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Deakin Medical School

Deakin Medical School. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research. Deakin Medical School. Established to address rural / regional workforce shortages A im to produce ‘work ready’ doctors for postgraduate training E mphasis on: procedural skills

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Deakin Medical School

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  1. Deakin Medical School Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  2. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research Deakin Medical School • Established to address rural / regional workforce shortages • Aim to produce ‘work ready’ doctors for postgraduate training • Emphasis on: • procedural skills • chronic disease prevention and management • interdisciplinary learning • Online curriculum delivery • extensive IT infrastructure • all students require wireless enabled laptops

  3. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research Deakin Medical School • Victoria’s third medical school • 130 Commonwealth Supported (HECS) Places each year - up to 16 international places in 2012 • Four year graduate-entry BMBS program • First graduates in December, 2011

  4. Themes in the Deakin Curriculum Community Health Placements Program Interprofessional Learning Knowledge of Health and Illness Doctor and Patient Doctors, Peoples, Cultures & Institutions Ethics, Law and Professional Development Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

  5. The Deakin Curriculum Years 1 and 2 • Emphasis on biomedical knowledge • Basic clinical skills • Deakin Geelong campus Years 3 and 4 • Emphasis on patient-centred clinical learning • Clinical schools supplemented with online learning

  6. The Deakin Curriculum Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  7. Deakin Curriculum Themes • Clinical lectures • Clinical skills & procedures • Clinical placements • Biomedical Science Lectures Practicals Knowledge of Health & Illness Doctor and Patient Placements PBL • Ethics • Legal issues • Inter-professional education • Health systems • Health determinants • Indigenous health Ethics Law & Professional Development Doctors Peoples Cultures and Institutions Lectures Workshops Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  8. Years 1 & 2 • Integrated systems blocks • Small group Problem Based Learning (PBL) • Supporting sessions / lectures / practicals • Early communication and clinical skills Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  9. Problem Based Learning Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  10. Year 1 Weekly Timetable

  11. Years 1 and 2 Mock Ward Teaching Laboratory Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  12. Years 1 and 2 Teaching Laboratory Clinical Skills Laboratory Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  13. Years 1 and 2 Anatomy Practical Class Clinical Skills Laboratory Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  14. The Deakin Curriculum – Years 3 and 4 Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  15. Deakin Clinical Schools • Geelong • Greater Green Triangle • Grampians • Eastern Health • IMMERSe - 3rd year - general practice Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  16. Clinical Schools (Years 3 and 4) • Geelong – 67 Year 3 students in 2011 • Geelong Hospital • Greater Green Triangle - 19 Year 3 students in 2011 • South West Healthcare (Warrnambool) • Grampians - 17 Year 3 students in 2011 • Ballarat Hospital • Share with Universities of Melbourne and Notre Dame • Eastern Health – 14 Year 3 students in 2011 • Box Hill, Maroondah, William Angliss Hospitals • Share with Monash University Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  17. IMMERSeIntegrated Model of Medical Education in Rural Settings 2011: 16 students in Ararat, Bacchus Marsh, Casterton, Camperdown, Colac, Daylesford, Hamilton, Horsham and Stawell • Students spend all of Year 3 with a group general practice and local hospital • Visiting specialists • Coordinator: Assoc Prof Ruth Stewart Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

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  21. Teaching in General Practice Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  22. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research Student Selection • GAMSAT Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admission Test - minimum 50 (and 50 in each Section) • GPA Grade Point Average - academic performance in first degree- minimum 5.0 (= credit average) • Interview Multiple Mini Interview (MMI)

  23. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research GAMSAT Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admission Test • One exam each year in March (capital cities) • Registration deadline: late January Section I: Reasoning in Humanities & Social Sciences (MCQ) Section II: Written Communication (two 30 min writing tasks) Section III: Reasoning in Biological & Physical Sciences (MCQ) - assumes: - Year 1 university biology (40%) and chemistry (40%) - Year 12 physics (20%)

  24. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) • held at Waurn Ponds in September • approx 200 applicants (1.5 x intake) from national online six preference computer match • ten 5 minute stations: Deakin course outcomes • communication skills • commitment to rural and regional practice • self-directed learning • teamwork • professionalism • motivation for a career in medicine • evidence-based practice • social justice • health promotion • effective use of resources

  25. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research • No prerequisites • Bonuses for: • rural / regional residency • 5yr in ASGC-RA 2 OR Geelong ASGC-RA 1 postcodes – 2% • 5yr in ASGC-RA 3-5 - 4% • (www.doctorconnect.gov.au) • prior clinical practice (1 year) – 2% • financial disadvantage during u/g degree – 2% • Centrelink benefit for 12 months • On-line applications via GAMSAT by 5pm June 10, 2011 • (www.gamsat.acer.edu.au) Student Selection

