Latest News/Confirmation - year 12s entering the undergraduate course in 2017 onwards will be in the MD/BMedSci course - still the UMAT/ATAR/Interview entry method
- students currently in enrolled in MBBS in the class of 2020 will be transitioned into the MD/BMedSci course in 2018 (third year) - unlikely to have the option to "opt-out"
- students in MBBS graduating in 2019 and before will remain in MBBS as Monash undergoes the teach-out process
- it is proposed that all students graduating in 2020 will be in the MD/BMedSci course whether they are returning from an intercalated BMedSci (Hons) or PhD, taken intermission or have failed - these students will also most likely have an option to "opt-out" - this area is still being finalised and being carefully monitored (the issues arising from this have been taken into consideration)
And just to reiterate the MD/BMedSci course is still 5 years and still an undergraduate course (as well as graduate course)
The only changes are to the course content within Year 3B and 5D (no elective, replaced with Scholarly Intensive)
Reason for doing this transition: implied from faculty members that it was done in order to keep up with the other medical schools in Australia (and yes, Deakin will also undergo this transition within the next year or so)
Source: I sat through a gruelling 3 hour MUMUS meeting about this