The primary program of study at ANU Medical School is the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery. This course is designed to produce safe and competent medical graduates who are sought after for internships in accredited training facilities in the Australian Capital Territory and elsewhere in Australia.

The program is thematic in concept and uses problem based learning as the principal method of instruction. The themes we have chosen, and which shape all four years of our course, are:

• Medical Sciences
• Clinical Skills
• Population Health
• Professionalism and Leadership.

These themes have been chosen because they cover the important knowledge and professional domains that medical graduates will need in the 21st century.

Medical Sciences covers the scientific basis of modern 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, and the institutional structure, history and philosophy of the medical profession.

Within the first two years of the MBBS a block structure runs beneath the themes and it is the blocks that form the basis for courses within the program. The various blocks and associated course codes are as follows:

Blocks and associated courses

*Sub-specialities in medicine and surgery will be addressed during this rotation.

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, it will be possible for a student to complete all blocks of study over two years rather than one year.

A Bachelor degree in any discipline is required to apply for graduate entry medicine at ANU.  Applicants may apply in the final year or after completion of their Bachelor degree.  For more information on the admission process, please refer to the ANU Medical School website at http://medicalschool.anu.edu.au/admission.  There are no subject prerequistes for graduate entry medicine.