Program Overview

Introduction to the Joint Medical Program

The Joint Medical Program is a comprehensive medical program that prepares students for a rewarding career as a doctor. The program is designed to equip students with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to play a key role in the maintenance and promotion of individual and community health in Australia and worldwide.

Program Overview

The Joint Medical Program is a five-year program that leads to the award of the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine. The program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in medicine, including academic, clinical, and placement components.

University Orientation

All students are encouraged to attend orientation in February at their enrolled university. The orientation activities include enrolment sessions, information on student services and university resources, as well as social activities.

Personal Health Guidelines

Medical students are at some risk to their own personal health and may pose a health risk to patients they have contact with during clinical placements due to exposure to infectious diseases. For these reasons, intending students are obliged to make themselves aware of their status with respect to a range of infectious diseases before enrolment.

NSW Health Verification Requirements and Inherent Requirements for Students and Graduates of the Program and Registration with the Medical Board of Australia and Fitness to Practise Medicine and Suitability to Work with Patients and Communities and Professional Conduct and Behaviour and Academic and Clinical Performance and Progression and Graduation Requirements and Policies and Procedures and Guidelines and Expectations and Obligations and Responsibilities of Students and Graduates of the Program and the University and the Medical Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and Other Relevant Authorities and Organizations and Stakeholders and Interested Parties and the General Public and the Community and Society as a Whole

All commencing students are required to satisfy the NSW Health Verification Requirements, including obtaining a National Police Check, providing evidence of vaccination/immunisation status, and complying with the relevant NSW Health policy directives prior to undertaking clinical placement. Students have an ongoing obligation to monitor their status with respect to infectious diseases throughout their enrolment and to declare changes in their status as soon