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Choose a world-class pathway to a career in medicine
Griffith University's School of Medicine opened in 2005 with our first students graduating 2008. Today, more than 1200 graduates are in independent practice or in specialty training.
Griffith's four year graduate-entry Doctor of Medicine will help you take your first step on the road to becoming a doctor. It's accredited by the Australian Medical Council and incorporates a strong community focus.
It also has a strong practical focus, with clinical placements being an integral part of each year of study. In your final two years you will be based primarily in off-campus health care services such as hospitals and general practices.
Priority access for rural students
Be part of the next generation of healthcare professionals who understand the issues facing rural communities. Commonwealth supported places are set aside for rural students in medicine, medical science and dentistry.
Study medicine at Griffith
Get ready to improve health, wellbeing and lives
Griffith’s Doctor of Medicine has a strong emphasis on developing communication skills and aims to equip you with an understanding of the science of medicine.
Most of your learning on-campus will occur in small group settings such as problem-based learning tutorials and clinical skills laboratories. These are combined with clinical placements starting from the second month of your degree, in hospitals and community groups one day per week.
This continues into your second year, which will include placements with GPs. In your final two years, clinical placements are more extensive ranging from rural hospitals through to the state-of- the-art Gold Coast University Hospital located across from the Griffith campus. The emphasis will be on developing your clinical skills, patient management and professional behaviour.
In your final year you’ll also have the opportunity to undertake an overseas elective, such as working with United Nations aid programs in developing countries, or attending various centres of excellence around the world such as Harvard Medical School.
Griffith graduate and Queensland Rhodes Scholarship recipient Dr Beth Hamilton wants to continue learning so she can make a difference to marginalised and vulnerable communities in need of greater medical resources.
Ben Gerhady
Griffith Medicine Graduate
Being part of a small and isolated team has its advantages when studying to be a doctor, says medicine student, Ben Gerhardy. The 26-year-old from the Gold Coast spent each of his final three rotations on a rural placement, ending with a very rewarding spell at Goondiwindi Hospital, 350km southwest of Brisbane. Goondiwindi sits on the Queensland and New South Wales border serving a population of 6000. 'As a medical student it's very easy to get lost in a city hospital,' Ben says. 'A rural environment like Goondiwindi can give you a greater learning experience because there are fewer students competing for the same attention from the supervising doctor.'
Scholarships
We offer a range of scholarships for new and continuing students.
Career outcomes
Primed for multiple opportunities
Graduates of our program will normally be eligible for limited registration and will receive full registration by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency when they've successfully completed a subsequent one year internship in the Australian hospital system.
Medical practitioners work in:
- Private practice
- Government organisations and public health
- Academia/teaching
- Medical research
- Aid organisations or a combination of these areas
Some of the specialist career opportunities available to graduates are
- Accident and emergency doctor
- Anesthesiologist
- Cardiologist
- Dermatologist
- General practitioner
- Gynaecologist
- Histopathologist
- Intensive care specialist
- Medical administrator
- Medical educator
- Medical research
- Microbiologist (haematology)
- Neurologist
- Obstetrician
- Ophthalmologist
- Pediatrician
- Pathologist
- Radiologist
- Sexual health specialist
- Sports medicine specialist
- Surgeon (general surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery etc)
Life at Griffith
You can gain more than just a degree at Griffith. With plenty of opportunities to balance life and study, you can make memories and mates to last a lifetime.
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Key dates
Monday 8 March — Saturday 19 June
Trimester 1
Our first teaching trimester starts on Monday 8 March 2021 . Trimester 1 examinations run from Thursday 10 to Saturday 19 June.
Thursday 6 May — Saturday 8 May
Gold Coast Careers and Employment Festival
Tuesday 18 May
Mature Student Open Evening - Online
Wednesday 19 May
Mature Student Open Evening - Nathan Campus
Thursday 20 May
Mature Student Open Evening - Gold Coast Campus
Friday 21 May — Saturday 22 May
Brisbane Careers and Employment Expo
Monday 19 July — Saturday 30 October
Trimester 2
Our second teaching trimester starts on Monday 19 July. Trimester 2 examinations run from Saturday 21 to Saturday 30 October.
Monday 13 September
Mature Student Open Evening - Online
Wednesday 15 September
Mature Student Open Evening - Nathan Campus
Thursday 16 September
Mature Student Open Evening - Gold Coast Campus
Friday 17 December — Thursday 23 December