons permitted to practise medicine in Australia should be fit and proper persons to maintain professional standards.

What you will study

Throughout the course there are three broad topics or themes: doctor and patient, knowledge of health and illness, and health professions and society. The program focuses on student-centred learning with longitudinal development of the knowledge, skills and personal and professional attributes required of a doctor. Topics cover areas such as interaction between doctor and patient, knowledge of health and illness, health professions and society, socially responsible health practice, clinical research foundations, and advanced studies.

Practical experience

The degree offers a hand-on approach, blending community and hospital training that offers you exposure to the broad spectrum of health care from the primary to the tertiary level. Topics introduce you to clinical practice and performance, and you will undertake practicals and clinical placements throughout the degree.

Practical experience requirements

This course includes clinical placements which aim to provide students with the practical experience required for the workplace. Students who are required to complete clinical placements must be immunised in accordance with the relevant State or Territory immunisation standards (eg Health Immunisation for Health Care Workers in South Australia 2014 Policy Guideline) and any additional private provider requirements as needed.

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Doctor of Medicine

Northern Territory entry

Flinders offers medical training in Darwin through the Northern Territory Medical Program.

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Rural entry

Flinders is committed to improving health care in rural and remote communities.

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Indigenous entry

Indigenous doctors make a significant contribution to the health of our country.

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Entry requirements

Applicants must:

hold an approved undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution
hold a valid Graduate Medical Schools Admission Test (GAMSAT)
attend an interview.

This course has specific application timelines. For more information, please check our website.

How to apply

Before applying you MUST download and read the Doctor of Medicine Application Guide for domestic applicants.

2020 entry

Applications open
Monday 27 May 2019

Applications close
Friday 28 June 2019

Applicants shortlisted for interviews notified
From late August 2019

Interviews will be held between 23 September and 6 October 2019

Offers are normally made from mid-October and may be made right up until the commencement of the course in February 2020 to fill places available.

Register to sit GAMSAT (the Graduate Medical Schools Admissions Test). GAMSAT is held in March each year and results are released in May each year.

Apply online via Flinders University Invitations to interview at Flinders are issued to applicants for places in South Australian and the Northern Territory on the basis of overall GAMSAT score.

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Entry requirements

Applicants must:

hold an approved undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution
hold a valid Graduate Medical Schools Admission Test (GAMSAT) or North American Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT)
attend an interview.

English language requirements