Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine/Arts
Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine/Arts
Overview Complement your medical studies with an arts education. This degree offers the flexibility to explore subject areas in the humanities and social sciences during leave taken between phases of the medicine program. Our medical program will prepare you for professional practice and empower you to lead the future of…
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Overview
Complement your medical studies with an arts education. This degree offers the flexibility to explore subject areas in the humanities and social sciences during leave taken between phases of the medicine program.
Our medical program will prepare you for professional practice and empower you to lead the future of health. Through your arts degree, you can pursue a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including languages, arts, history, philosophy and business. The arts component of your study will help you develop transferable skills in critical thinking, communication and research. It offers a diverse range of internationally minded subjects, which brings a global perspective to your learning.
Key features
Combined undergraduate/postgraduate degree
We’re one of the few universities in Australia that offers a medicine degree at an undergraduate level. You’ll enter our combined program as an undergraduate student and graduate with both a bachelor’s degree and the Doctor of Medicine. When you complete the Doctor of Medicine, you’ll be eligible for provisional registration with the Medical Board of Australia and be ready to commence the next phase of your career.
Wide range of arts majors
With over 29 subject areas available to study, you can tailor your arts degree to your interests, aspirations and career goals. Choose from exciting study options such as politics and international relations, history, Asian and European studies, international business, developmental studies, and languages.
Research skills and experience
In the research year of the medicine program, you’ll complete either an Independent Learning Project (ILP) or honours year on a topic of your choice. Research enhances your employability, widens your knowledge as a clinician and opens doors to career opportunities beyond clinical practice, like medical research.
Future careers
Our medicine graduates go on to pursue diverse and rewarding careers in?a wide range of roles across the medical industry. Upon successful completion of this program, you’ll be eligible to apply for provisional registration with the Medical Board of Australia. This will allow you to commence your one-year hospital internship following graduation, which is required to gain general registration as a doctor in Australia.
Further study and experience will allow you to specialise in a specific area of medicine, such as general practice, paediatrics, cardiology, oncology, general surgery, orthopaedics, pathology, radiology or psychiatry. If you choose not to work as a medical practitioner in a hospital or private practice, this degree will also prepare you for other career opportunities in medical research, health policy and medical education.
The arts component of your degree has two key career benefits. Firstly, you’ll expand your knowledge beyond the medical realm, which can enhance your future career prospects. Secondly, the arts courses you choose can complement your medical degree. For example, you could use your arts degree to study a foreign language which will directly help you communicate as a clinician.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of South Australia is a globally connected and engaged university with industry-informed teaching and research that is inventive and adventurous. Ranked in the world’s top 50 under 50^ and with 100% of assessed research rated at or above world-class*, the University is young, innovative and offers students the chance to gain real-world experience.Focused on life beyond the classroom, the University of South Australia offers a practical approach to teaching and learning. Degrees are designed in partnership with industry, giving students opportunities to gain the latest insights and trends and ensuring they graduate career ready.^Ranked in the World’s Top 50 Under 50 – Ranked #29, 2021 QS Top 50 Universities Aged Under 50 and Ranked #46, 2022 THE Young University Rankings*2018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA), 4-digit Fields of Research
