Medical Science

• Students undertake one part-time 13-week placement. 

• Graduates may find employment in fields such as medical science, pharmaceutical research, biomedical organisations, diagnostic laboratories, health administration, and health planning and policy. 

• Choose topics from biological sciences and medicine to combine a solid understanding of the human body with the laboratory skills for medical science.

• Laboratory practicals and experiments prepare you for work as a medical scientist.

• Be immersed in a strong research environment.

• Optional postgraduate pathways into nutrition and dietetics, speech pathology, audiology and medicine.

• Sub-quotas available for rural and remote applicants (domestic students only).

• Expand your career by considering further study with a clinical facing Master degree:

  • Master of Speech Pathology
  • Master of Audiology
  • Master of Nutrition and Dietetics

• Extend your undergraduate course by 1 year with the Medical Science honours degree, demonstrating your ability to work in a research environment.

• Careers as a Medical Scientist are projected to grow by 2.9% by 2025.*

*www.seek.com.au

Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine)

• Students undertake two full-time 13-week placements.

• Gain the scientific and theoretical understanding that underpins fundamental aspects of pathology, haematology, transfusion science, human molecular genetics, immunology, virology, physiology & anatomy. 

• Gain a structured approach to the acquisition of medical laboratory skills and competencies through laboratory learning made possible by co-operative industry partnerships between diagnostic pathology laboratories and Flinders University.

• Ability to apply pathology learning in a diagnostic laboratory setting in metropolitan and regional sites. 

• Gain an understanding of the professional roles and responsibilities of laboratory medical scientists and experience developing professional relationships.

• Graduates are eligible for membership of the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS), and the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM).

• Course meets requirements as specified in the SA Health Allied Health Professional Credentials, including Access Appointments Policy Directive, for the SA Pathology credentialing process.

• Medical Laboratory Scientists are projected to grow by 5.6% by November 2026.* 

*NSC Employment Projections March 2022