Pathways to Medical Practice A (MEDI6102A)

The Pathways program is undertaken over Year 4 and 5 of the BMedSc and MD program, where students are required to complete MEDI6102 Pathways to Medical Practice in Year 4, and MEDI6202 Pathways Experience in Year 5. Students are allocated to one of a number of priority topic areas, with continuity of supervision in both courses. The Pathway topic areas include:

• Laboratory Medicine
• Indigenous Health
• Global Health
• Health Professional Education
• Rural Health
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pilot)

The broad group of priority topics are covered in the core curriculum of the BMedSc and MD program. However, the Pathways program is designed to extend the capabilities of a student beyond, and in more depth than, related core threshold learning outcomes. In each Pathway, students, in partnership with a supervisory team, will spend the majority of Year 4 undertaking extended learning as well as planning and negotiating a placement experience for Year 5.

It is envisaged that for many students, the Pathway will articulate with an identified career path or special interest. For other students it may be used to gain an insight, or to set themselves a challenge in an area that they might ordinarily not have contemplated, for example, as an alternative to an envisaged career path.

This Year 4 course is designed to orientate students to their Pathway via a comprehensive teaching and learning program. Each is delivered across the Joint Medical Program Clinical School footprint with a mix of face to face, streamed, online, and self-directed learning.