Medical education and the medical workforce in Australia

✍ Scribed by Anna Chur-Hansen; Taryn Elizabeth Elliott

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 63 KB
• Volume: 27
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-1912
• DOI: 10.1002/chp.91

✦ Synopsis

Other information about Australia: The country is divided into 6 states and 2 territories. The states are New South Wales (capital, Sydney), Queensland (capital, Brisbane), South Australia (capital, Adelaide), Tasmania (capital, Hobart), Victoria (capital, Melbourne), and Western Australia (capital, Perth). The territories are Australian Capital Territory (capital, Canberra) and Northern Territory (capital, Darwin). These states are federated, and thus, students are free to apply to study in any state or territory they so choose.

Undergraduate Medical Education

• Australia has 17 medical schools. For specific details of each course, go to http://www.amc.org.au/schools.asp (last accessed Jan. 11, 2007) • The schools vary in whether they accept undergraduate or graduate students, or both, as outlined below. • Undergraduate courses are typically of 6 years' duration, graduate courses are around 4 years. • Undergraduates are roughly 17 to 18 years of age on commencement of their degree (finishing medical school at about age 23), with graduate entry students usually between 22 and 30 years of age (graduating 4 years later).