Faculty information

• Introduction to the faculty
• Faculty schools and departments
• Research centres and Monash Institutes of Health
• Police checks
• Working With Children checks
• Immunisation / vaccination requirements
• Enrolment with Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria for MBBS students

Areas of study

• Areas of study

Course information

• Outline of undergraduate studies
  • Courses offered in 2014
  • Courses with no further intake

Course-related policies and rules

• Government and University legislation

 

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences is a diverse and complex research and teaching organisation operating at campuses in Australia, Malaysia and South Africa and in collaboration with other partners around the world. With a prominent profile in the top tier of universities for excellence in the life sciences, Monash is also the only Australian member of the prestigious M8 Alliance of academic health centres and medical universities. The reputation of the faculty is reflected through being honoured with the 2011 Co-Presidency for the World Health Summit, the eminent global gathering for health care held annually in Berlin. In terms of global rankings, both the Times Higher Education and QS tables place Monash in the top 50 universities worldwide for health care

With more than 9,500 students and staff, including 3,500 adjunct appointments, the faculty is the largest of its kind in Australia. This is without detriment to academic performance, as Monash is consistently ranked in the highest echelon for teaching and learning quality across life science disciplines.

The faculty comprises eleven teaching and clinical schools, including Australia’s only school dedicated to indigenous health. The Monash Institute of Medical Research (MIMR), Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) and the Monash Obesity and Diabetes Institute (MODI) are integral parts of the faculty’s significant research commitment. The faculty is also integrated with research institutes, including the Baker IDI Medical Research Institute (located at The Alfred Hospital), the Prince Henry's Institute for Medical Research (within the Monash Health Research Precinct), the Mental Health Research Institute, and the Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health.

Clinical excellence and translation research are fundamental to how the faculty operates. Our major teaching hospitals include Monash Medical Centre (part of Australia's largest healthcare provider network), The Alfred (Melbourne's major casualty hospital) and Box Hill Hospitals. In total, the faculty operates in 125 practices and 68 hospitals.

Health care in rural and regional areas is a key area of focus for the Faculty with a rural teaching campus at Churchill in Gippsland and regional clinical centres centred upon Bendigo and the greater Gippsland region.

 

All MBBS students will have their student details provided to the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency and be registered with them.  Prior to graduation, students apply for full registration with AHPRA. 

See:http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Student-Registrations.aspx

On the presumption that students enrolling into the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) do so with the intention of practising as a doctor, it is important to be alerted to the role of the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency well ahead of time, and to the legislation which relates to medical registration in Australia.

The prime purpose of the Medical Practice Act is to protect the public. The act stipulates that the board is to refuse to register as doctors persons who:

• are not of good character
• have been convicted of a serious crime
• are ill in a manner which may put the community at risk
• are not able to complete the training and clinical experience required under provisional registration (ie internship).

After completion of the final year of the course and graduation, you will be required to apply for full registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency. You will be asked to sign a statutory declaration attesting (1) that you have never been convicted of a serious crime and (2) that you are not presently under treatment for, or suffer from, any condition or illness which may impair your ability to practise and which may put the community at risk. This statement is provided to you to:

• remind you of the vocational nature of your course and the strict requirements laid down for registration of medical practitioners by the Parliament of Australia, and
• give you the opportunity to consider your position, and seek appropriate advice, if you suffer from an illness or condition which could prevent you from being granted provisional registration or if you have been convicted of a serious crime.

Further information

Contact AHPRA at http://www.ahpra.gov.au/Registration/Student-Registrations.aspx

 

 

NOTE: the course details provided in the entries below are for those students who began their studies in 2014 - students who commenced their studies prior to this date should consult the archived Handbook edition for the year in which they started their course.

Berwick

Single degrees

• 4506 Bachelor of Nursing (Community Health)

Caulfield

Single degrees

• 0004 Bachelor of Social Work
• 3882 Bachelor of Health Science

Double degrees

• 3426 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work
• 3870 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Social Work
• 4503 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Business

Honours degrees

• 3864 Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)
• 3964 Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)
• 3965 Bachelor of Health Science and Bachelor of Social Work (with Honours)
• 3971 Honours degree of Bachelor of Health Sciences

Clayton

Single degrees

• 2230 Bachelor of Biomedical Science
• 3975 Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Scholar program)
• 3976 Bachelor of Biomedical Science Advanced with Honours
• 0040 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• 0727 Bachelor of Nursing
• 3404 Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
• 3956 Bachelor of Nutrition Science
• 3883 Bachelor of Psychology (with Honours)
• 1963 Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging

Double degrees

• 4417 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Commerce
• 3879 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Engineering
• 3356 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Laws
• 3528 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Science

Honours degrees

• 3879 Bachelor of Biomedical Science and Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)
• 0041 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science
• 3514 Honours degree of Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience
• 3418 Honours degree of Bachelor of Biomedical Science
• 3865 Honours degree of Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
• 3954 Honours degree of Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business (Psychology)

Gippsland

Single degrees

• 3952 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• 3963 Bachelor of Nursing Practice

Double degrees

• 3953 Bachelor of Nursing Practice and Bachelor of Midwifery

Honours degrees

• 0041 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science
• 3564 Honours degree of Bachelor of Midwifery

Peninsula

Single degrees

• 3445 Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
• 0727 Bachelor of Nursing
• 3869 Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
• 3868 Bachelor of Physiotherapy

Double degrees

• 3892 Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
• 4514 Bachelor of Nursing and Bachelor of Midwifery

Honours degrees

• 3891 Bachelor of Physiotherapy (with Honours)
• 4516 Honours degree of Bachelor of Physiotherapy
• 3881 The Honours degree of Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
• 1249 Honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing

Sunway

Single degrees

• 3856 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
• 3863 Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business

Honours degrees

• 0041 Honours degree of Bachelor of Medical Science
• 3954 Honours Degree of the Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business (Psychology)

South Africa

Single degrees

• 4502 Bachelor of Public Health

Singapore

Single degrees

• 0004 Bachelor of Social Work
• 3863 Bachelor of Psychological Science and Business

Honours degrees

• 3864 Bachelor of Social Work (Honours)

 

Courses with no further intake

The following courses remain unaltered since the last year of intake. Current students should refer to the archived Handbook entry for the year in which they commenced their studies:

• 2808 Diploma of Ambulance Paramedic Studies
• 2193 Diploma of Psychology
• 2341 Bachelor of Behavioural Neuroscience
• 4505 Bachelor of Health Promotion
• 1074 Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and Bachelor of Laws
• 3562 Bachelor of Midwifery
• 3955 Bachelor of Nursing Studies
• 1707 Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration)
• 3558 Bachelor of Nursing and Rural Health Practice
• 3436 Bachelor of Nursing (Psychological Studies)
• 4504 Bachelor of Social Welfare
• 3867 Honours Degree of Bachelor of Psychology