M6011 M6019 Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (M6011 M6019) is a 5 years full-time, 240-credit-point, bachelor degree course from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, taught at Malaysia and Clayton. Map your units semester by semester with the MonMap planner.
- Credit points
- 240
- Duration
- 5 years full time
- Campus
- Malaysia, Clayton
- On campus
- Guaranteed ATAR
- M6011 = 90
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Overview
The Monash medicine course is designed as an integrated curriculum, with units taught in an interdisciplinary fashion by staff from across the faculty and in a wide range of learning environments, both campus and clinical. The first two years are largely campus-based, although some city and rural clinically-based study is possible. Interdisciplinary units introduce the basic medical and behavioural sciences of anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology, together with sociology of health, clinical skills, ethics and medical law.
Year three to five of the course are conducted in clinical settings in hospitals and practices across metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria, and in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru or Segamat for students in Malaysia. Monash Malaysia Medical students will spend up to 12 weeks at Australian placement sites You will spend around 40 hours per week working at a clinical site. This will provide you with time for self-directed study, and the time and opportunity to be in control of your own learning and to develop skills in problem-solving and the critical appraisal of information. Year five offers rotations through a number of clinical settings, such as aged care and emergency care, with the opportunity for a specialty selective placement.
The course is accredited by the Australian Medical Council. After successfully completing the course, graduates become eligible for provisional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Medical Board of Australia. After serving a compulsory internship year of residence in an approved hospital, graduates become eligible for final registration in Victoria and other states of Australia. Graduates initially work as a doctor within the hospital system and can undertake further specialty training in a range of areas, such as general practice, obstetrics, paediatrics, psychiatry and surgery.
You will also have the opportunity to take intermission from the course to undertake the honours year of the Bachelor of Medical Science (leading to the award of Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours)), and focus on an area of medical science research, before returning to complete the medicine course.
Rural practice
All students are encouraged to spend time in rural areas. In order for the University to meet the requirements of the Australian Government Rural Clinical Training and Support (RCTS) program, all students that hold a Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) are required to undertake a minimum of four weeks experience in rural areas. A cohort of students will be given the opportunity to spend up to two years in a rural site.
Fieldwork
This course requires you to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical settings you will apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. You must be aware of the faculty's Student placement guide. You will not be permitted to attend any clinical placements unless you have current valid Working with Children and Police checks, and have satisfactory immunisation status
Course structure
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science144 credit points
Year 1
48 credit pointsYear 2
48 credit pointsYear 3
48 credit pointsStage two: Doctor of Medicine96 credit points
Year 4
48 credit pointsYear 5
48 credit pointsThe handbook's description of this structure
The course develops through theme studies in personal and professional development; population, society, health and Illness; scientific basis of clinical practice; and clinical skills, all of which come together in professional practice demonstrated in the clinical placement units.
Part A. Personal and professional development
'Personal and professional development' will focus on the doctor as an individual and concentrates on the personal attributes and qualities needed by medical students and, ultimately, medical practitioners. It covers elements of health enhancement, professional responsibilities, communication skills, information technology, medical informatics and computing skills, ethics and legal issues, and clinical effectiveness.
Part B. Population, society, health and illness
'Population, society, health and illness' develops students' abilities to deal with broader society and population issues. You will consider the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of illness and the practice of medicine, including an emphasis on rural and remote Australia. Other elements of this theme will be built around health promotion, epidemiology, public health, community diversity, population and global health, and a range of other societal issues. The history and philosophy of the scientific approach to medicine will also be included, extending this to approaches to knowledge and information, and an understanding of evidence-based medicine.
Part C. Scientific basis of clinical practice
'Scientific basis of clinical practice' includes much of the human systems-based teaching in the course. The knowledge and concepts that underpin medicine, both in the basic medical sciences and in the clinical sciences, are included.
Part D. Clinical skills
'Clinical skills' encompasses the whole range of clinical skills. This begins with clinical aspects of communication skills and introduction to practical clinical skills including handwashing, sharps disposal; subcutaneous and intramuscular injecting. Early in the course you will interact with health care professionals during medical contact visits, and will be introduced to the medical interview, taking a family history, ethical aspects of medical contact visits. Comprehensive history taking, systems based physical examinations and procedural clinical skills are further developed during later clinical placements. The approach in clinical skills development will be to develop defined clinical competencies.
