The Faculty of Medicine comprises the academic, technical, administrative
and clerical staff as well as all students undertaking courses offered by the
faculty.
The teaching departments of the Faculty of Medicine are Anaesthesia, Anatomy,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Microbiology,
Pathology and Immunology, Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology,
Paediatrics, Psychological Medicine, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,
Community Medicine and General Practice, Forensic Medicine and the School of
Nursing. In addition the faculty has a Unit of Medical Informatics, Unit of
Radiography and Medical Imaging and research centres including the Institute
for Reproduction and Development, the Centre for Early Human Development, the
Centre for Rural Health, the Centre for Bioprocess Technology and the Centre
for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing. The faculty also has strong links
with research institutes such as the Baker Medical Research Institute (Alfred
Hospital), The Prince Henry's Research Institute (Monash Medical Centre), the
Mental Health Research Institute (Royal Park Hospital), and the Macfarlane
Burnet Centre for Medical Research.
The academic operations of the faculty are governed by the faculty board. The
dean is the chairperson of faculty board and has administrative responsibility
for the faculty. As head of the faculty, the dean is assisted with
administrative matters by the faculty manager and administrative officers.
Assistance with academic matters is provided by the associate deans and the
assistant dean. Teaching in the hospitals and other clinical settings is
coordinated through the offices of the clinical subdeans and the hospital
clinical deans. Heads of departments and directors of centres and institutes
provide academic leadership within their disciplines and are responsible for
the management of staff and resources. Heads and directors together with all
other professors play a significant role in the overall academic activities of
the faculty.