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Bachelor of Medical Science

Course code: 0041 ~ Course abbreviation: BMedSc ~ Total credit points required: 48 ~ 1 year full-time ~ Managing faculty: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton - F/T only)

Course description

This course provides students who have successfully completed the equivalent of at least the first two years of undergraduate study in a recognized medicine course with an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of an aspect of medical science and to pursue the study of this field through research. Students will undertake research activities supervised through a department of the faculty and complete a minor thesis.

Students who have successfully completed at least the first two years of the undergraduate MBBS course and the first year of the graduate entry MBBS may take leave from the medical course to pursue special studies in a discipline area offered by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences in order to qualify for the degree of Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSc).

Students who are undertaking a medicine program at a university other than Monash must have completed studies corresponding to a minimum of 2 years of the Monash undergraduate MBBS program in a medicine program with equivalent curriculum content, learning outcome and academic standards as determined by the faculty.

Course objectives

On completion of this course, students will be expected to demonstrate the generic attributes of a Monash graduate. The objectives of the Bachelor of Medical Science are to: demonstrate retrieval, interpretation and evaluation of information in medical and other research based publications; acquire an understanding of various methodologies in human and biomedical science research; acquire an in-depth understanding of an aspect, issue or problem within a human or biomedical science research field; demonstrate an appreciation of the ethical requirements for research activities in human and biomedical science research, and demonstrate the capacity to design, frame, conduct and report on a small-scale project in human or biomedical science research.

Course structure

Course requirements

For students who commenced the course in semester 1

Monash MBBS students must complete an honours research project (48 points) comprising the following units:

  • MED7001 Bachelor of Medical Science A (24pts)
  • MED7002 Bachelor of Medical Science B (24pts)

For students who commenced the course in semester 2

Non-Monash MBBS students must complete an honours research project (36 points) plus two course work units in research methodology (12 points) comprising the following units:

  • MED7011 Medical Science Research Project A (18pts)
  • MED7012 Medical Science Research Project B (18pts)
  • MED7201 Medical Research Methods 1 (6pts)
  • MED7202 Medical Research Methods 2 (6pts)

Contact details

MBBS Student Services: telephone: +61 3 9902 0237, email: bmedsc@med.monash.edu.au