Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine
Prepare yourself for one of the most challenging and rewarding professions of all as a medical doctor. Gain the hands-on experience, advanced skills and knowledge to help you graduate ready for a successful medical career. The UQ Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a postgraduate-entry program that is internationally renowned for…
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Prepare yourself for one of the most challenging and rewarding professions of all as a medical doctor. Gain the hands-on experience, advanced skills and knowledge to help you graduate ready for a successful medical career.
The UQ Doctor of Medicine (MD) is a postgraduate-entry program that is internationally renowned for our outstanding people, the diversity of our student intake, and the excellence of our education. Graduates are recognised for their social accountability, critical scientific thinking and drive to be global leaders in healthcare.
We have a rich and proud history, and have graduated more than 13,000 doctors. The MD program is designed to graduate doctors capable of meeting future medical challenges in a wide variety of settings nationally and internationally. The curriculum has been developed to capture the enthusiasm and maturity of our graduate entrants. It is underpinned by our world-class teachers and experts in their chosen field of research, ensuring the training program is learner-centred, research-driven and evidence-based.
Your first and second years of the program combine biomedical sciences, public health, medical ethics and clinical skills training in a case-based learning context and a series of patient cases, each designed to help you learn the principles of basic and clinical science of health and disease within a relevant clinical context. Early patient contact and opportunities for clinical reasoning and research are embedded to help you develop advanced critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills that are required for safe, high quality clinical practice.
In your third and fourth years clinical placements are organised around core medical disciplines and across clinical schools comprising hospitals, clinics and general practices in metro and rural Queensland. You may also enhance your learning by undertaking a higher degree between second and third years.
Career possibilities
Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:
General practitioner
Surgeon
Patient assessor
Public health manager
Clinical academic
Clinical research coordinator
International aid worker
Defence force member
REQUIREMENTS
Graduate Entry: GPA of 5 in a key degree, GAMSAT/MCAT (international applicants) and interview. GAMSAT must be completed within 2 years prior to the year of commencement and MCAT 3 years. Applicants must achieve a minimum score in the GAMSAT (50 per section) or MCAT (504). GAMSAT/MCAT and GPA are used to rank for invite to interview. Entry is competitive based on GPA, GAMSAT/MCAT and interview score. The key degree must be completed within 10 years prior to commencing. Note for 2022 entry onwards, subject prerequisites are required.
Provisional Entry (must be completing Year 12 in year of application): Adjusted ATAR 95 (or equivalent) or higher, Year 12 English (or equivalent), and UCAT ANZ/ISAT (international applicants). UCAT ANZ/ISAT are used to rank for invite to interview. Entry is competitive based on ATAR, UCAT ANZ/ISAT and interview score. To progress to the MD, students must complete their first degree at UQ within the minimum time specified for the program, GPA of 5 and complete two subject prerequisites.
English Proficiency
IELTS overall 7; reading 7; writing 7; speaking 7; listening 7. For other English Language Proficiency Tests and Scores approved for UQ
TOEFL IBT – Overall 100, listening 25, reading 25, writing 27, speaking 23.
TOEFL PB – Overall 600, listening 59, reading 59, writing 64/6.
Pearsons – Overall 72, sub bands minimum 72.
CES – Overall 185, All sub bands minimum 185.
BE and OET are not accepted.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Queensland (UQ) is in the world’s top 50 universities. It is internationally renowned for its academic excellence and is the winner of more national teaching awards than any other Australian university. UQ is a member of the Universities 21 and a founding member of the Group of Eight (Go8) universities and a member of Universities Australia. UQ is a multicultural hub home to nearly 20,200 international students from 142 countries. Based in Brisbane, UQ has three campuses with advanced facilities and centres to support its students.
