Title: Medical education in Australia - Wikipedia
Headings: Medical education in Australia
Medical education in Australia
Medical Career Pathway
Contents
Medical School
Nomenclature
Undergraduate Entry
Graduate Entry
Syllabus
Internship
Residency
Registrarship / Speciality Training Programs
Registrars
Unaccredited Registrars
Medical Specialist Colleges
Hospitalists / Non-Vocational & Non-Specialist Doctors
Consultant Specialists & General Practitioners
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Recency of Practice
See also
References

Content: Undergraduate Entry
Medical schools have traditionally in Australia followed the Commonwealth and United Kingdom by admitting students directly from secondary school (high school) matriculates. About half of the medical schools in Australia remain undergraduate in their admission. Applicants apply directly to the medical school and/or through the statewide facilitated university course placement program. Applicants are typically assessed by a combination of their: Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score which is derived from the state's secondary school exit exam performance,
University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) score which assesses the suitability of the candidate for medicine based on psychometric, logic and reasoning assessment,
Curriculum vitae (CV) and references which should highlight any work experience and extra curricular achievements, such as musical or sporting,
Interview conducted by the respective university's medical school, which are typically multi-station and designed to further psycho-socially assess the candidate's suitability for medicine as well as assessing their merits
Undergraduate medical programs are typically 5 to 6 years in length following the traditional two-semester academic year (the exception to this is Bond University which has a three-semester academic year which allows students to complete the course in 4.6 years). Notwithstanding that there are some universities, while accepting the student as an undergraduate, typically require they complete a first degree in science (or something else) in addition to the medical degree that is to be completed concurrently. Graduate Entry
About half of medical schools in Australia have followed the United States and moved