Deakin Regional and Rural Medical School
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Deakin University School of Medicine is a medical school of Deakin University
based in at the Waurn Ponds campus in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
. It offers a four year, graduate-entry, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) degree.
On 8th of April, 2006, the Prime Minister of Australia
, John Howard
announced that Deakin University would host Victoria's third medical school. Under the leadership of the Foundation Head of School, Professor Brendan Crotty, the first cohort of 120 students commenced their BMBS degree on 7 February 2008. These students are expected to graduate at the end of 2011.
The School of Medicine was officially opened on 1 May 2008 by the former Prime Minister of Australia
, Kevin Rudd
.
In 2011, there will be 130 Commonwealth Supported Places
available (this figure includes 33 Bonded Medical Places and 5 Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS). Applicants for these positions must first sit the GAMSAT
(Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test) in the two years prior to the year in which they wish to commence study, and satisfy other entry requirements such as a interview based on the Multiple Mini Interview
(MMI) process.
The goal of the Deakin University medical program is to contribute to the improvement of the health and wellbeing of Australians by creating a cohort of new doctors who are skilled and motivated to pursue a career in medicine in rural and regional areas either as specialists or general practitioners. Students' mean age at commencement of year 1 of the course is around 25 each year.
In third and fourth years, students are based at clinical schools located at the following teaching hospitals affiliated with the Deakin University School of Medicine:
, Daylesford
, Colac
, Ararat
, Camperdown
, Casterton
, Horsham
, Stawell
and Hamilton
. Teaching is provided through a combination of face-to-face instruction by general practitioners, clinical skills trainers, visiting medical and surgical specialists, and online lectures and tutorials. A unique aspect of the IMMERSe program is that students perform "parallel consulting" in general practice. This involves having the student consult one-on-one with a patient, then presenting their findings to the supervising doctor. The doctor then completes the consultation with the student observing, giving the student opportunities to develop practical clinical skills such as history taking, physical examination, case presentation and medical management. By placing students in rural general practices rather than major metropolitan hospitals, the aim of IMMERSe is to give students exposure to primary care and country family medicine, with the ultimate objective of encouraging more medical graduates to work in regional Australia, particularly in general practice.
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
based in at the Waurn Ponds campus in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It offers a four year, graduate-entry, Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (BMBS) degree.
On 8th of April, 2006, the Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
, John Howard
John Howard
John Winston Howard AC, SSI, was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia, from 11 March 1996 to 3 December 2007. He was the second-longest serving Australian Prime Minister after Sir Robert Menzies....
announced that Deakin University would host Victoria's third medical school. Under the leadership of the Foundation Head of School, Professor Brendan Crotty, the first cohort of 120 students commenced their BMBS degree on 7 February 2008. These students are expected to graduate at the end of 2011.
The School of Medicine was officially opened on 1 May 2008 by the former Prime Minister of Australia
Prime Minister of Australia
The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia is the highest minister of the Crown, leader of the Cabinet and Head of Her Majesty's Australian Government, holding office on commission from the Governor-General of Australia. The office of Prime Minister is, in practice, the most powerful...
, Kevin Rudd
Kevin Rudd
Kevin Michael Rudd is an Australian politician who was the 26th Prime Minister of Australia from 2007 to 2010. He has been Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010...
.
In 2011, there will be 130 Commonwealth Supported Places
Tertiary education fees in Australia
As a general rule, all students who attend Australian tertiary education institutions are charged higher education fees. However, several measures are in place to relieve the costs of tertiary education in Australia....
available (this figure includes 33 Bonded Medical Places and 5 Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS). Applicants for these positions must first sit the GAMSAT
GAMSAT
The Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test is a test used to select candidates applying to study medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary science at Australian, British, and Irish universities for admission to their Graduate Entry Programmes The Graduate Australian Medical School...
(Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test) in the two years prior to the year in which they wish to commence study, and satisfy other entry requirements such as a interview based on the Multiple Mini Interview
Multiple mini interview
The multiple mini interview is an interview format that uses many short independent assessments, typically in a timed circuit, to obtain an aggregate score of each candidate’s soft skills. In 2001, the Michael DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University began developing the MMI system, to...
