百花视频

This course can lead to many careers in the medical profession. Your studies will focus on biomedical sciences and clinical sciences, as well as healthcare in settings such as primary care, hospitals and aged care. You will also study Indigenous health, population health and professional development concepts.

In your first year, you'll complete discipline-based subjects in medicine and begin developing skills in clinical communication. You will also develop skills in interprofessional practice by learning alongside other health sciences students.

Your second and third years will be devoted to a more intensive study of medical knowledge that focuses on the structure and function of the human body in health and disease.

In your fourth year, you'll transition from the Curtin campus into a clinical setting, and work with people from all age groups under clinical supervision in hospital and community settings, including in rural and remote locations.

Your final year will be in clinical settings where you will work as a member of a healthcare team in preparation for your internship once you graduate.

Professional recognition

This course is accredited by the Australian Medical Council.

Career information

Careers

• Medical practitioner

Industries

• Aged care
• Consultancy
• Community health
• General practice
• Management
• Mental health
• Pathology
• Research
• Rural health

What you'll learn

Apply an understanding of normal development, disorders and diseases, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and scientific methods to the practice of medicine

Interpret clinical information to assess health status, formulate and explain a diagnosis, priorities treatment based on effectiveness, provide management in consultation with the patient and careers, and reflect critically on health outcomes

Locate, critically evaluate and interpret evidence to inform clinical decision-making and clinical practice, and to improve the quality of health care, and health care systems

Communicate in different ways to: maintain interpersonal doctor/patient and inter-professional team relationships; ensure shared decision making in health outcomes; engage in health advocacy; and, advance health outcomes

Use appropriate technologies effectively in clinical practice and recognize the role of technology in advancing scientific knowledge and evidence-based practice

Discuss knowledge with colleagues, reflect on clinical practice, and plan on-going personal and professional development needs for self and others

Apply relevant internationally recognized evidence-based standards and practices in medicine, and evaluate the impact of global health on health and health care delivery in Australia

Demonstrate cultural competence with individuals, families and communities, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and account for the impact of culture on health and illness, including how one鈥檚 own beliefs, attitudes and practices can influence interactions with patients, careers and the wider community

Practice medicine in a professional and safe manner by: adhering to legal responsibilities and ethical principles; working effectively in health care teams; showing leadership; demonstrating a commitment to easing pain and suffering; promoting health and advocating for patients and their families