The University of Sydney School of Medicine, also known as Sydney Medical School (SMS) is the graduate

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of the

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. Established in 1856, it is the first medical school in

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. In 2018, Sydney Medical School joined the newly formed Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. SMS is ranked 19th in the world and second in Australia in the 2021 QS Subject Rankings for medicine. The School has a large and diverse faculty to support its missions in education, research, and health care. Each year, it has over 1,100 medical students and 2,000 postgraduate students undertaking coursework and research-training programs.

History

Sydney Medical School was established in 1856 as ''The University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine'' by a group of

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graduates,

Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart Sir Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart (20 June 1856 – 29 February 1920) was a Scottish-born professor of physiology, founder of the medical school at the University of Sydney.J. Atherton Young,Stuart, Sir Thomas Peter Anderson (1856 - 1920), Aus ...

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and Alexander McCormick.

Sydney Medical Program

Sydney Medical School offers a four-year

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. Key course features include a hybrid

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model, early clinical exposure, online learning resources, and a focus on

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, which were modelled on aspects of the ''New Pathway''

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(MD) program at

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. The curriculum has won numerous teaching awards and is licensed to universities in the UK,

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and the

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and to other universities in Australia. First introduced in 1997, the graduate medical program originally led to the degrees of

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(MBBS) for historical reasons. Since 2014, the MD has replaced the MBBS as the title of the

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conferred by the Sydney Medical Program. Entry into the Sydney Medical Program is on the basis of a satisfactory

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, the

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score, and performance in a multiple mini-interview. Each year's cohort has approximately 300 students enrolled, an appreciable proportion of which are international students.

Undergraduate provisional entry

The School also offers an undergraduate-entry, "combined medicine" pathway, in which a provisional place is held in the Sydney Medical Program for students until they complete one of the following three-year undergraduate degrees at the University: *Bachelor of Commerce *Bachelor of Economics *Bachelor of Medical Science *Bachelor of Music Studies *Bachelor of Science (Advanced) Securing such a place is highly competitive, as only around fifty such places are offered each year. Entry is on the basis of the

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(ATAR) or equivalent, and a semi-structured panel interview. For Music Studies-Medicine only, an additional audition at the

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is required. Since the introduction of this admissions pathway in 2005, the ATAR cut-off or equivalent has consistently been 99.95 (except for Music Studies-Medicine, which has been 99.50). the highest cut-off of any undergraduate-entry program offered in Australia.

Research activity

The School has a very large research base, with its disciplines and affiliated institutes actively engaged in research in both the basic sciences and all major areas of clinical medicine, through six major themes: * Cancer * Chronic Disease and Ageing * Infection and Immunological Conditions * Neurosciences and Mental Health * Obesity, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease * Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health

Sydney Health Ethics

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. The Centre was established in 1995. It is a centre for academic research, for teaching and learning in bioethics and the medical humanities, and for ethical consultation and discussion.

Clinical schools and teaching hospitals

Sydney Medical School is supported by eight clinical schools, which are based at major teaching hospitals across

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: * Central Clinical School:

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* Westmead Clinical School:

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* The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School:

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* Concord Clinical School:

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* Nepean Clinical School:

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* Northern Clinical School:

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* School of Rural Health: Dubbo Base Hospital and Orange Base Hospital A number of smaller hospitals also act as teaching hospitals.

Notable alumni

References

External links

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