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Introduction Dean of Medicine and Health Sciences: Professor Nicholas Glasgow Ninety Australian government-funded graduate-entry places in the ANU Medical School will be available to Australian and New Zealand citizens and Australian permanent residents in 2012. Of these 90 places: - 3 must be filled by applicants who take up Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS). These are only available to Australian citizens or permanent residents. MRB scholarships represent an Australian Government initiative to encourage doctors to work in rural areas of Australia after completion of basic medical and postgraduate training. Details of these scholarships are available at www.health.gov.au/mrbscholarships. While we expect that MRB scholars may wish to take up places in the Rural Stream (details below), the two programs are independent of each other. - 23 places are Bonded Medical Places (BMP). Students accepting these places will be bonded by the Australian Government to work in districts of workforce shortage for a period of four years after completion of their basic medical and postgraduate training but they will not be supported with a scholarship during Medical School. These represent a further Australian Government initiative to address medical workforce shortages. Details about BMP are available at www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme. - 64 places are Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) funded by the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR). Two Commonwealth Supported Places are set aside annually for Indigenous students, although Indigenous students may apply for general admission. It is anticipated that 25% of the 90 students admitted annually will enter a Rural Stream that will provide rural educational experiences in southeast New South Wales during the four-year program. The focal point of these experiences will be in the third year of the program: students will complete their entire Year 3 studies in regional centres surrounding Canberra, principally attached to general practices. This track will provide hands on clinical experience in local hospitals with weekly structured teaching activities, which will be supported by appropriate IT. The ANU Medical School may also admit up to 20 full fee-paying international students in 2012. Degree program Students who successfully complete the full program of study at the ANU Medical School will be awarded a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). These degrees are recognised in Australia as being necessary for a medical student to proceed to an internship in an approved clinical establishment. Program structure (a) Themes The program of study is underpinned by four themes: Medical Sciences, Clinical Skills, Population Health, and Professionalism and Leadership. These themes are integrated in the course material. Medical Sciences covers the scientific basis of medicine. The Population Health theme addresses the relationship between humans, their society and the environment. The Clinical Skills theme not only emphasizes skills concerned with communication, patient examination, simple clinical procedures and diagnosis, but also the critical appraisal of research evidence to practice optimal patient care. The Professionalism and Leadership theme addresses issues concerning the doctor as a professional, as well as medical human rights, health law, ethics, the institutional structure and the history and philosophy of the medical profession. The proportion of the program devoted to each theme will vary throughout the program, but overall the following proportions of program time will roughly be devoted to each theme: Theme 1 Medical Sciences 45 per cent Theme 2 Clinical Skills 30 per cent Theme 3 Population Health 15 per cent Theme 4 Professionalism and Leadership 10 per cent (b) Blocks A block structure runs beneath the theme structure and forms the basis for courses within the program. The various blocks and associated course codes are set out in the table below. In the first two years, students study for four days of each week on campus and one day a week is spent in a clinical setting. In each of Years 1 and 2, all students spend one week in a rural town in southeast New South Wales. Years 3 and 4 will be taught in clinical settings in either Canberra or in southeast New South Wales. Students will rotate through the various blocks at different times in Year 3 Rural Stream students will spend the entirety of their year in a rural setting. These students will access core material via the internet and will receive tuition from local medical staff. Student learning will not take place within the block structure but students will see a similar range of patient presentations as their urban counterparts over the course of the entire year. Duration The program of study covers four years, full-time (192 units). Usually, no block of study can be completed on a part-time basis. In Years 1 and 2, a student who wishes to defer studies mid-year will only be able to re-enter the program 12 months later. In each of Years 3 and 4, any variation to fulltime study requires individual approval from the Dean. General admission Except as set out below, an applicant must have completed, or about to complete in the year of application, a Bachelors degree, have achieved satisfactory performance in GAMSAT and pass an interview. Further details regarding the Medical School's Admissions requirements, process and important dates, can be obtained from the Medical School website at http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/admission.
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