Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery
With the health – indeed, the lives – of countless people in your hands, you need the right medical education. You need to be precise, safe, competent, confident and empathic. You need advanced skills and knowledge and you need to be able to work effectively in any environment. Just as importantly, you need a passion for your profession, a love of learning, and a highly professional approach to your work.
The University of Western Sydney's Medicine and Surgery Program gives you just that. Based on an innovative curriculum that is tailored to the Western Sydney context, it combines problem-based learning and intensive clinical practice with leading theory and research. As a first and second year student, you'll be set a problem each week, and the lectures, resources, clinical practice and research for that week will focus on the learning that this problem creates or poses. From third to fifth year, you'll rotate through clinical placements across the whole of Greater Western Sydney and possibly also rural NSW, ensuring the utmost competence and confidence in your future career.
What's more, you'll be studying at Australia's newest, state-of-the-art medical research and education facility. You'll be stimulated, challenged and inspired, and you'll have access to the most modern classroom and laboratory facilities, simulated learning spaces, problem-based learning rooms, anatomy laboratories and computer labs, as well as a three-floor specialist building dedicated to basic and applied medical research.
Medical graduates of the University of Western Sydney will be distinguished by:
- The capacity to welcome and facilitate change
- A commitment to life-long learning
- A capacity and preparedness to work in conjunction with other services where appropriate in locations where health is poor and health care resources are limited
- An ability to work competently across the continuum of community, primary, secondary and tertiary care
- An understanding of, and commitment to, the principles of preventive medicine
- An ability to resolve the tension between the medical practitioner's responsibility to the individual and responsibility to the community
- A commitment to the scientific method and evidence-based practice.
Course Details
| UAC Code | Campus | |
| 705750 | CSP | Campbelltown |
Duration
5 years full-time.
Recommended Studies
Chemistry
Practical Experience/Internship/Clinical
Students in years 3 to 5 will be rotating through clinical placements across the whole of Greater Western Sydney and also possibly rural NSW.
An internship of one year in NSW is a requirement of registration. Internships are organised by the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training, or similar bodies in other States.
Professional Recognition
Graduates will be eligible for registration by medical boards in all Australian states and territories and New Zealand, and be able to apply for registration in a number of overseas countries (note that many countries now require foreign graduates to undergo some additional examination or other assessment before they are registered).
Registration in NSW requires the successful completion of an internship following the completion of the degree.
How to Apply
For all information about applying to the MBBS and access to application forms, please visit the School of Medicine pages.
A Career in Medicine and Surgery
As a graduate of the Medicine and Surgery Program, you'll be more than just highly skilled; you'll be ready for your internship and training in a specialty. You'll be able to choose from a range of career options, including:
- Medical Practice (either general or specialised) – The MBBS prepares students to become practising doctors within Australia and New Zealand, or many other countries in the world. To practise in Australia or New Zealand, you must first complete a year's internship to become registered. To then practise independently you must complete additional specialist training. The training required varies with the specialty chosen and can take 3-7 years. (A minimum time of three years is required for General Practice, but a minimum six years is required to become a surgeon.)
- Medical Administration
- Medical Research – UWS may (subject to approval by the University Senate) offer you the chance to acquire an honours degree (Bachelor of Medical Research (Hons)), by adding another year to the MBBS.
You may also pursue a research career part-way through specialty training (after your MBBS) by applying to complete a PhD or Doctor of Medicine (The Doctor of Medicine is not yet on offer at UWS and is subject to approval by the University Senate).
- Medical Teaching – Medical teaching careers usually involve gaining an academic post in a University, but practising doctors also commonly teach as part of their work. You may be involved in the education of medical students, the training of resident medical officers, or the training of registrars.
Honours
A proposal is being developed to enable students to complete an Honours degree in medical research. If approved this will be available to students who have completed at least three years of the MBBS program. It will require an additional full-time year of study.
Scholarships
The University of Western Sydney offers a wide range of highly sought-after undergraduate scholarships worth up to $30,000 each. If you're awarded a scholarship, you can use it to pay some or all of the costs of your course, easing the financial burden of study and allowing you to concentrate on your long-term goals.
To find out more about the Scholarship program offered at UWS contact the Course Information Centre on (freecall) 1800 897 669 or email study@uws.edu.au
Do you need more information?
For information on the application process, please refer to the School of Medicine web pages. It is important that you understand the process as there is criteria in addition to the UAC Application that you must meet to be considered.
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