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Applying for Medicine at ANU Doctor of Medicine and Surgery MChD ( Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda ) The ANU Medical School undertakes to create and maintain and educational environment that encourages students to: Practice medicine with


  1. Applying for Medicine at ANU Doctor of Medicine and Surgery MChD ( Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda )

  2. The ANU Medical School undertakes to create and maintain and educational environment that encourages students to:  Practice medicine with compassion, conscience and professional excellence;  demonstrate knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and societies;  understand the health problems of people in rural and remote Australia;  extend the boundaries of medical knowledge through research and share this knowledge with patients and colleagues, locally, nationally and internationally. 2

  3. Why Choose ANU Medical School? • ANU ranked in top 20 of World Universities • Supportive learning environment Small class size and dedicated teachers • Diverse and engaged student body • Canberra lifestyle 3

  4. ANUMS Campuses 4

  5. Rural Placements within South East NSW all ANUMS students undertake rural experiential learning: 1 week in Y1 & Y2; 6 weeks in Y3, optional 6 weeks in Y4 Node Town Satellite Towns Bega Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Tura Beach Cooma Jindabyne, Bombala, Berriedale Goluburn Crookwell, Bungendore, Braidwood Bateman’s Bay/ Batehaven, Narooma, Bermagui, Tuross Moruya Young / Cowra Harden, Yass 5

  6. Rural and Indigenous Health Streams • A Rural Health Stream provides 18-20 students with a year-long, integrated Year 3 placement in general practices and associated hospitals in rural towns - Goulburn, Young, Batemans Bay, Moruya, Cooma, Bega • The Indigenous Health Stream provides opportunity for students to undertake a range of placements in Indigenous healthcare settings, including six week placement in the Northern Territory 6

  7. Phase 1 PBL curriculum supplemented with lectures, practical's and tutorials exploring the social, ethical, legal and scientific foundations of health and medicine. Introduction to clinical methods. Phase 2 Experiential learning as part of a clinical team supplemented by a structured clinical teaching curriculum. 7

  8. An integrated curriculum addressing four themes... Medical Sciences - the scientific basis of medicine; Clinical Skills - communication, patient examination, diagnosis, appraisal of research evidence; Population Health - relationship between humans, their society and environment; and Professionalism & Leadership - the doctor as a professional, medical human rights, health law, and ethics. Contextual frameworks are interwoven in the above themes to provide graduates with working knowledge of social foundations of medicine, Indigenous health, rural and remote Australian health, and research. 8

  9. Curriculum sequence Orientation 1 RURAL Exam Exam Foundations Foundations Cardiorespiratory & Endocrine & (+ PBL) Renal Reproductive Health Research Project Mid year RURAL Haematology, - Neuro- Exam MCQ MCQ Digestive Diseases, Musculo- 2 Oncology, Integration Nutrition skeletal - science Infectious Diseases Research Project Research Project Foundations of Internal Medicine and Integrated Community and Child Health 3 Orientation Surgery (FIMS) (ICCH) Exam RURAL STREAM Women’s Health & Newborn Care / 4 OSCE OSCE Senior Medicine & Surgery / Exam Psychiatry & Addiction Medicine PrINT Elective Acute Care (SMS-AC) (WH-PAM)

  10. Eligibility to apply to ANUMS • GAMSAT = 55 overall with min 50 in each section ANU Medical School awards a 2% Bonus for • Weighted GPA > 5.6 (Use GEMSAS calculator) Honours or Masters by research OR a 4% bonus – Must have completed within the last 10 years. for a PhD • No course / award prerequisites • Bonuses are not considered in determining eligibility 10

  11. Student Selection: Offers ANU Medical School Ranking Criteria : awards a 2% Bonus for Honours or Masters by GAMSAT + GPA + Bonus = 50% research OR a 4% bonus Interview Score = 50% for a PhD Offer list : GEMSAS national online computer match GEMSAS Medicine Applications close June 11

  12. The GEMSAS system Step 1 . Medical School ranking of + + candidates Individual medical schools can have GPA GAMSAT different selection rules for ranking applicants Candidate’s Step 2 . GEMSAS matches candidate’s GEMSAS preference lists preferences with medical school rank lists and allocates candidates for the medical school interview Candidates allocated to highest preference matched medical school for interview

  13. Each qualifying candidate will Step 3. Medical School conduct ONLY be offered the interview at interviews and submit interview their matched school. scores to GEMSAS. Standardised Interview Score Step 4. GEMSAS allocates candidates to medical schools for GEMSAS creating preliminary offer lists. School ranking Prelim. Offer list

