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Learning at Monash University’s Churchill campus

Monash University‘s graduate-entry medicine program place an emphasis on clinical communication skills and early clinical contact visits to medical practices, community care facilities and hospitals. Significant time is spent in rural settings creating and building these critical skills.

Students complete their first year of study at the Monash School of Rural Health in the small town of Churchill in Gippsland, Victoria. Years 2 and 3 are conducted in clinical settings, generally in hospitals and practices across metropolitan Melbourne and rural Gippsland. Year 4 offers rotations through several clinical settings, such as aged care and emergency care.

What is Monash’s Churchill campus like?

Churchill is located about 160 km, or about a 2-hour drive, southeast of Melbourne in the Gippsland region.

Although Churchill is a small town, the facilities at the School of Rural Health Churchill are no less impressive. Sophisticated clinical simulations centre and state-of-the-art clinical training facilities at the Latrobe Regional hospital, Warragul, Sale and Bairnsdale hospitals and GP learning centres across west, central, south and east Gippsland provide students the opportunity to learn in a variety of healthcare environments.

What’s it like studying in Churchill?

Former OzTREKKer Chris Photopoulos loves to travel and always wanted to study medicine. Now a student at Monash University, Chris is studying medicine in Churchill in Gippsland.

He was born and raised in Toronto, then moved to Halifax, but the whole time was surrounded by healthcare as both of his parents work in medicine. After living in cities, he loves the rural experience. Fresh air and a sky full of stars at night make for an incredible living environment and since everyone lives so close together it didn’t take long to make friends.

His clinical placements have ranged from working in small rural hospitals to doing house visits, and he has had plenty of chances to learn hands-on skills.

“If you’re an international student thinking about coming over to Monash, I would say just go for it. This has been some of the most incredible experiences I’ve had so far, and this is just the start of my journey here in Australia.”

About the Monash Medicine Program

The Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine at Monash University has been designed in close consultation with doctors, health care professionals and leaders in the health and research sectors to give you the scientific background and clinical expertise to ensure you are prepared for your future as a doctor.

Exploring medicine at Flinders

Former OzTREKKer Tracey Davison has found her home away from home in the Flinders medicine program. She always wanted a career that would help people, and medicine seemed like a good way to achieve that goal.

Tracey also valued the diversity of medicine, given that there are a variety of areas in which to practice. Do you like a quickly changing environment? Emergency medicine could be for you! Or maybe you thrive in situations that require careful concentration and good dexterity, so surgery is a good fit.

Studying in Australia was a familiar idea for Tracey, as she already had a friend studying medicine in Queensland. When Tracey heard how positive her friend’s experience was, she thought that making the leap across the Pacific could suit her as well. A smaller university, Flinders Medical School is perfectly located inside a hospital, so the skills you learn in class are quickly applied to real-life situations.

Tracey also has plenty to do and see during her downtime. From beaches to Mount Lofty, Adelaide is a welcoming environment for international students, with Flinders International Student Services arranging many activities.

Rural placements only expand the opportunity to combine learning and adventure.  “You get to study at the same time, but you also get to explore!”

About Flinders University’s Doctor of Medicine Program

The Flinders MD is designed to provide a high standard of academic, clinical and professional medical training to provide your with the skills necessary to take up positions as hospital interns and thereby qualify for medical registration in Australia and abroad.

Throughout the course there are three broad topics or themes:

1. Doctor and Patient 2. Knowledge of Health and Illness 3. Health Professions and Society

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