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Deakin University
The Deakin Medical School is Victoria’s first rural and regional medical school. Our goal is to train students to become highly skilled doctors who are motivated to pursue a career as specialists or general practitioners in rural or regional areas. We have developed an innovative four year curriculum with an emphasis on clinical and procedural skills, chronic disease prevention and management, and inter-professional teamwork.
Our students will be based at the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds in a new purpose-built medical school for the first two years of the course. The main teaching method will be problem-based learning, where students will analyse real cases in small groups to learn the basic sciences required to practice medicine.
There will be a strong emphasis on information technology, which has become an essential part of clinical practice, and on early clinical experience, including simulation-based teaching.
Students will choose one of four regional clinical schools for the third and fourth years of the course – in Geelong, Ballarat, Warrnambool or Box Hill. There will also be a small group of students who spend all of the third year attached to regional general practices. There will be opportunities to study interstate or overseas during elective terms in the fourth year.
Students will be taught and supervised by dedicated, experienced academic staff and clinicians, and will be welcomed and strongly supported by local communities. There is a significant medical workforce shortage throughout Australia, particularly in rural, regional and outer metropolitan locations. We are confident that Deakin graduates will be in high demand for internships in Victoria and other states. They will be well prepared to enter specialty training programs in all areas of medicine and to work in a wide range of hospital or ambulatory settings in Australia or overseas, including careers in medical research.
Deakin’s course in medicine is the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS). It is a graduate entry program, meaning applicants must have a completed an undergraduate degree to be considered for a place in the program.
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Clinical placements
During third and fourth years, training will be delivered in clinical settings. You will be based at one of four clinical
schools: the Greater Green Triangle Clinical School (centred on Warrnambool); the Grampians Clinical School (centred on Ballarat); Greater Geelong Clinical School (centred on Geelong) and Eastern Health Clinical School
(centred on Box Hill). You will be able to take advantage of a comprehensive range of clinical experience in hospitals, general
practices and community-based services.
Professional recognition
The Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery is accredited with the Australian Medical Council (AMC). Graduates who satisfactorily complete pre-registration training will qualify as Registered Medical Practitioners in Australia and New Zealand.
Industry partnerships
Deakin Medical School is negotiating affiliation agreements with the health services managing the major public hospitals and
with the major private hospitals operating in the region.
There will also be close cooperation with the four Divisions of General Practice in western
Victoria so that you are able to undertake clinical placements in general practice.
Overseas study
There will be an elective term in the fourth year of the course where students are able to arrange clinical placements interstate
or overseas.
Deakin Medical School graduates will be well prepared to work as interns in regional, metropolitan and interstate hospitals. As a graduate you will be equipped to enter training programs for a diverse range of medical careers, including general practice, surgery, pathology, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynaecology, pediatrics, anaesthetics, geriatric medicine, radiology, occupational and rehabilitation medicine and many other specialties. Other possible career paths include academia, medical research, and hospital and government medical administration.
For further information visit the School of Medicine website.
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