  14. Government targets BMP 28% Step 5. Each medical school shortlists eligible candidates. Rural 28% Government targets for CSP/BMP and Rural Prelim. origin can result in re-ranking of applicants. Offer list Step 6. GEMSAS conducts a final matching exercise to allocate non-shortlisted GEMSAS applicants to lower preference Candidate’s schools to create final offer list. preference Final Offer list

  15. Bonded Medical Places (BMP) • Provides a Commonwealth-supported place in an Australian medical school, for which recipients are required to undertake return of service obligation equivalent to 3 years over an 18 year period. 15

  16. Indigenous Pathway Admission • Bachelor degree • GAMSAT • Interview • A range of scholarships are available to students admitted via this pathway • Apply via GEMSAS http://www.gemsas.edu.au/ -closing date 11 June • Direct applications to the Medical School closing date 6 July • Must submit a Supplementary Indigenous Form to ANU Medical School as part of application process 16

  17. International Admission • Up to 20 places each year • Required for admission: – Minimum weighted GPA of 5.6 – Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) with minimum score of 125 in each section or GAMSAT minimum Overall Score of 55 and pass in each section – Proof of English language proficiency e.g. IELTS result, if required – Apply directly to ANU Medical School online via http://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/program/8950XMCHD • Zoom interview • Applications close on 6 July 17

  18. ONLINE in 2020 ONLINE in 2020 THE ANU MEDICAL SCHOOL has NOT changed its selection GPA rules in response to COVID-19. ungraded pass results 18

  19. • http://gemsas.edu.au 19

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  22. ANU Weighted GPA Calculation • Final Year GPA x 3 – (For current students this is calculated based on 0.5 EFTSL) • Final - 1 Year GPA x 2 • Final - 2 Year GPA x 1 • A Year GPA requires a minimum 0.375 FTE as GRADED results 22

  23. Ungraded subjects • A key degree may contain subjects that are assessed on a pass/fail basis, rather than being awarded grades. e.g. Professional Placements • Ungraded Pass grades generally have a neutral effect on the calculated GPA for that year • ANU Medical School – ANU requires 0.375 FTE (37.5% = 3/8 courses) in a given year to be graded results in order to calculate a GPA for that year. 23

  24. Final Year F-1 F-2 Weighted GPA Example Results HD HD D HD D D D D D D D C HD HD D GPA HD D D HD =7 D D D D = 6 D D C C = 5 Raw GPA GPA = 6.5 GPA= 6.25 GPA =5.75 P= 4 Weight x 3 x 2 x 1 UGP=? GPA points 19.5 12.5 5.75 (37.75 / 6) N = 0 GPA 6.29 24

  25. Weighted GPA Final Year F-1 F-2 Results HD HD D Example HD D D D D D GPA UGP D C tbc HD D HD =7 tbc D D D = 6 tbc D D C = 5 tbc UGP C P= 4 Raw GPA GPA = 6.67 GPA= 6.285 GPA =5.75 UGP=? Weight x 3 x 2 x 1 N = 0 GPA points 20.1 12.57 5.75 (38.42 / 6) GPA 6.40 25

  26. Consequence of not meeting 0.375 FTE for Graded results in 2020 GPA 1. Final Year = 2020 (For admission in 2021 and beyond) HD = 7 GPA = ((F-1Y 2019 GPA x 2) + (F-2Y 2018 GPA x1)) / 3 F = Final Year D = 6 C = 5 2. Final Year = 2021 (For admission in 2022 and beyond) P= 4 GPA = ((FY GPA 2021 x 3) + (F-2Y 2019 GPA x 1)) / 4 UGP=? N = 0 3. Final Year = 2022 (For admission in 2023 and beyond) GPA = ((FY GPA 2022 x 3) + (F-1Y 2021 GPA x 2)) / 5 26

  27. Final Year F-1 F-2 Weighted 2020 2019 2018 GPA Results HD HD D HD D D Example UGP D D UGP D C GPA tbc HD D HD =7 tbc D D tbc D D D = 6 tbc UGP C C = 5 Raw GPA GPA = NA GPA= 6.285 GPA =5.75 P= 4 Weight x 3 x 2 x 1 UGP=? GPA points ----- 12.57 5.75 (18.32 / 3) N = 0 GPA 6.11 27

  28. COVID-19 and DISADVANTAGE • Adjustments to results due to disadvantage is the responsibility of the institution issuing the grade, including any policy decisions of the institution regarding ungraded pass results. • No additional consideration will be provided by either GEMSAS or the ANU Medical School 28

  29. Medical School Interviews 2020 • All interviews will be conducted online • The ANU Interview will occur in two parts Part 1 = A scheduled online interview with recorded responses to a series of interview prompts. Part 2 = A 30 minute panel interview using the Zoom Platform (this will also be recorded). 29

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