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How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia

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How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia

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  1. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia

  2. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia • Most medical courses in Australia are post-graduate, which means that you need to have a degree prior to entry. • Further, you not only need this preliminary qualification, but you also must sit the dreaded Graduate Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) to enter most medical schools in Australia. • The test is extremely competitive, with thousands of students vying for medical school entry every year, and typically only the top 15-20% of students in the GAMSAT get a medical school offer. • The entry score for each medical school varies, but you generally need to pass each ‘section’ of the GAMSAT, which deals with physics, biology, chemistry, and the humanities, and also have completed a Bachelor’s degree within the last decade (typically) and have attained a GPA of over 5-5.5 out of 7 (usually).

  3. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia • GAMSAT sits two times a year (typically March and September), and results are usually released approximately six weeks later. • If you are sitting a March test, then you can enter medical school next year; however, if you sit a September GAMSAT, then your result will not be valid for the immediately subsequent year, but the next. • Once these results are received, most medical schools then require students to undertake an interview in the ‘Multi-mode Interview’ format, which typically consists of an approximately two hour interview where you cycle between several groups of interviewers and perform various tasks and answer a range of questions.

  4. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia • Depending on the way you enter medical school, there are two types of medical degree Australia: Five-year or six-year Undergraduate Bachelor degrees, and equivalent professional entry Masters level degree (usually called ‘MDs’ – though the undergraduate version may also be called this in some situations). • The Masters qualification is, practically, not any different to a Bachelor equivalent in medicine. The Masters version is arguably a marketing ploy of most Australia medical schools to allow them to market to international students and also charge international and domestic students Masters level costs for what is, effectively, an unchanged Bachelor’s degree.

  5. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia • Once you are finally in medical school, your experiences will be divided based on your year level (we will assume that the course runs for four years, the standard length). • The first year of medical school is often focused on understanding the ethics, background, and role of the doctor, as well as studying basic physiology, anatomy, and pharmacology (among much more!). • Second year at medical can vary at each institution, but usually, you still continue to learn a lot of systems-based theory (i.e. physiology), through the medium of Problem-Based Learning (PBL). These are usually twice-weekly classes and are similar to tutorials, except you examine an interactive patient case, and go away and learn things your group doesn’t know, and then present your findings at the subsequent PBL session.

  6. How to Get a Medical Degree in Australia • The third year, or your first year of clinical learning, is a drastic change. You are more-or-less booted out from the safety of the medical school into the public arena, where you must interact with not only doctors, health professionals and nurses, but the general public. • The final year of your study, often fourth year, is like a consolidation year for third year – and there are more engaging clinical engagements, often ones that you can design yourself, and other opportunities in research and public health. • All Australian medical graduates must then complete one year of internship in a public hospital before they can obtain full medical registration. After the internship, you are then FINALLY qualified to be a fully registered doctor!

  7. Further Materials • Free GAMSAT Study Syllabus • Free GAMSAT Preparation Materials • GAMSAT Biology: How to prepare • GAMSAT Chemistry: How to Prepare • GAMSAT Physics: How to Prepare • Don’t forget to sign up for our GAMSAT Free Trial, which includes 50 MCQs from our intelligent MCQ Bank, access to our week-by-week study guide for each section, and a wealth of our GAMSAT resources: https://gradready.com.au/gamsat-preparation-courses/free-gamsat-trial

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