OzTREKK student featured in JCU Medical School video

27 January 2016

One aspect of the Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) program JCU medical school is proud of is the large amount and quality of clinical experience students get both in classes and while working in health-care settings.

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JCU MBBS student Reuben George

Former OzTREKK student and now current JCU MBBS student Reuben George is featured in a recent JCU video, and he agrees that the early clinical exposure is one of his favourite things about the program.

This begins with the Clinical Skills program from Year 1 when students start to learn the skills required by medical practitioners including medical history taking and physical examination, practical skills such as vital signs, injections and suturing and communication skills. Clinical Skills are taught in small-group sessions.

JCU Medical School is blessed with a wonderful and large group of highly trained volunteers who act as simulated patients and who are part of the fabric of the medical program. Students will learn both through examining each other, and the volunteers. They are also given the privilege of learning through the care of patients in hospital and health service settings.

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The 6-year, full-time Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery degree is a comprehensive program with integrated instruction in biomedical sciences, professional practice and clinical medicine. Students attend the Townsville campus for the first half of the course with clinical experience from year one.

The James Cook University medical precinct is opposite the Townsville Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in regional or tropical Australia. In later years, students have a base at one of the James Cook University clinical schools that include Townsville, Cairns, Mackay or Darwin. MBBS graduates will be uniquely qualified in the fields of rural, remote and Indigenous health, and tropical medicine.

Program: Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery
Location: Townsville, Queensland
Next semester intake: February each year
Duration: 6 years
Application deadline: Generally the end of August each year

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