Doctor of Medicine

at Griffith University - Gold Coast Campus

The Program Director ensures that the published program information on this website is accurate and helpful for students' enrolment and progress. The Program Director provides students with guidance on program-related matters including making decisions on specific aspects of a student's study program, enrolment, progress, credit and eligibility to graduate.
 

Year 1

Students must complete the following courses:

• Community Medicine and Professional Practice 1 - 8121MED
• Foundations of Medicine 1 - 8131MED
• Introduction to Clinical Practice 2 - 8112MED
• Community Medicine and Professional Practice 2 - 8122MED
• Foundations of Medicine 2 - 8132MED
   

Year 2

Students must complete the following courses:

• Introduction to Clinical Practice 3 - 8211MED
• Community Medicine and Professional Practice 3 - 8221MED
• Foundations of Medicine 3 - 8231MED
• Community Clinical Practice and Clinical Elective - 8242MED
• Community Clinical Practice and Directed Elective - 8243MED (Note 1)
• Applied Communications, Law and Ethics - 8252MED
• Preparation for Research and Leadership - 8262MED
• Listed Elective
   

Year 3

Students must complete the following course:

• Clinical Medicine Year 3 - 8300MED_Y1 (see Note 1)
• Clinical Medicine Year 3 - 8300MED_Y2 (see Note 1)
   

Year 4

Students must complete the following course:

• Clinical Medicine Year 4 - 8400MED_Y1 (see Note 1)
• Clinical Medicine Year 4 - 8400MED_Y2 (see Note 1)

English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a country other than Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, the United States of America or South Africa or undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for admission to this program are as follows:
 

• a minimum overall band score of 7.0 on IELTS (Academic) with a minimum of 7.0 in each sub-score;
• OR the Occupational English Test (OET) with a minimum score of B in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking);
• OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 94 (minimum score of 24 for listening and reading, 27 for writing and 23 for speaking);
• OR a minimum overall score of 65 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 65;
• OR successful completion of at least two years of secondary and your entire tertiary studies taught and assessed solely in English from a recognised country*;
• OR successful completion of at least two years in the last five years of tertiary study taught and assessed solely in English from a recognised country* prior to commencement.
   

English test results must be no more than two years old.
 

* Recognised countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America.

International students

An International student is one who is not:

• an Australian or New Zealand citizen or
• a person who has Australian permanent resident status.
   

Tuition fee

$73,000 (80 CP)
 

You will be prepared for multiple careers, including in specialist clinical practice, primary care medicine, rural medical practice, medical administration, medical research and medical education.
 

Graduates of this program will normally be eligible for limited registration and will receive full registration by Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) upon successful completion of a subsequent one-year internship in the Australian hospital system.