Adelaide University – 3 years Bachelor + 3 years Doctor of Medicine

• Duration of degree is 6 years
• Students are required to finish a Bachelor of Medical Studies and then progress to Doctor of Medicine
• As long as applicant meet academic requirement, interview shortlisting will be done solely on UCAT ANZ
• Applicants must be either high school graduate or Adelaide University Bachelor of Medical Studies Year 1 or 2 students with GPA 5 out of 7 to apply.
• Students with bachelor degrees from other universities will not be qualified to apply for Adelaide University 3 year Doctor of Medicine degree.
• Students studying at Adelaide University will also need to meet high school academic requirements, but gets 2 more chances to take UCAT ANZ

• ATAR 90
• DSE 25
• IB 35

• IELTS all band 7

• Register for UCAT ANZ: March to May
• Take UCAT ANZ: July to early August
• Adelaide University Medicine Application Deadline: September 30

a. Where is it going to take place?

The clinical placements occur across a variety of settings, including primary care, rural and community-based clinics, outreach, allied health, research institutes, and both regional and tertiary hospitals. The University of Adelaide has an agreement with Minister for Health to have the clinical placements in SA Health facilities. Apart from SA Health facilities, the placement may also take place at Adelaide Rural Clinical School and the locations are listed as below:

• Barossa
• Broken Hill
• Ceduna
• Clare
• Jamestown
• Kadina
• Mount Barker
• Port Augusta
• Port Lincoln
• Port Pirie
• Roxby Downs
• Whyalla
• Cummins

b. What are SA Health facilities like?

• SA Health is committed to protecting and improving the health of all South Australians by providing leadership in health reform, public health services, health and medical research, policy development and planning, with an increased focus on well being, illness prevention, early intervention and quality care.
• SA Health provides many important services to the South Australian community including:
  • public hospitals
• metropolitan and country health service delivery
• environmental health
• communicable disease control
• epidemiology
• health promotion
• pathology services
• drug and alcohol services
• emergency and ambulance
• organ donation

c. How is clinical placement going to be for the students?

The clinical placement will take place from Year 3 to Year 6 with its own focus as below:

• Year 3
  • clinical exposure with experiences in primary and hospital care settings
• Year 4
  • general medicine and surgery, mental health, musculoskeletal issues, cancer and palliative care
• Year 5
  • full-time clinical placements in Adelaide or undertake an extended rural placement at one of the six rural clinical sites
  • explore child health, obstetrics and gynaecology, general practice, geriatrics and anaesthesia
  • have opportunities to work with First Nations or disadvantaged communities
• Year 6
  • extended undertake pre-internship, selective professional, and research and scholarship placements

d. What is the course structure?

The Bachelor of Medical Studies and Doctor of Medicine is a six-year integrated program and the below is the focus of each year:

• Year 1 - Bachelor of Medical Studies
  • fundamental knowledge of biomedical science
  • how the health care system works
  • patient contact with the opportunity to experience the health care system
• Year 2 - Bachelor of Medical Studies
  • clinical problems
  • the science of medicine
  • develop clinical skills in diagnosis and management
  • public health and professional aspects of becoming a medical practitioner
• Year 3 - Bachelor of Medical Studies
  • undertake first clinical placements
  • learn research skills and methodology
  • complete a research proposal and critical appraisal
• Year 4- Year 6 - Doctor of Medicine
  • full-time clinical placements

e. What is the teaching style in Adelaide University?

The following teaching methods are adopted in the course:

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Workshops
• Seminars
• Independent Study
• Small-group Scenario-Based Learning
• Clinical Placement

If the applicants are eligible for an interview, the applicants will be able to book the interview via the Admissions@Adelaide system in early September. Timeslots will be offered on a first come, first served basis. The booking confirmation and Zoom link will be sent within 24 hours of booking. All interviews will be held online over Zoom. The interview will be 15 minutes in length and will be conducted by an experienced interviewer.

The interview provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate your personal qualities, including:

• motivation and self-awareness
• critical thinking and problem solving
• attention to detail and professional behaviour
• interpersonal and communication skills
• integrity and conscientiousness
• aptitude for group learning and teamwork
• compatibility and understanding of the degree and applicable health profession

Medicine/University

1. What has made you want to study medicine?
2. Why have you applied to Adelaide specifically?

Personal/Background

1. Tell me more about yourself?
2. What are some of the qualities you possess that make you a good fit for the health profession?
3. How do you deal with stress?

Scenario-based

1. If you were transport minister, how would you go about fixing congestion?
2. What would be your priorities as the health minister?
3. If you were captain of….at your school, how would you go about resolving a dispute between two students?
4. You are speaking with a patient whom you are treating for…….when the patient’s partner insists on coming to the consultation, how do you deal with this situation?
5. You are completing a group based assignment, and one member of the team is not doing their fair share of work; how would you address this?