Melbourne Clinical School

The Melbourne Clinical School (MCS) is located within easy reach of Melbourne CBD and co-located with the Mercy Hospital Werribee. The academic team is led by Professor Moyez Jiwa a clinician and Professor of Health Innovation. The focus at the school is to deliver excellence in clinical training in an environment where students are encouraged to be reflective and evidence based. The school nurtures a budding research program with a focus on developing and evaluating innovations to reduce the burden of chronic and complex conditions in the community.

The purpose built MCS offers first class facilities including a large lecture theatre, tutorial rooms, a library, clinical skills simulation area, several laboratories, clinical suites, a student common room and an outdoor function facility.

Medical students attend MCS in their third and final years of the postgraduate MBBS course. The students complete their training at hospitals including Werribee Mercy, St. Vincent’s, St. George’s, Western Health at Sunshine, Footscray and Williamstown, Cabrini and Calvary Health Care (Bethlehem). Students undertake rotations in medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics, emergency and rural medicine.

Since the first graduates of the MCS in 2011, alumni have established successful careers, especially in Victoria and New South Wales.