  26. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research How to Apply On-line applications via GAMSAT by 5pm June 10, 2011 (www.gamsat.acer.edu.au) • You will be asked to list up to 6 preferences • All applicants are ranked for each of their preferenced medical schools and matched to the highest possible preference for interview • Applicants are re-ranked after addition of interview scores and matched to an offer of a place at the highest possible preference

  27. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research Student Selection: Offers • GAMSAT + GPA + MMI Score (1:1:1) + bonuses • Allocated by national online computer match • (www.gemsas.edu.au) • 4 Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships (MRBS) • 33 Bonded Medical Places (BMP) • 93 unbonded places

  28. GEMSAS Graduate entry medical schools admission system (www.gemsas.edu.au)

  29. Scholarships and Awards www.deakin.edu.au/future-students/scholarships Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research

  30. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research MRBSMedical Rural Bonded Scholarship • Australian citizens or permanent residents • $24,594 for 2011 (indexed) - tax free, no means test • Practise in ASGC-RA 2-5 areas for six continuous years after completion of postgraduate training (including general practice) • ‘Scaling’ introduced in 2010: 40% reduction for ASGC-RA 5 practice (to 3.6 yrs)……10% for ACGC-RA2 www.health.gov.au/mrbscholarships

  31. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research BMPBonded Medical Place • 25% of CSP (HECS) places at all Australian medical schools • work for length of course in District of Workforce Shortage for specialty: • GP – AGSC- RA2 to RA5 • Other specialists - outer metropolitan RA1 and/or RA2 to RA5 • All - any Aboriginal Medical Service. • within 12 months of Fellowship or 16 years of commencing course • incl up to 2y prevocational (PGY1-2) & vocational training www.doctorconnect.gov.au

  32. Deakin Medical School: Expanding horizons for medical education and research BMPBonded Medical Place ‘Scaling’ introduced in 2010: • Based on threshold level of Medicare billings • 40% reduction for ASGC-RA5 practice …….10% for ACGC-RA2 practice • No reduction for ASGC-RA1 practice www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme

  33. OPTOMETRY AT DEAKIN

  34. Optometry @ Deakin • From 2012 Deakin will offer the world’s first accelerated optometry program – minimum 3.5 years. • The course will combine modern teaching and learning strategies (PBL, TBL, simulation) with extended workplace based clinical placements. • Optometry @ Deakin will operate from the state-of-the-art $53M REACH facility.

  35. REACH Building

  36. Optometry - Course Overview

  37. Bachelor of Health & Medical Science (Honours) • One year full-time (or part-time equivalent ): • HBS400 - Research Methods (2 credit points); • HMH401 - Developing Research Skills (2 credit points); • HMH402 - Honours Research Project (4 credit points). • Students based at Waurn Ponds Campus, or with partners in the Geelong region. • Pathway into: - medical research, including Masters and PhD - medical course • Scholarships available (up to $2,000).

  38. B Health Med Sci (Hons) – Eligibility & Selection • Applicants must have : • Achieved a mid-credit (>65%) average in a health or medical science undergraduate degree in a discipline a related to the their research project; OR • completed a minimum of 1 year of the medical course.

  39. Medical School Information Night for Honours, Masters & PhD Research Projects • At Deakin Medical School our world-class research focuses on cancer, neuroscience, diabetes, epidemiology, infectious diseases, immunity, molecular physiology, developmental biology, nanomedicine & rural health. • If you are interested in expanding your knowledge in gene/protein discovery, functional genomics/proteomics, preclinical development, translational research and determinants of healthjoin us for pizza and learn about the exciting opportunities we have on offer. Student Information Night 27th July 2011 5 – 7pm Learning Centre, Building ka, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Geelong Meet our research teams, visit our state-of-the-art research laboratories and find out about our scholarship options. Registration and further details available at http://www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/medicine/research/index.php

  40. More Information • Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions Guide www.gamsat.acer.edu.au • Graduate Australian Medical Schools Admissions System www.gemsas.edu.au • Deakin Medical School www.deakin.edu.au/hmnbs/medicine • ASGC-RA system & Districts of Workforce Shortage www.doctorconnect.gov.au • Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships www.health.gov.au/mrbscholarships • Bonded Medical Places www.health.gov.au/bmpscheme

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