Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (Honours)

The Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) is designed to provide students with skills to demonstrate excellence in ethical research, integrated with a clear understanding of a specific research question in relation to current knowledge.The Honours year, is a stand-alone program at the conclusion of a Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).

In addition to undertaking an Honours Project, students will be expected to spend the equivalent of one day a week in a clinical setting.The Honours program has been structured to match the timing of Australian and North American internship/training programs.

Students who proceed with the December - June option will be able to commence Australian internships in midyear (noting that some but not all Local Health Districts take midyear interns).

Students pursuing training opportunities in North America will be able to commence at the beginning of that program which is midyear.Students electing to undertake the Honours program in March - December, in line with current NSW Health Policy, will be eligible to commence NSW internships in the following year.

Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery (Hons) requires the successful completion of 48 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table below.

The program takes one full-time year to complete.

Year 1

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:

CLO Description 1 Integrate knowledge of research principles and methods associated with medicine to independently plan and execute a reseach project in regard to medicine including collecting, organsing, assessing and interpreting data. 2 Apply knowledge and skills of research prinicples and methods to inquiry based activities in a variety of contexts. 3 Execute technical and cognitive skills in reviewing, analysing and synthesising information to independently generate solutions to complex problems. 4 Communicate knowledge and ideas clearly and coherently to a variety of audiences. 5 Consolidate and contextualise learning by active and regular participation in clinical services in a related area of medicine.