Flinders Medical School Webinar

KOM is hosting a webinar with FLINDERS MEDICAL SCHOOL  this Wednesday 29 May 2013 @ 7pm EDT.

Join Dr. Ruth Sladek and KOM for this live broadcast.  Take part in a live chat with Ruth and have all your questions answered. 

Dr. Ruth Sladek from the School of Medicine will give information about graduate entry into the Doctor of Medicine (MD) course.  This session will include:  an overview of medical school places, applications and pre-requisites and a brief outline of the Course and options for clinical experience. 

 If you are considering submitting your application to Flinders for 2014 commencement, this will be an event not to miss.

SIMPLY REGISTER FOR THIS FREE WEBINAR NOW. Then login to the webinar the night of the event with your access code.

The New Flinders MD

Flinders School of Medicine offers up to 30 international applicants the opportunity to study the four year Doctor of Medicine (MD) course based in the beautiful city of Adelaide, with the option to undertake studies in regional and outback Australia.

Located in Adelaide South Ausralia, The Flinders Medical School was the first in Australia to develop a 4 year graduate-entry Medical program as an alternative to traditional 5-6 year courses for school leavers. This was an opportunity to rethink curriculum design and the way in which students are selected. “Tradition” at Flinders involves building on the strengths of our widely-adopted curriculum via continued review and innovation to create or capture the best new ideas in medical education.

The Flinders Medical School was the first in Australia to develop a 4 year graduate-entry Medical program as an alternative to traditional 5-6 year courses for school leavers. This was an opportunity to rethink curriculum design and the way in which students are selected. Now about 17 years later, the majority of Medical School places in Australia are graduate-entry and as the Australian Medical Council noted in renewing the Flinders Medical School’s
accreditation recently: “The curriculum is nationally and internationally recognised and has been adopted by other schools in Australia”.

“Tradition” at Flinders involves building on the strengths of our widely-adopted curriculum via continued review and innovation to create or capture the best new ideas in medical education.Some features of Medicine at Flinders include:

• A co-operative/collaborative learning environment with a strong emphasis on team work. This is underpinned by the moderate size of the School, selection of a talented, motivated student group with varied prior experience, learning in small groups and a supportive Faculty.
• A strong focus on developing hands-on clinical skills from Week 1 of the program. From the outset, students build clinical skills with clinical tutors, using the resources of the clinical skills and simulation laboratories and through patient contact. Integration of clinical medicine with a strong underpinning of the relevant biomedical science. This is facilitated by the problem-based format of Years 1 and 2 but also the physical co-location of basic science Faculty and research laboratories with the clinical activities of Flinders Medical Centre.
• Options for gaining clinical experience in varied settings, including hands-on involvement in patient care. Students in Years 3 and 4 can select from a large range of clinical experiences – from traditional rotations in big city hospitals, through single rotations or year-long involvement in health care delivery in outer urban, rural or remote communities, to electives almost anywhere in the world.

Applications are now open for 2014 entry

The online application system will open from early January 2013 and close mid December 2013. There are three distinct rounds: Early Decision Round, Main Round and Late Applications. You may apply to Flinders at any time during the above open application period, however we attempt to fill all places through our Early and Main Decision Rounds.

Are you interested studying medicine in Australia? Contact KOM Consultants for more information on medical schools in Australia, including Flinders University, and other universities such as University of Adelaide, James Cook University, Griffith University, Deakin University, University of Western Sydney and University of Sydney.