Overview
About this course
Our course is a practical and clinically focused course that will refine your ability to diagnose, investigate and manage common and important diseases in adults. It will guide your care of patients and will be readily integrated into your daily clinical work.
Who is it for?
Our course is designed for medical graduates, trainees and established clinicians working in emergency medicine, intensive care medicine or adult general practice, as well we international medical graduates who are interested in the field of internal medicine.
Structure
What you’ll study
The Graduate Certificate in Medicine (Internal Medicine) requires the completion of 24 credit points of stream specific units of study.
INTM stream specific units are offered at a basic and advanced level and over the next 2 years, all the major subspecialties will be available.
Basic units are aimed at the level of knowledge expected for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Basic Training examination, while advanced units provide an introduction to subspecialty practice.
It is recommended that students who are working full-time consider undertaking no more than 6 - 12 credit points per semester. Please note most of the INTM stream specific units of study are 3 credit points. All other units are 6 credit points.
All core learning material is delivered online and some units of study have an intensive face-to-face teaching session.
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Admission to the course requires:
- a medical degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 20 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 22 in Writing
A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 61 in each band