(MMI) process.
The goal of the Deakin University medical program is to contribute to the improvement of the health and wellbeing of Australians by creating a cohort of new doctors who are skilled and motivated to pursue a career in medicine in rural and regional areas either as specialists or general practitioners. Students' mean age at commencement of year 1 of the course is around 25 each year.
Teaching Hospitals
The first two pre-clinical years of the course are based at the Geelong Campus at Waurn Ponds.In third and fourth years, students are based at clinical schools located at the following teaching hospitals affiliated with the Deakin University School of Medicine:
- Geelong HospitalGeelong HospitalThe Geelong Hospital is an Australian public hospital located in Ryrie Street, Geelong, Victoria. The hospital is part of Barwon Health, Victoria's largest regional health care provider, which has 21 sites. It is the largest hospital in regional Victoria and the only tertiary hospital outside of...
(Barwon Health) - Ballarat Base HospitalBallarat Base HospitalThe Ballarat Base Hospital is a hospital located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It is a public hospital operated by Ballarat Health Services...
(Ballarat Health Services) - Warrnambool Hospital (South West Healthcare)
- Box Hill HospitalBox Hill HospitalBox Hill hospital is a teaching hospital in Melbourne, Victoria. It is one of the seven hospitals that are governed within the Eastern Health network which provides health care services across the Eastern metropolitan area of Victoria.-Services:...
(Eastern Health) - IMMERSe Program (Third year only)
Deakin University IMMERSe Program
A cohort of students will spend all of third year attached to a regional general practice where they will complete a 'parallel rural community curriculum' through the Integrated Model of Medical Education in Rural Settings (IMMERSe). Students will cover the same material as those studying in hospital settings. Third year Deakin University medical students in the IMMERSe program are currently hosted in general practices in regional and rural Victorian towns including Bacchus MarshBacchus Marsh, Victoria
Bacchus Marsh is an urban centre and suburban locality in Victoria, Australia located approximately west of Melbourne and west of Melton. The population of the urban area is estimated at over 17,000 people, while the central locality is home to 5,566 people...
, Daylesford
Daylesford, Victoria
Daylesford is a town located in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia. It is a former goldmining town about 115 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, in the foothills of the Great Dividing Range. At the 2006 census, Daylesford had a population of 3,073...
, Colac
Colac, Victoria
Colac is a small city located in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, situated approximately 150 kilometres south-west of Melbourne on the southern shore of Lake Colac and the surrounding volcanic plains, approximately 40 km inland from Bass Strait. Colac is the largest city in and...
, Ararat
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
, Camperdown
Camperdown, Victoria
Camperdown is an historically significant rural town in southwestern Victoria, Australia, south west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Camperdown had a population of 3,165.-History:...
, Casterton
Casterton, Victoria
Casterton is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Glenelg Highway, 42 kilometres east of the South Australian border, in the Shire of Glenelg. The Glenelg River passes through the town...
, Horsham
Horsham, Victoria
Horsham is the largest city by population and regional centre of the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia and is approximately north-west of Melbourne via the Western Highway. At the 2006 census, Horsham had a population of 14,125. Horsham is in the federal Division of Mallee...
, Stawell
Stawell, Victoria
Stawell , is a town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located in Shire of Northern Grampians Local Government Area, west-north-west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Stawell had a population of 6,035....
and Hamilton
Hamilton, Victoria
Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway...
. Teaching is provided through a combination of face-to-face instruction by general practitioners, clinical skills trainers, visiting medical and surgical specialists, and online lectures and tutorials. A unique aspect of the IMMERSe program is that students perform "parallel consulting" in general practice. This involves having the student consult one-on-one with a patient, then presenting their findings to the supervising doctor. The doctor then completes the consultation with the student observing, giving the student opportunities to develop practical clinical skills such as history taking, physical examination, case presentation and medical management. By placing students in rural general practices rather than major metropolitan hospitals, the aim of IMMERSe is to give students exposure to primary care and country family medicine, with the ultimate objective of encouraging more medical graduates to work in regional Australia, particularly in general practice.