Units are interdisciplinary, with themes woven through each semester.
Years one and two (Year A for graduate entry)
Blocks of systems-based sub-units are presented with a mix of basic medical science content, patient-based presentations and discussions in small groups. These sub-units combine basic content with generic skills and are set in appropriate clinical contexts, largely through the use of patient-oriented learning. Topics include:
- cardiovascular system
- endocrinology
- gastrointestinal tract
- genomics
- human behaviour
- human development and growth
- immunology and infection
- metabolism
- molecules, cells and tissues
- musculo-skeletal system
- neurosciences
- nutrition
- reproduction
- respiratory system
- urinary system.
Years three and four
During this period, clinical content is delivered in blocks of clinical rotations, with a mix of advanced and applied medical science, patient-oriented presentations, and discussions in small tutorial groups. A variety of clinical settings are used, including a range of metropolitan and rural hospitals, ambulatory clinics and the rural environment. The emphasis will be on you gaining real clinical experience, participating in patient care and understanding how healthcare teams work. In the third year, you will study integrated medicine and surgery and pathophysiology which will be taught together with a series of problem-based and core-based learning sessions. The fourth year will be largely taken up with the core clinical rotations of:
- children's health
- general practice
- psychological medicine
- women's health.
Year five
The final year of the course focuses on facilitating your transition into the medical workplace as a trainee intern. You will participate in a range of learning experiences designed to substantially enhance your research skills, clinical reasoning, diagnostic and case management skills. You will consolidate and enhance your knowledge, clinical skills and professional behaviours in clinically orientated rotations integrated with sessions in patient safety and preparedness for professional practice. The six clinical rotations are:
- aged care
- emergency medicine
- medicine
- scholarly intensive project
- specialty
- surgery
Course progression map
The course progression maps provide guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.
The course requires the completion of two stages. To progress to stage two you must have completed all of the requirements for the Bachelor of Medical Science and be in good standing with the faculty and meet all requirements of the applicant checks.
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science
Stage one of the course comprises 144 points, of which all are core units comprising 96 points of campus based study (Years 1 and 2) and 48 points of clinically based study (Year 3).
The course develops through theme studies in: A. Personal and professional development, B. Population, society, health and illness, C. Scientific basis of clinical practice and D. Clinical skills.
Units are 24 points unless otherwise stated.
You must complete:
Year 1
- MED1100 Introduction to medical practice
- MED1200 Principles of medicine 1
Year 2
- MED2100 Foundations of medical practice
- MED2200 Principles of medicine 2
Year 3
- MED3100 Medicine and surgery
- MED3200 Foundation clinical studies
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine
Stage two of the course comprises 96 points.
You can progress to stage two of the course having successfully completed Year 3/Year A of the Bachelor of Medical Science which is cross credited for the master's qualification.
You must complete:
Year 4
- MED4100 Speciality clinical practices
- MED4200 Integrated clinical studies
Year 5
- MED5105 Advanced clinical practice
- MED5103 Patient Safety and Preparation for Practice (12 points)
- MED5101 Applied studies in medical research and professional practice (12 points)
Learning outcomes
These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework and Monash Graduate Attributes.
Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:
- 1
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Demonstrate foundational professional capabilities, including reflective practice, critical thinking, and effective collaborative and interpersonal skills.
- 2
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Identify ethical standards and legislative frameworks used in clinical practice.
- 3
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Evaluate the impact of social, ethical, economic and environmental factors on health and wellbeing, and the delivery of care for individuals and populations.
- 4
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Describe factors that impact upon the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples including historical, political, cultural and social factors and experiences. Outline approaches that contribute to culturally appropriate health care for Indigenous patients.
- 5
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Synthesize and explain underpinning biomedical, scientific and clinical concepts relevant to health and illness.
- 6
Stage one: Bachelor of Medical Science - Demonstrate foundation skills in clinical practice.
- 7
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Demonstrate ethical, professional and personal responsibility and behaviours consistent with good clinical practice and professional codes of practice.
- 8
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Provide safe, compassionate, and patient-centred health care.
- 9
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Evaluate the perspectives of social, cultural, behavioural, and economic factors which impact Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ health outcomes; consider their perspectives and culture; and reflect upon own perspectives and values in order to provide culturally safe and responsive health care.
