This program is not available to commencing students. Details below are provided for the reference of continuing students only.

Prospective students should refer instead to the new Medicine program 3802. A direct link is given below:

New Medicine program 3802

Program Description - 3801

This six year program leads to the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Science (Medicine), Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery - BSc (Med) MB BS.

These degrees, which are in effect a single degree, may be awarded with Honours Class 1; Honours Class II, Division I; Honours Class II, Division II or at Pass level. The award of honours is determined on the basis of a student's performance throughout the six year program, and is usually obtained by using the weighted average mark for each year, calculated by weighting the courses according to units of credit.

On completion of Year 3 of the six year program, students also qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Science (Medicine). Students would not ordinarily be awarded the BSc(Med) until the completion of the requirements for the award of the MB BS. However, students who have completed the requirements for the award of the BSc(Med) and are leaving the Medicine Program 3801 (BSc(Med)MB BS), either through their own decision to withdraw or upon exclusion by the University, are eligible to be awarded the BSc(Med) degree at that stage.

Students who have achieved a high standard in their studies may undertake an additional one year program of supervised research leading to the award of the BSc(Med) Honours. For details see the program description for 3831. A direct link is given below:

BSc(Med) Honours

The objectives of the Medicine program are:

1. To produce a graduate with knowledge of medical and behavioural sciences sufficient to understand the scientific basis of medicine and to go forward with medicine as it develops further.
2. To provide a graduate with the flexibility of outlook and training necessary to progress to any field of endeavour in medicine or related disciplines.
3. To provide education in clinical methods and patient care in the main branches of medicine and surgery so that the graduate could undertake patient care under supervision at the level of an intern.
4. To help the graduate understand professional and ethical principles and to be at all times mindful of the individual's obligations to patients, colleagues and the community.

The first term in Year 6 is an Elective term (MFAC6001) of 8 weeks. The remaining four terms totaling 32 weeks are devoted to the course Integrated Clinical Studies 6 (MDSG6001).

MDSG6001 is conducted over both sessions. The UOC indicated below is for a single session only.

Students are ranked on the basis of their performance throughout the undergraduate Medicine Program. An overall program mark is calculated for each student using the following procedure:

1. A weighted average mark for each year of the program is determined. This year mark is obtained by weighting each of the courses in the year according to the units of credit. The course weights for each of the years of the program are shown in Table 1 below.

2. The overall program mark is determined by applying the year weightings listed in Table 2 to the weighted year marks.

3. If a student were required to sit for a supplementary assessment (other than for medical reasons or other exceptional circumstances), the course mark used is that awarded for the original assessment.

4. If a student were required to repeat a year (other than for medical reasons or other exceptional circumstances), the weighted year mark used is that obtained at the first attempt.

5. In the calculation of the average weighted program mark for BSc MB BS students, the aggregate mark for the Science component is calculated as a weighted aggregate of all courses counted towards the Science degree. The course weights are as follows:

Level I courses weighted by a factor equal to 0.0625 per course, except General Mathematics, Fundamentals of Physics and Life Science Physics (0.05 per course) and Higher Chemistry and Higher Mathematics (0.07 per course).

Level II courses weighted by 0.1875 per course.

Level III courses weighted by 0.25 per course.

Level IV courses (Honours) not counted.

The three years of BSc component of the BSc MB BS program are treated as equivalent to the first two years of the MB BS program and therefore have a total year weight of 6 relative to the MB BS year weightings.

There is a limit set of 50 for the best possible score in the first year of the BSc component to put all students, whether or not they undertake Higher Mathematics or Physics, on the same footing. Only the best 144 units of credit in the BSc component are considered in calculating the ranked score.

6. Honours calculation for students undertaking the BA BSc(Med) MB BS program is the same as for the BSc(Med) MB BS program, i.e. the courses in the BA component are not counted.

7. Provision is made for students admitted with advanced standing and/or exemptions in certain courses not to be penalised in the calculation of rankings.

1. The Faculty Year 6 Assessment Committee considers the ranked list of students and their marks and decides the cut-off marks for the award of Honours at the various levels.

2. Neither the percentage of the students obtaining Honours at the various levels nor the cut-off marks are predetermined, and the Committee makes its own assessment of the level of academic attainment indicated by the overall program mark.

3. As a guide, the distribution of the awards of Honours in 2006 were:

Program Mark: 75.8% - 83.0%

Number of Awards: 20

Percent of graduands: 10.3%

Program Mark: 72.9% - 75.6%

Number of Awards: 26

Percent of graduands: 13.3%

Program Mark: 70.1% - 72.7%

Number of Awards: 34

Percent of graduands: 17.4%

Anatomy 12
Introductory Clinical and Behavioural Studies 8
Biology for Medical Students 4
Biochemistry for Medical Students 12

Medical Biochemistry and Genetics 8
Anatomy 2 14
Medical Physiology 1 16
Human Behaviour 6

Microbiology for Medical Students 8
Pathology 10
Medical Physiology 2 8
Medical Pharmacology 10
Clinical Studies 3 8
Medical Ethics and Health Law 4

Integrated Clinical and Community Studies 48

Obstetrics & Gynaecology 12
Paediatrics 12
Psychiatry 12
Geriatrics/General Practice/Subspecialties 12

Integrated Clinical Studies 6 44

Year 1 - 2
Year 2 - 4
Year 3 - 4
Year 4 - 6
Year 5 - 4
Year 6 - 6

Supplementary Assessment

Details of assessment requirements are contained in the sections on particular years and courses in the program. The following regulations relate to supplementary assessment, which apply to all years of the Medicine program.

Course examiners may, in the time between the sitting of an assessment and the meeting of the Assessment Review Group, require students to present themselves for further assessment to resolve any doubts as to a student's performance. After the Assessment Review Group meets further assessment may be given to allow the Assessment Review Group to resolve a doubt. In Years 6 such additional assessment is usually undertaken in December. Such further assessment may be given when students, through illness or some other acceptable circumstances, have been prevented from taking one or more of the assessments or have been disadvantaged during the assessment.

Further assessment may not be granted when the composite mark accurately reflects failure to achieve the required standard of knowledge and understanding of the course.

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