Hey Joe here's the info:
UNSW Medicine is introducing a graduate entry stream for its 6-year
undergraduate MBBS program. Unlike other schemes that permit graduate entry
into an undergraduate Medicine program, this will be restricted to Bachelor of
Medical Science students at UNSW, who will be required to complete a research
Honours year prior to entry into Medicine.
The BMedSc at UNSW has been revised so that, effective from the 2007 intake,
students will be required to undertake introductory-level courses in all of the
medical science disciplines, with specialisation only occurring in the third year.
For the graduate entry stream, provisional offers of admission will be made
following completion of the second year, including all of the introductory-level
courses. Students will then transfer to a plan of study specific to entry to UNSW
Medicine, and will undertake a number of relevant advanced-level courses in the
third year of the degree, as well as bridging courses in conjunction with their
Honours research project.
Because of this design, graduates admitted via this pathway will have both a firm
foundation of knowledge of the medical sciences and significant experience in a
research laboratory. They will thus be able to enter the MBBS program with
advanced standing, together with exemption from the Independent Learning
Project. Following additional bridging coursework, they will then continue into the
clinical courses of Phases 2 and 3 of the UNSW Medicine program. The nett
result will be that students will complete both the BMedSc(Hons) and the MBBS
degrees in a total of 7 years.
IS UNSW starting a Grad entry program next year?
