Deakin University

Program

Deakin’s Doctor of Medicine takes you beyond the classroom to work with patients across Victoria and beyond. You’ll learn how medicine is practiced in rural areas, while building valuable relationships that kick-start career growth once you graduate.

The course also focuses on Indigenous health, which will help you broaden your perspective of clinical medicine to encompass public health, legal and ethical perspectives. Your study experience will allow you to advance the health and well-being of communities in Australia and beyond.

Clinical Placements
Deakin School of Medicine’s major presence is based at the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus. This site provides facilities for the first two years’ instruction for all students, as well as the school’s administration and research groups.

In Year 2, you’ll attend clinical sites (hospitals, general practice, and community health centres) in the Geelong region.

In your third and fourth years, you’ll have the opportunity to preference one of four clinical schools for training:

• Barwon Health (Geelong)
• Eastern Health (Melbourne)
• Ballarat
• Warrnambool

During Year 3, you will undergo intensive clinical training within health services. Most students will be based at public and private hospitals and general practices in Geelong, Warrnambool, Ballarat, or Melbourne for four five-week rotations.

You’ll also have the Rural Community Clinical School available in your third year, giving you the option of parallel consulting in smaller rural and regional towns. The clinical placement component of the course provides at least four weeks of dedicated rural attachment, meeting your Commonwealth Department of Health requirements and further enhancing your practical experience in regional areas.

Interested in gaining a global perspective of medicine? Your fourth and final year includes an elective unit that you can study overseas, as well as a pre-internship hospital rotation that offers a first-hand taste of the day-to-day life of an intern. You will also develop your skills in research design and data analysis, to equip you for career progression and lifelong learning as a medical practitioner.