Medicine in UNSW and Melbourne U

[eeliang]

Hi, this is the first time i post a topic. Actually I just had been offered a place in UNSW to do medicine and currently waiting for university of Melbourne to reply me. I wanna to know about the medicine course in UNSW and Melbourne University. Can anybody advises me on that?

[youngyew]

Hi, this is the first time i post a topic. Actually I just had been offered a place in UNSW to do medicine and currently waiting for university of Melbourne to reply me. I wanna to know about the medicine course in UNSW and Melbourne University. Can anybody advises me on that?
Hi welcome to ReCom!

May I know more about your questions? It seems quite general so it's a bit hard for me to answer you. I may give you some details about Melbourne University, and as for UNSW you may want to look at Zeroth. Try sending a private message to see whether he's free to answer you. :)

[Zeroth]

Hi there, congratulations on receiving UNSW offer. However, if you can, I suggest you wait for Melbourne offer as the Med course is said to be more prestigeous there. Hehe!

The UNSW medicine course had just recently been revamped with the New Medicine Program. Basically this program removes the traditional approach to medicine, where you would do sciences in the first half and then clinical in the second half by integrating everything. Also, the course uses a multidisciplinary approach, so you don't study based on the many disciplines of medicine. The whole course is based on scenario based learning.

For your first two years, you will undergo Phase 1, consisting of 4 blocks. Each block will have a written examination, group project and an individual assignment. You will be put into scenario groups consisting of around 12 members, where you will tackle issues related to the scenario presented in each block.

You will face your first clinical experience right from Foundations, where you will deal with history taking and then procedural skills.

The course put much emphasis on reflections, where by the end of your Phase 1, you will be required to write a Portfolio on your progress throughout the first two years. The course is very patient centered as well, so at times it may seem that they are removing some content that were deemed 'excessive'.

In phase 2, you will undergo 'Independant Learning Project', which includes an attachment with a research team of your choice.

I think i'm explaining this badly, you can get more information from the website: www.med.unsw.edu.au

Due to the 'beta' nature of the course (it's entering it's fourth year), things are constantly being reviewed and changed. So at times you may feel that things are inadequate or messy. However, I'm satisfied with what they provide now. Hope it helps.