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Program Structure
The three major "streams" of the course are the core elements of medical practice: the Scientific Basis of Medicine, Clinical Skills and Medical Personal and Professional Development.These three streams are woven into and form the basis for each problem-based learning (PBL) case in Years 1-3. Learning in medical disciplines such as pathology, anatomy, physiology, and pharmacology are taught in the context of the PBL case under study. Training in clinical skills begins in Year 1, thus eliminating the traditional divide between "pre-clinical and clinical".
Throughout Years 4-6, students will expand their knowledge, experience and practise within these three streams as they undertake a wide variety of clinical placements within Adelaide's teaching hospitals and in the broader medical community. Preventative medicine is increasingly being recognised as one of the most important elements of a modern health system, and the MBBS program places special emphasis on evidence based medicine and the principles of public health that inform the practise of preventive medicine. The Spencer Gulf Rural Health School has a multidisciplinary team of highly trained and experienced health professionals to provide opportunities for students to be trained in a range of clinical specialties in rural South Australia. Rural placements offer students a unique learning environment, often with more clinical and hands-on experience.
In addition to producing graduates who are fully competent to undertake an internship, a major aim of the curriculum is to make learning enjoyable and stimulating. Before being admitted to full registration as a medical practitioner in Australia a medical graduate must serve a twelve month internship as a resident medical officer in an approved hospital. Subsequent to this a graduate has to enter a postgraduate speciality (including general practice) training program.
Admission Information
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Selection Criteria
Year 12 applicants
You must not hold a tertiary record at any higher education institution. A Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER) of 90 or above must be achieved. You must sit the Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) and top UMAT performers must also attend a structured oral assessment. Applications will be ranked on the basis of all 3 components: the UMAT, oral assessment and TER.
Alternative entry pathways
- Higher Education applicants
TERTIARY TRANSFER ENTRY (USE SATAC CODE 324221): must be enrolled in the current year in any University of Adelaide undergraduate degree program. You must have completed at least one year full time equivalent (24 units) but not more than two years full time equivalent university study, achieving at least a credit average (a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.0 or more). You must sit the Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) and attend an oral assessment. Applications will be ranked on the basis of all 3 components: the UMAT, interview and GPA.
- Special Entry applicants
You must meet the following criteria: you must be 21 years or over on January 1st of the year that you will be studying*, and you must never have been enrolled in a course leading to a higher education level award. If you meet this criteria, you will be eligible to compete using your result in the Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT). You must attain a STAT score within the top decile. Your STAT result is not weighted between verbal and quantitative components. Personal Competencies (PC) and Employment Experience (EE) statements are not considered.You must sit the Undergraduate Medicine & Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) and top UMAT performers must also attend an oral assessment. Applications will be ranked on the basis of all 3 components: the UMAT, oral assessment and STAT. *The age restriction is 19 years or over if you have completed either the Flinders Foundation course or the UniSA Foundation Studies program or the UniSA Program for Adult Learners. Indigenous applicants may be eligible for entry through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access Scheme. See Wilto Yerlo for further information.
- Without formal qualifications?
Additional Entry Requirements
All applicants must obtain a copy of the booklet Faculty of Health Sciences Undergraduate Admissions Guide 2009 from the Student Centre, telephone (08) 8303 7335 or 1800 061 459 (country and interstate callers) or via the Faculty of Health Sciences web site ( http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/ugprograms/). This booklet sets out the eligibility requirements and the selection process in detail. Failure to read the booklet will not be grounds for special consideration. There are two distinct parts to the application process. The first is an application to sit the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT). The second is the SATAC application. Applicants who have not already registered with UMAT at the time of reading this Guide will be ineligible for consideration since applications to sit UMAT closed in June 2008. Applicants who have registered with UMAT must lodge their SATAC application by 29 August 2008. Students studying year 12 in 2008 will be asked to enter their UMAT identification number when they lodge their application on SATACí³ UniWeb. Selection will be based on three components: performance in the UMAT; performance in a structured oral assessment; achievement of a tertiary entrance rank (TER) of 90 or above for appropriate year 12 studies. All new students will be required to show evidence of their Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV/AIDS status during the first few weeks of enrolment. Potential applicants should consult the website http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/591. Successful applicants will need to have completed a senior first aid certificate prior to commencement of study. students may be required to complete a National Police Record check prior to clinical placements.
