Sydney Medical School
| Sydney Medical School | |
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| Established | 1856 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Bruce Robinson |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | University of Sydney |
| Website | sydney.edu.au/medicine |
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Sydney Medical School (SMS) is the medical school of the University of Sydney, and is widely regarded as one of the most highly rated education and research institutions of the Asia Pacific region. On an international level, it is currently ranked among the top 25 clinical, pre-clinical and health institutions by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[1]
Established in 1856 (officially The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine) by Charles Nicholson, a medical graduate of the University of Edinburgh, Sydney Medical School is the oldest medical school in Australia.[2][3] It has a large and distinguished faculty[4] to support its missions in education, research, and health care. Each year, it has over 1,100 medical students and 2,000 postgraduate students undertaking coursework and research-training programs.[5]
Sydney Medical Program
Sydney Medical School offers a four-year graduate medical program. Key course features include a hybrid problem-based learning model, early clinical exposure, online learning resources, and a focus on evidence-based medicine, which were modelled on aspects of the New Pathway Doctor of Medicine (MD) program at Harvard Medical School.[6] The curriculum has won numerous teaching awards and is licensed to universities in the UK, South Africa and the Middle East and to other universities in Australia.[7]
First introduced in 1997, the graduate medical program originally led to the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). Since 2014, the MD has replaced the MBBS as the title of the final award conferred by the Sydney Medical Program.[8]
Entry into the Sydney Medical Program is on the basis of a satisfactory grade point average, the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test score, and performance in a multiple mini-interview. Each year's cohort has approximately 300 students enrolled, an appreciable proportion of which are international students.[9]
Undergraduate provisional entry
The School also offers an undergraduate-entry, "combined medicine" pathway, in which a provisional place is held in the Sydney Medical Program for students until they complete one of the following three-year undergraduate degrees at the University:
- Bachelor of Arts (Advanced) (Honours)
- Bachelor of Commerce
- Bachelor of Economics
- Bachelor of Medical Science
- Bachelor of Music Studies
- Bachelor of Science (Advanced)
Securing such a place is highly competitive, as only ten to thirty such places are offered each year. Entry is on the basis of the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) or equivalent, and a semi-structured panel interview. For Music Studies-Medicine only, an additional audition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music is required.
Since the introduction of this admissions pathway in 2005,[10][11] the ATAR cut-off or equivalent has consistently been 99.95 (except for Music Studies-Medicine, which has been 99.50),[10][12][13][14][15] the highest cut-off of any undergraduate-entry program offered in Australia.[16][17]
In 2009, an alternate pathway consisting of five additional places in Medical Science-Medicine and Science (Advanced)-Medicine was introduced specifically for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) high school graduates.[18]
Other coursework programs
The School offers a number of postgraduate coursework programs in the following areas:[19]
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Research activity
The School has a very large research base, with its disciplines and affiliated institutes actively engaged in research in both the basic sciences and all major areas of clinical medicine, through six major themes:[20]
- Cancer
- Chronic Disease and Ageing
- Infection and Immunological Conditions
- Neurosciences and Mental Health
- Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
- Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health
Clinical schools and teaching hospitals
Sydney Medical School is supported by eight clinical schools, which are based at major teaching hospitals across New South Wales:[5]
- Central Clinical School: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- Westmead Clinical School: Westmead Hospital
- The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School: Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
- Concord Clinical School: Concord Repatriation General Hospital
- Nepean Clinical School: Nepean Hospital
- Northern Clinical School: Royal North Shore Hospital
- School of Rural Health: Dubbo Base Hospital and Orange Base Hospital
- Sydney Adventist (SAN) Clinical School: Sydney Adventist Hospital
A number of smaller hospitals also act as teaching hospitals.
External links
References
- ↑ "Top Universities for Clinical, Pre-Clinical & Health 2010-2011". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ↑ "Charles Nicholson". Retrieved 15 January 2014.
- ↑ "Country's oldest medical school". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Featured academics". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Sydney Medical School Prospectus". University of Sydney. March 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Sefton, Ann Elizabeth Jervie - Sydney Medical School Online Museum and Archive". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Information for future students". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "University of Sydney announces new Doctor of Medicine - MD program". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
- ↑ "Medical student demographics". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Admission Policy Review". University of Sydney. 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "A new elite course attracts the cream of school leavers". University of Sydney. April 2005. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Academic Board Course Proposal for Commerce–Medicine and Economics–Medicine". University of Sydney. 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Admission to Science–Medicine". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 2006-03-14. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Your Guide to Medicine at Sydney Medical School 2012". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "ATAR for the Combined Medicine Program". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Academic Board Phase Three Review". University of Sydney. June 2008. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "All About our ATAR". Universities Admissions Centre. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "Combined Medicine degrees". University of Sydney. Archived from the original on 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ↑ "Courses and training". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
- ↑ "Radius March 2012". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
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