Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine (MD)

The course is structured around problem-based learning. The first two years of learning focus on the basic sciences (pharmacology, physiology, anatomy, population health and biochemistry), clinical skills and evidence-based medicine. An e-portfolio commences in the first year and runs through all five years of the course.

Clinical learning begins in the first weeks of this highly practical course. In your third, fourth and fifth years you’ll extend your professional skills through full-time clinical and community placements in a number of locations throughout Greater Western Sydney and rural New South Wales, covering the broad range of general, specialist medical and inter-professional training. This will include surgery, medicine, critical care, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, mental health, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, general practice and medicine in context rotations.

Every student in the Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine (MD) Joint Program is required to undertake an individual research project. Projects are selected during the second part of Year three, to be completed over Year four.

Medicine is a physically and mentally challenging profession in which practitioners are often required to put the interests of their patients above their own. You must be prepared to commit to a lifetime of service and continuous learning.

While medical education will provide candidates with the foundation of knowledge, attitude, skills and behaviours required to practise medicine, it is recognised that there are certain inherent requirements that are necessary to progress through the curriculum and ultimately receive the Bachelor of Clinical Science (Medicine)/Doctor of Medicine (MD).

Review the inherent requirement statements for Medicine and think about whether you may experience challenges in meeting these requirements.