- 10
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Source, interpret, critically review and synthesize the relevant literature to provide health care based upon best evidence.
- 11
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Explain health system management and make judgements to achieve the judicious use of health care resources.
- 12
Stage two: Doctor of Medicine - Apply advanced knowledge and skills to identify and interpret clinical findings in order to diagnose, investigate and plan hospital and community-based patient care.
Entry requirements
Guaranteed ATAR and selection rank
M6011 = 90; International: UERT Year 12/Foundation Band 7 RC (97.5-99.99); Post-Secondary Band NA; M6019 = 90; International: UERT Year 12/Foundation Band 6 (95-96.24); Post-Secondary Band NA
Other applicants
This Direct Entry course is not available to non-school leavers. Only applicants who have completed VCE (or equivalent) no more than two years prior to applying, and who have NOT commenced any other form of tertiary study are eligible to apply.
English language
Monash Level C, that is: IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall (no band lower than 6.5); or Pearson Test of English (Academic): score of 65 overall with no band lower than 58; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 94 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 24, Listening: 20, Reading: 19 and Speaking: 20; or Equivalent approved English test
Pathways
Monash Transition Program
Students may enter the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine by the direct school leaver pathway.
Students can only enter the Doctor of Medicine through successful completion of the Bachelor of Medical Science program at Monash.
More information
Progression to further studies
You may intermit for one year to undertake a one-year honours program Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours).
You would be eligible to apply for any further studies at tertiary level for which the master's program meets entry requirements.
Professional accreditation
This course is accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC), the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and the Singapore Medical Council (SMC).
Note: SMC accreditation only applies to Australian locations.
Notes for students
This course has mandatory attendance requirements. Please refer to the 'Additional Information - special requirements' section for more information.
Other information
The Monash medicine course is designed as an integrated curriculum, with units taught in an interdisciplinary fashion by staff from across the faculty and in a wide range of learning environments, both campus and clinical. The first two years are largely campus-based, although some city and rural clinically-based study is possible. Interdisciplinary units introduce the basic medical and behavioural sciences of anatomy, biochemistry, genetics, immunology, microbiology, pathology, pharmacology, physiology, and psychology, together with sociology of health, clinical skills, ethics and medical law.
Year three to five of the course are conducted in clinical settings in hospitals and practices across metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria, and in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru or Segamat for students in Malaysia. Monash Malaysia Medical students will spend up to 12 weeks at Australian placement sites You will spend around 40 hours per week working at a clinical site. This will provide you with time for self-directed study, and the time and opportunity to be in control of your own learning and to develop skills in problem-solving and the critical appraisal of information. Year five offers rotations through a number of clinical settings, such as aged care and emergency care, with the opportunity for a specialty selective placement.
The course is accredited by the Australian Medical Council. After successfully completing the course, graduates become eligible for provisional registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and the Medical Board of Australia. After serving a compulsory internship year of residence in an approved hospital, graduates become eligible for final registration in Victoria and other states of Australia. Graduates initially work as a doctor within the hospital system and can undertake further specialty training in a range of areas, such as general practice, obstetrics, paediatrics, psychiatry and surgery.
You will also have the opportunity to take intermission from the course to undertake the honours year of the Bachelor of Medical Science (leading to the award of Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours)), and focus on an area of medical science research, before returning to complete the medicine course.
Rural practice
All students are encouraged to spend time in rural areas. In order for the University to meet the requirements of the Australian Government Rural Clinical Training and Support (RCTS) program, all students that hold a Commonwealth-supported place (CSP) are required to undertake a minimum of four weeks experience in rural areas. A cohort of students will be given the opportunity to spend up to two years in a rural site.
Fieldwork
This course requires you to undertake off-campus clinical placements. In the clinical settings you will apply theory to practice under supervision. Attendance is mandatory for the clinical component of each unit. You must be aware of the faculty's Student placement guide. You will not be permitted to attend any clinical placements unless you have current valid Working with Children and Police checks, and have satisfactory immunisation status
Common questions
How long is Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine?
5 years full time, 240 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 10 semesters of full-time study.
What ATAR do I need for Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine?
The guaranteed ATAR listed for 2025 entry is M6011 = 90.
Where can I study Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine?
At Malaysia and Clayton.
How do I plan my Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine units?
Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.