University of Sydney Handbooks - 2016 Archive

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Pattern of enrolment for the Doctor of Medicine

Students enrol in the following components of the MD:

  1. Academic Stage 1 (Year 1)
  2. Academic Stage 2 (Year 2)
  3. Academic Stage 3 (Year 3)
  4. Academic Stage 3 (Year 4)
  5. Stage 3 Streams

All units of study are compulsory unless otherwise noted.

1. Academic Stage 1 (Year 1)
Teaching period 1
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5111 Basic and Clinical Sciences 1 12
MDMP5112 Patient and Doctor 1 6
MDMP5113 Population Medicine 1 3
MDMP5114 Personal and Professional Development 1 3
Teaching period 2
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5125 Basic and Clinical Sciences 2 10
MDMP5122 Patient and Doctor 2 6
MDMP5123 Population Medicine 2 3
MDMP5124 Personal and Professional Development 2 3
MDMP5126 MD Project Development 1 2

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2. Academic Stage 2 (Year 2)
Teaching period 1
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5211 Basic and Clinical Sciences 3 12
MDMP5212 Patient and Doctor 3 6
MDMP5213 Population Medicine 3 3
MDMP5214 Personal and Professional Development 3 3
Teaching period 2
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5221 Basic and Clinical Sciences 4 10
MDMP5222 Patient and Doctor 4 6
MDMP5223 Population Medicine 4 3
MDMP5224 Personal and Professional Development 4 3
MDMP5225 MD Project Development 2 2
3. Academic Stage 3 (Year 3)
Teaching period 1
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5331 Medicine Year Three 8
Core or Speciality Block 1 (depending on Stream) 8
Core or Speciality Block 2 (depending on Stream) 8
Teaching period 2
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5316 Basic and Clinical Sciences 7 2
MDMP5317 Patient and Doctor 7 2
MDMP5318 Population Medicine 7 2
MDMP5319 Personal and Professional Development 7 2
Core or Speciality Block 3 (depending on Stream) 8
Core or Speciality Block 4 (depending on Stream) 8
4. Academic Stage 3 (Year 4)
Teaching period 1
UOS code and name Credit points
MDMP5409 Elective  4
MDMP5510 MD Project 8
MDMP5432 Medicine Year 4 8
MDMP5416 Basic and Clinical Sciences 8 2
MDMP5418 Population Medicine 8 2
Teaching period 2
UOS code and name Credit points
Core or Speciality Block 5 (depending on Stream) 8
Core or Speciality Block 6 (depending on Stream) 8
MDMP5417 Patient and Doctor 8 2
MDMP5419 Personal and Professional Development 8 2
MDMP5425 Pre-Internship Term 4
5. Stage 3 Streams

Stage 3 of the Medical Program is run as an integrated program. Students are allocated to one of four streams. In each stream, students complete 10 clinical Blocks as outlined above over the two-year period in one of four different sequences, as shown below. This equates to 96 credit points.

As outlined above, the Blocks comprise Medicine Year 3 (MED(3)) and Year 4 (MED(4), Surgery (SURG), Critical Care/Surgery (CC/S), Community (CR), Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine (PAAM), Perinatal and Women’s Health (PWH), Child and Adolescent Health (CAH), Elective (EL) and Pre-Internship (PRINT).

Streams Year 3
  Term A Term B Term C Term D Term E
Stream 1

CC/S

MDMP5334

CR

MDMP5335

MED(3)

MDMP5331

PAAM

MDMP5336

CAH

MDMP5338

Stream 2

MED(3)

MDMP5331

PAAM

MDMP5336

SURG

MDMP5333

CR

MDMP5335

PWH

MDMP5337

Stream 3

MED(3)

MDMP5331

SURG

MDMP5333

CR

MDMP5335

PWH

MDMP5337

PAAM

MDMP5336

Stream 4

SURG

MDMP5333

MED(3)

MDMP5331

PAAM

MDMP5336

CAH

MDMP5338

CR

MDMP5335

Streams Year 4
  Term A Term B Term C Term D Term E
Stream 1

EL

MDMP5409

MED(4)

MDMP5432

PWH

MDMP5337

SURG

MDMP5333

PRINT

MDMP5425

Stream 2

EL

MDMP5409

CC/S

MDMP5334

CAH

MDMP5338

MED(4)

MDMP5432

PRINT

MDMP5425

Stream 3

EL

MDMP5409

CAH

MDMP5338

CC/S

MDMP5334

MED(4)

MDMP5432

PRINT

MDMP5425

Stream 4

EL

MDMP5409

PWH

MDMP5337

MED(4)

MDMP5432

CC/S

MDMP5334

PRINT

MDMP5425