School of Medicine

• 2008 Applications for MBBS
• Australian Medical Council (AMC) Accreditation
• What's New
• Welcome
• Mission and Objectives
• Staff Recruitment
• Locations

2008 Applications for MBBS

Applications for the 2009 intake of the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery are now CLOSED.

Important application and course information (PDF, 49Kb)

Australian Medical Council (AMC) Accreditation

The University of Western Sydney is pleased to advise that the AMC has affirmed the full accreditation status of the School of Medicine as until 31 December 2013, following the graduation of two cohorts from the program.

This outcome, the best possible for a new medical school, is a firm vote of confidence in the progress of the UWS School of Medicine. 

In accordance with AMC process, the UWS School of Medicine will submit annual reports from 2009 to 2013.

The Foundation Dean Professor Neville Yeomans has congratulated staff on this achievement, and likewise acknowledged the School's appreciation of continuing support from across the University.

What's new

Acting Prime Minister opens the Medical School facility

The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP offically opened the $47.5m facility on the Campbelltown Campus on Monday 17 November. See this 'special insert' for more information about this exciting and historic day.

Find out more about the School of Medicine

• UWS School of Medicine for Greater Western Sydney
• 2007 UWS Medical Students
• UWS School of Medicine - The journey so far
• Choosing Tomorrow’s doctors
• Community Participation
• Staff Members
• Clinical Schools
• Research - An early snapshot

Welcome

Message from the Foundation Dean

Welcome to the School of Medicine, part of the College of Health and Science at the University of Western Sydney.

The UWS School of Medicine is located across Greater Western Sydney, with its main campus base at Campbelltown, Clinical Schools at Blacktown/Mt Druitt and Campbelltown/Camden hospitals and the Scientific Collaboration for Investigation of Mental Health and Adversity (SCIMHA) on the Parramatta Campus.

Our students and researchers also work in and with different General Practice and Community Organisations across the region.

We offer a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course. Our first students commenced in 2007, and will finish in late 2011 before joining the health workforce as interns in our hospitals in 2012.

The School also has and supervises research students at all levels including PhD across areas of basic and applied biomedical, translational and clinical sciences as well as in population health.

These pages, like the School itself will grow. I encourage you to revisit them to find out more about our courses, research and other events and activities.

Neville Yeomans
MD, FRACP, FACG
Foundation Dean

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Capabilities
Our capabilities address basic drug design, and include animal facilities, PC2 areas, proteomics equipment and neuroscience technologies.

We also offer expertise in population health, the mental trauma that follows disaster, eating disorders, renal and obstetric medicine, immunology and vascular surgery.

For more information, please see Capabilities brochure (PDF, 894Kb).

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Mission and Objectives

The UWS School of Medicine – through its graduates, students and staff – will make an active contribution to medical science; the delivery of medical services; and the health of people regionally, nationally and globally.

The school’s objectives are to:

• produce competent and adaptable medical practitioners with a strong learning ethic based on a sound platform that will equip them well for their further training and future roles as doctors
• contribute to the medical workforce growth in NSW and the retention of doctors in Greater Western Sydney
• enhance the quality and accessibility of health care across the region through providing service where there is most need and by boosting the research effort. 

Medical graduates of the University of Western Sydney will be distinguished by:

• a passion for, and appreciation of the importance of, lifelong learning
• a strong commitment to the professional attitudes and performance expected of medical practitioners
• a well developed understanding of, and the ability to implement, safe working practices
• the ability to work effectively and cooperatively in multi-disciplinary teams
• a well developed ability to work with patients with ongoing long-term illness, across the continuum of community, primary and secondary care
• a heightened awareness of the rewards of working in areas of need.

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Staff Recruitment

The School of Medicine is actively seeking academic and general staff to join our team. A number of exciting opportunities will become available as the school grows, including professional lectureship, research and general staff positions.

All vacant positions within the school will be advertised on the UWS Positions Vacant website.

To subscribe to the jobs@uws newsletter, email Majordomo@uws.edu.au with the words subscribe jobs in the body of the email.

Throughout the MBBS course we will also be offering casual and volunteer positions for:

• tutors
• demonstrators
• simulated patients (people to act as patients)
• community members and health professionals, to assist with student interviews.

If you are interested in casual or volunteer work with the School of Medicine, please contact Marine Lye.

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Locations

The School of Medicine offers programs at Campbelltown campus. The Clinical Schools are based at Macarthur (Campbelltown/Camden Hospitals) and Blacktown/Mt Druitt Hospitals. MBBS students also undertake study with General Practitioners and Community Organisations.

The Scientific Collaboration for Investigation of Mental Health and Adversity (SCIMHA) Research Unit is on Parramatta campus.

For information about other programs in the College of Health and Science, please see the College of Health and Science course directory.

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