UNSW Handbook Specialisation

Medicine

Description

The discipline of Medicine prepares students for entry into the medical and other health-related professions.

At UNSW, the study of medicine is through the New Medicine program, a six year undergraduate program which leads to the award of the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - MB BS.

The New Medicine program aims to develop students' capabilities in:

using basic and clinical sciences in medical practice.
understanding the social determinants of health and disease.
patient assessment and management.
effective communication.
working as a member of a team.
self-directed learning and critical evaluation skills.
understanding and acting in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
development as a reflective practitioner.

Studying Medicine at UNSW

The Faculty of Medicine (www.med.unsw.edu.au) offers the New Medicine program and also a combined degree program with Arts. Opportunities for postgraduate study are also available.

Anatomy/Biochemistry can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3821 Science/Medicine	Major	MFACM13821

Anatomy/Physiology can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3821 Science/Medicine	Major	MFACN13821

Biochemistry/Physiology can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3821 Science/Medicine	Major	MFACP13821

Medicine can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3801 Medicine	Major Major Major	MFACA13801 MFACC13801 MFACD13801
3802 Medicine	Major	MFACA13802
3811 Science (Medicine)	Major	MFACA13811
3821 Science/Medicine	Major	MFACQ13821
3831 Science (Medicine) Honours	Major Major	MFACA13831 MFACM13831
3840 Arts/Medicine	Major Major Major	MFACG13840 MFACH13840 MFACT13840
3841 Arts/Medicine	Major	MFACA13841

Science/Medicine can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3821 Science/Medicine	Major	MFACL13821

Surgery can be studied in the following Programs
Program Code & Name	At the Level of	Plan
3831 Science (Medicine) Honours	Major	SURGA13831

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