Faculty Information and Assistance
If you require advice about enrolment, degree requirements, progression within programs or with any other general Faculty matter, contact one of the following people located in the Office of the Dean (map reference B27), Faculty of Medicine:
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Postgraduate
Ms Petrina Choong
Postgraduate Student Programs
Office of the Dean
Faculty of Medicine
Tel: (02) 9385 2457
Fax: (02) 9385 1874
Email: postgrad@med.unsw.edu.au
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General Enquiries
Office of Dean
Faculty of Medicine
Tel: (02) 9385 8765
Fax: (02) 9385 1874
Email: medicine.info@unsw.edu.au
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The Faculty of Medicine website provides information about programs, courses, research interests, news and current events. The website also contains links to all the schools, units, centres and the affiliated research institutes of the Faculty, as well as staff, student and alumni information resources.
The Faculty's first students enrolled in 1961 and 25 of these graduated from the six-year program in 1966. A five-year undergraduate curriculum was introduced in 1974. Although this was a highly successful curriculum, a number of changes in both the hospital and health systems indicated the need for the Faculty to extend the program to a six-ear curriculum in 1988.
The Faculty of Medicine consists of all members of the academic staff, both full-time academics as well as conjoint and adjunct appointees from teaching hospitals, student representatives and other persons nominated by the Faculty. The Presiding Member is elected biennially from the professors and associate professors of the Faculty.
The Dean is the principal channel of communication between the Faculty and the University on administrative matters. The Dean and the Faculty are supported by a number of committees, some of which perform administrative tasks, while many assist in maintaining a constant review of the curriculum and the objectives of medical education.
Postgraduate Enrolment Procedures
Advice to Students on Computing Requirements and Email Policy
The Faculty of Medicine provides support for computers owned by UNSW that are being used by graduate students. To access support, graduate students must obtain approval from their supervisor and then call the IT Service Desk on (02) 9385 1333.
All official email from the Faculty of Medicine will be sent to students' UNSW email accounts. It is expected at all UNSW students will either routinely check their UNSW email account or have their UNSW email account forwarded to another email address. Information about managing your UNSW email account can be obtained from www.disconnect.unsw.edu.au.
Students who fail to satisfy the requirements of this check at any point during their enrolment in postgraduate programs accessing NSW Health facilities will be excluded from the program. Depending upon the circumstances at the time, students may be eligible to transfer to another program at the University.
Any student who is a 'prohibited person' at any point during their enrolment in a postgraduate program will be excluded from the program. Depending upon the circumstances at the time, students may be eligible to transfer to another program at the University.
Students with Blood-borne Viruses and Immunisation for Students
Any infective student who knowingly undertakes an exposure-prone procedure or any student who in any other way endangers the health of patients will be reported to the Medical Board's Impaired Practitioner Program. This may result in registration being withdrawn, which will result in expulsion from the postgraduate program. Such a student would also be subject to the University's Student Misconduct procedures and may further be liable to criminal prosecution if a blood-borne virus is knowingly transmitted.
The Immunisation and Blood-borne Viruses policy of the Faculty of Medicine can be found on the website at www.med.unsw.edu.au. Students could be required to sign a statement indicating that they have read and agree to comply with this policy at the time of enrolment.