How to Apply
SATAC Code: 314552 Applicants to tertiary-transfer entry use SATAC Code: 324221
International applicants
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Selection Criteria
Equivalent Scores
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TER |
90 |
Total
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
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6.5
6
6
6
6
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Additional Entry Requirements
Additional entry requirements include performance in the Personal Qualities Assessment (PQA) and, if selected, a Structure Oral Assessment. Refer to the International Selection Document for more information. How to Apply
Career Opportunities
Before being admitted to full registration as a medical
practitioner in Australia, a medical graduate must serve at least twelve months
as an intern in an approved hospital. After successfully completing the internship
and obtaining full registration to practice, graduates have to make a career decision
with respect to entering a postgraduate specialty (including general practice)
training program offered by a professional college. There is a wide range of medical
career paths and the options becomes apparent as students progress through the
program.
Potential careers
Doctor / Medical Practitioner
Graduate Attributes
Our undergraduate program at the University of Adelaide Medical School seeks to produce an undifferentiated doctor with the abilities and skills appropriate for both the seamless transition to post-graduate training, and to continue into advanced training
programs for the full spectrum of career paths.
The University of Adelaide Medical graduates will be distinguished by:
- Being thoroughly versed in the skills and application of adult learning.
- Deriving enjoyment for the process of learning and the pursuit of knowledge and understanding (where knowledge is defined as information that can be used effectively in familiar and unknown situations).
- Having a superior ability to integrate knowledge across disciplines.
- The ability to apply basic scientific knowledge to facilitate understanding and management in clinical practice.
- A highly developed sense of their ‘duty of care’ for their patients.
At the end of the program of undergraduate medical education the student will have acquired through the Scientific Basis of Medicine, Medical Personal and Professional Development, and Clinical Practice streams the attitudes, knowledge and understanding, and skills essential to the practice of medicine, including:
Medical Personal and Development
- Respect for patients and colleagues that encompasses, without prejudice, diversity of background and opportunity, language, culture and way of life.
- Recognition of patients’ rights in all respects, and particularly in regard to privacy, confidentiality and informed consent.
- Ability to cope with uncertainty and adapt to change.
- Awareness of the moral and ethical responsibilities involved in individual patient care and in the provision of care to populations of patients.
- Development of the capacity of self-audit and for participation in the peer-review process.
- Capacity to recognise and accept limitations in one’s knowledge, understanding and clinical skills.
- Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
- Willingness to use his or her professional capabilities to contribute to community welfare as well as to individual patient welfare by the practice of preventive medicine and the encouragement of health promotion.
- Acceptance and practice of the theories and principles that govern ethical decision making, and of the major ethical dilemmas in medicine, particularly those that arise at the beginning and end of life and those that arise from the rapid expansion of the knowledge of genetics.
- Ability to retrieve (from electronic databases and other resources), manage, and utilise biomedical information for solving problems and making decisions that are relevant to the care of individuals and populations.
- Acceptance of the responsibility to contribute as far as possible to the advancement of medical knowledge and research in order to benefit medical practice and further improve the quality of patient care.
- Willingness to contribute to teaching and the professional development of others.
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing with patients, colleagues and others in carrying out their responsibilities.
The University of Adelaide is committed to regular
reviews of the courses and programs it offers to students. The University of
Adelaide therefore reserves the right to discontinue or vary programs and
courses without notice. Please read the important information contained in the
disclaimer.
Last updated: Tuesday, 11 Aug 2009
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