Education VICÂ introduces School Of Medicine & Dentistry in Townsville, for all your education and learning needs.
The medical program at James Cook University is highly regarded, producing skilled, work-ready graduates with a strong foundation of scientific and medical knowledge. We value social justice, innovation and excellence. The School is a leader in our focus areas of rural and remote health, tropical medicine and the health of Indigenous Australians. Our graduates can work as interns anywhere in Australia or New Zealand and pursue further training in any medical discipline.
The course is particularly suited to those with an interest in health care for underserved populations and in an adventurous medical career that makes a difference.
The six-year, full-time Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree is a comprehensive program with integrated instruction in biomedical sciences, professional practice and clinical medicine. Students attend the Townsville campus for the first half of the course with clinical experience from year one.
The James Cook University medical precinct is opposite The Townsville Hospital, the largest teaching hospital in regional or tropical Australia. In later years, students have a base at one of the James Cook University clinical schools that include Townsville, Cairns, Mackay or Darwin. Students undertake rural and remote clinical attachments throughout the course and have opportunities to pursue international interests, in places as diverse as Norway, North Dakota, Papua New Guinea, South America and many others.
