Griffith Medical School

Griffith Medical School

Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery - Gold Coast

Duration: 4 years

In this program, you will learn in small group settings including problem-based learning tutorials, clinical skills centres and health care service settings. You will develop the skills, knowledge and behaviours necessary to graduate as a doctor ready to practise as an intern and to undertake postgraduate specialty training. The program is comprised of four integrated year long courses - Medicine 1, Medicine 2, Medicine 3 and Medicine 4 and is underpinned by four themes across the four years of study:

• the Doctor and the Patient
• the Doctor and the Knowledge of Health and Illness
• the Doctor and Health in the Community
• the Doctor and Law, Ethics and Professional Practice.

The program is designed to graduate doctors who:

• are caring, competent and informed
• understand the scientific basis of medicine
• recognise the social and environmental contexts in which health and illness exist and in which medicine is practised
• are excellent communicators
• are equipped to use new sources of information and critically adopt technologies to achieve the best outcomes for their patients
• are committed to service, teamwork, scientific inquiry and lifelong learning.

Study pathways

Graduates of this program will normally* be eligible for limited registration and will receive full registration by the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Agency (AHPRA) upon successfully completing a subsequent one-year internship in the hospital system.

After completing at least one further year of residency in the hospital system, graduates will usually be eligible to start postgraduate specialty training in the clinical environment.

International students and students undertaking their equivalent of year 12 study in a non-English speaking country may not be automatically eligible for internship or registration and it is recommended that they contact the relevant agencies to ascertain their status.

Doctor of Philosophy

Duration:Duration F/T - Minimum 2 years, maximum 4 years or P/T - Minimum 3 years, maximum 8 years

About this program

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is Griffith's premier research training degree. The PhD is awarded on the basis of a thesis prepared under supervision that makes an original, significant and extensive contribution to knowledge and understanding in the relevant field of study, as judged by independent experts applying accepted contemporary international standards. This program can be undertaken in schools and research centres.

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