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Australian Medical Council gives thumbs up to Medical School for Greater Western Sydney
Date: 29/07/2005
The University of Western Sydney's Medical School has passed its first important test, with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) giving the University's plans to establish a new medical program its in principle stamp of approval.
The AMC is Australia's peak national standards body for medical education and training. The Council reviewed UWS's stage one submission for program accreditation at its meeting held on 27 July, giving it the go-ahead.
The University is now invited to prepare a more detailed submission as part of the second and final stage of the accreditation process, which is to occur next year. A final decision from the AMC is expected in October 2006.
Professor Neville Yeomans, Dean of the UWS Medical School, welcomes the AMC's decision, and says the University is on track for the first intake of 80 medical students in 2007.
"The AMC's decision is excellent news for the University and the people of Greater Western Sydney," says Professor Yeomans.
"It is very pleasing that UWS's stage one submission, which outlines the University's commitment and capacity to implement its School of Medicine, has been favourably received by the Australian Medical Council's Accreditation Committee.
"The University has cleared its first important hurdle, which augurs very well for our long-term vision to establish a centre of excellence for medical teaching and research in the heart of Greater Western Sydney.
"The UWS Medical School is set to become the key educator of doctors and nurses for the Region, and will take a lead role in promoting primary health care.
"Our high-achieving graduates will be well-grounded in the specific health challenges that face the people of Sydney's west - the fastest growing and one of the most socially and culturally diverse regions in Australia."
Professor Yeomans says the next step in the accreditation process will be to outline in detail the University's overall management plan for the Medical School curriculum, staffing strategy, facilities, research and clinical placements. A comprehensive report will be forwarded to the AMC in February next year.
"The Medical School team is set to become increasingly busy over the next 12 months as key milestones are reached and plans come to fruition," says Professor Yeomans.
"The University has welcomed the immense support given to the Medical School by the Federal and NSW governments and the Greater Western Sydney community, which see a Medical School as an important initiative to strengthen our health system and help meet the need for more specialist doctors and GPs in the Region.
"Our local parliamentary members have been among our staunchest supporters and advocates for the new School."
The University of Western Sydney's five-year medical degree will be taught at Campbelltown Campus and the Liverpool Health precinct for the first two years of the course, and then in hospitals and other health care settings across Greater Western Sydney for the final three years.
The Medical School has been allocated 400 new Commonwealth-funded student places over five years, with the first intake of 80 students in 2007.
The University of Western Sydney is set to become one of only a few Australian universities to offer teaching and research in medicine, nursing and evidence-based complementary medicine, and will be one of the largest providers of Australia's medical and nursing workforce.
Date: 29/07/2005
The University of Western Sydney's Medical School has passed its first important test, with the Australian Medical Council (AMC) giving the University's plans to establish a new medical program its in principle stamp of approval.
The AMC is Australia's peak national standards body for medical education and training. The Council reviewed UWS's stage one submission for program accreditation at its meeting held on 27 July, giving it the go-ahead.
The University is now invited to prepare a more detailed submission as part of the second and final stage of the accreditation process, which is to occur next year. A final decision from the AMC is expected in October 2006.
Professor Neville Yeomans, Dean of the UWS Medical School, welcomes the AMC's decision, and says the University is on track for the first intake of 80 medical students in 2007.
"The AMC's decision is excellent news for the University and the people of Greater Western Sydney," says Professor Yeomans.
"It is very pleasing that UWS's stage one submission, which outlines the University's commitment and capacity to implement its School of Medicine, has been favourably received by the Australian Medical Council's Accreditation Committee.
"The University has cleared its first important hurdle, which augurs very well for our long-term vision to establish a centre of excellence for medical teaching and research in the heart of Greater Western Sydney.
"The UWS Medical School is set to become the key educator of doctors and nurses for the Region, and will take a lead role in promoting primary health care.
"Our high-achieving graduates will be well-grounded in the specific health challenges that face the people of Sydney's west - the fastest growing and one of the most socially and culturally diverse regions in Australia."
Professor Yeomans says the next step in the accreditation process will be to outline in detail the University's overall management plan for the Medical School curriculum, staffing strategy, facilities, research and clinical placements. A comprehensive report will be forwarded to the AMC in February next year.
"The Medical School team is set to become increasingly busy over the next 12 months as key milestones are reached and plans come to fruition," says Professor Yeomans.
"The University has welcomed the immense support given to the Medical School by the Federal and NSW governments and the Greater Western Sydney community, which see a Medical School as an important initiative to strengthen our health system and help meet the need for more specialist doctors and GPs in the Region.
"Our local parliamentary members have been among our staunchest supporters and advocates for the new School."
The University of Western Sydney's five-year medical degree will be taught at Campbelltown Campus and the Liverpool Health precinct for the first two years of the course, and then in hospitals and other health care settings across Greater Western Sydney for the final three years.
The Medical School has been allocated 400 new Commonwealth-funded student places over five years, with the first intake of 80 students in 2007.
The University of Western Sydney is set to become one of only a few Australian universities to offer teaching and research in medicine, nursing and evidence-based complementary medicine, and will be one of the largest providers of Australia's medical and nursing workforce.
