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41 SCHOOL OF MEDICINE MEDICINE DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (MD) Duration: Four years full-time Academic pre-requisite: For full details, please see the GEMSAS Guide at gemsas.edu.au. Loan Scheme: FEE-HELP / HECS-HELP / Bonded Medical Places (BMP) There is a nationwide push to graduate doctors whose purpose is to serve in areas of unmet need. This includes specific needs in rural/ remote regions and outer metropolitan areas of Western Australia, where there is a current shortage of doctors in some medical disciplines. The Doctor of Medicine at Notre Dame is a four-year, full-time program, and is offered to graduates with a recognised undergraduate university degree from any discipline. The program uses national and international referencing and benchmarking with other Australian universities and professional bodies to ensure the quality of our degree. PROGRAM STRUCTURE In the first two years of the degree, students are exposed to clinical skills, basic and clinical sciences, communication, bioethics and therapeutics through the problem- based learning strategies taught mainly at the University’s Fremantle Campus which has purpose-built facilities including a clinical skills laboratory. Medical students also have access to the basic biomedical science expertise and laboratory facilities at Murdoch University. Clinical attachments take place at doctors’ surgeries and with allied health professionals. In the third and fourth years of the program, students study specific disciplines of medicine, such as surgery and paediatrics. They complete discipline-based rotations over eight to nine weeks in length, usually in a hospital setting. Students also have the opportunity to develop their research skills with a new course, Systematic Research Inquiry. In fourth-year, students perform a translational research project or clinical audit based in the hospital sector. These courses collectively create a unique research experience. PRACTICAL COMPONENT During the last two years of the program, students attend clinical schools based in public and private hospitals, and private medical practices in metropolitan and rural locations. There are compulsory field trips to rural and remote locations in second-year and a four-week rural practice placement in fourth-year. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants must satisfy the requirements of both Notre Dame and GEMSAS (Graduate Entry Medical Schools Admission System). For full details see the GEMSAS Guide at www.gemsas.edu.au . SELECTION PROCESS Candidates are selected for admission on the basis of the following: ›› Personal qualities and motivation to study Medicine; ›› GAMSAT Overall Score; ›› Grade Point Average; and ›› An interview. WA RESIDENCY SCHEME Applicants who have resided cumulatively in Western Australia for 10 years or more prior to the application closing date will have this taken into consideration in the scoring of the Notre Dame portfolio. ALTERNATE PATHWAY FOR ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER APPLICANTS Applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background should contact the Fremantle Admissions Office on +61 8 9433 0537 for advice on alternative pathways. Applicants are strongly advised to regularly check the Notre Dame website for details on additional Special Entry/ Pathway Schemes (SEP Schemes). IMPORTANT DATES (2019) February Standard registrations for GEMSAS close March GEMSAS test date Medicine Program Information Session Early and Late May GEMSAS application and Notre Dame portfolio available Late August/early September Offers made for interviews at Notre Dame September/October Interviews at Notre Dame November Offers made for places at Notre Dame Please visit www.gemsas.edu.au or the Notre Dame School of Medicine webpage notredame.edu.au/about/schools for more information. MEDICINE