From the outset, students will join a truly integrated curriculum that is grounded in biomedical science and evidence-based, builds up clinical knowledge and skills, and develops professional values and behaviors.

The first 1.5 years are predominantly pre-clinical, covering the foundational basis of medicine and core clinical education. Courses blend biomedical sciences, clinical content, social science, and population health. Students are introduced early into the clinical environment with primary healthcare attachments commencing in the first half of Year 1. The early and continuous clinical exposure—including clinical skills laboratories, simulation training, and primary healthcare attachment—ensures students quickly become accustomed to practicing history-taking, examination, and safe procedures with real patients.

Building on the knowledge and skills acquired in the first 18 months, the latter 2.5 years of the MBBS program are predominantly clinical, with most teaching taking place during full-time hospital and clinic placements. During this time students undergo a series of specialty and sub-specialty rotations, enabling them to broaden and solidify their clinical experience, grow their clinical acumen, prepare for practice and readiness for internship.

Throughout the MBBS program, Integrated Longitudinal Themes are incorporated as essential components of students’ education and professional development. Initially introduced as short primer courses to provide foundational knowledge, the themes are woven through subsequent courses with increasing level of knowledge and sophistication as students mature and progress through the program.

The themes cover important concepts, and influential and transformative areas of medicine—to prepare graduates for successful careers in medicine and to provide a strong grounding in the wider aspects of medicine.