National School of Medicine

The School of Medicine is dedicated to providing excellence in medical and health professional education, research and scholarship with the aim of graduating health professionals to serve in areas of unmet need, specifically in the country’s vast remote and rural areas.

The School of Medicine is proud of its strong emphasis on pastoral care – supporting every student individually to enable them to become excellent, caring and ethical doctors and health professionals. We focus on small group and problem-based learning combined with rich clinical and practical experiences.

The School of Medicine offers two independent four year post-graduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) programs in Sydney and Fremantle as well as an end-to-end rural program The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT). In addition, it offers programs in Paramedicine, Health and Medical Sciences, Health Professional Education, Health Leadership and Bioethics, along with Higher Degrees by Research.

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Welcome from the School of Medicine

It is a privilege to welcome you to the School of Medicine. The School prioritises the values of integrity, compassion, service, teamwork and humility, as well as the personal health and wellbeing of its students. The School’s aim is to work with students to develop them into high quality, compassionate and patient-centred doctors, paramedics and health professionals.

The School of Medicine offers four year post-graduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) programs in Sydney, Fremantle and an end-to-end rural program the Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training (KCRMT). In addition, it offers programs in Paramedicine, Health and Medical Sciences, Health Professional Education, Health Leadership and Bioethics, along with Higher Degrees by Research.

The School of Medicine’s MD programs are exciting and challenging, giving students opportunities to participate in small group and problem-based learning,  discuss and debate bioethical constructs, population and preventative health and develop research skills, while ensuring a continuing emphasis on medical knowledge and clinical and communication skills. Our curricula are integrated and clinically focused – putting the patients at the centre of everything we do.

The School has a strong and growing commitment to Aboriginal Health, with an alternative pathway for entry for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into the MD programs, an Aboriginal Health Team and an emphasis on Aboriginal health and culture.  The School medical degree also has a focus on rural and remote health with significant rural training opportunities in NSW, Victoria and WA. The Kimberley Centre for Remote Medical Training offers an end-to-end rural program, with the first two years based at our Broome campus and the final two clinical years offered in collaboration with the Rural Clinical School of WA.

Our dedicated staff have a range of clinical, educational and professional backgrounds along with the skills to meet the educational needs of the curriculum program offerings. They have an absolute commitment to quality teaching and training as well as to the pastoral care of the students.

We have a variety of research areas and opportunities with a focus on interdisciplinary and high impact research with consumer involvement. We believe it is critical that all students graduate with a good foundation in health and medical research with a desire to contribute to medical and health practitioner knowledge, critically appraise new evidence and a passion for life-long learning.


Professor Rebecca Anglin
Dean, National School of Medicine