Fully accredited by the Australian Medical Council, the Doctor of Medicine at The University of Notre Dame Australia is a four-year AQF9E program. As the only medical degree offered by a Catholic university in Australia, this program gives you the opportunity to complement your technical skills and medical knowledge with a thorough grounding in ethics. This program also takes a close look at the special health needs of Indigenous people and rural communities in Western Australia. At the School of Medicine, we are committed to providing an education that not only teaches the science and craft of medicine, but also develops passionate and devoted medical practitioners. It is for this reason that our entry requirements are based on so much more than your test scores, with traits such as passion, motivation and purpose being highly regarded. The first two years of your degree are underpinned by Problem Based Leaning (PBL) and include the study of basic clinical sciences, population and preventive health, bioethics, therapeutics and more. Your third and fourth years are clinically based and present the opportunity to explore the different disciplines of medicine such as paediatrics and surgery. You will be required to complete eight to nine week discipline-based rotations in a clinical setting, and further develop your research skills with a translational research project based in the hospital sector. There are rural/remote training opportunities and for some students placement with the Rural Clinical School in third-year. As with all our degrees, the Doctor of Medicine places a strong emphasis on practical training and experiential learning. Throughout the four years of your study you will undertake clinical placements in a variety of settings including aged care facilities, public and private hospitals and general practice. Program summary Year One Foundations of a Medical Vocation Year Two Foundations of Clinical Practice Year Three Apprenticeships in Clinical Practice / Clinical Apprenticeships in the Rural Medical School Systematic Research Inquiry Year Four Preparation for Internship Professional accreditation The Doctor of Medicine (MD) is accredited by the Australian Medical Council as meeting national standards of medical education, permitting graduates to receive provisional registration and become a junior doctor (also known as a doctor-in-training) and enter the medical workforce.