Northern Territory Medical Program

Flinders University is addressing the health work force gap in rural and remote areas, by offering aspiring rural medical professionals the opportunity to study the four-year Flinders' Doctor of Medicine (MD) course in the Northern Territory, as part of the Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP).

Places are for applicants who are prepared to work in the Northern Territory for at least four years after graduation.

Doctor of Medicine program

Indigenous student support

MD Student Placements

MD Advanced Studies

Scholarships

How to apply

Pathways into the NT Medical Program

Want to become a doctor? Flinders offers undergraduate and graduate entry into medicine.

Graduate entry

Explore the graduate-entry pathway into medicine in the Northern Territory. Study our internationally recognised Doctor of Medicine (MD) with particular strengths in Indigenous and rural health and workplace development.

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Indigenous entry

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants with or without a valid GAMSAT score, are encouraged to apply for the Doctor of Medicine (MD) via the Indigenous Entry Stream (IES).

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Year 12 entry

If you’re a school leaver or do not have an academic record of study at university, you can apply for the undergraduate pathway into medicine as a double degree. The Bachelor of Clinical Sciences/Doctor of Medicine includes two years based at Charles Darwin University and then the four-year Flinders Doctor of Medicine (MD).

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About the NT Medical Program

The Northern Territory Medical Program commenced in 2011, with a group of 24 students enrolling in their first year of medicine, in a purpose-built teaching facility at the Flinders University building on the Casuarina Charles Darwin University campus.

The NTMP has an administration centre and teaching rooms at the Royal Darwin Hospital, as well as teaching sites in Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy, Katherine and Tennant Creek.

Curriculum delivery is innovative using the latest technologies to ensure quality presentation in a variety of settings and is one of the most remote medical programs in Australia.

The NTMP works closely with other initiatives including:

Poche SA & NT
Yungkurrinthi Student Engagement
Flinders Alice Springs (previously Centre of Remote Health)
Palmerston GP Super Clinic
Flinders NT Regional Training Hub

How to apply

You will need to submit:

Your application via the Flinders University online application portal and add the Doctor of Medicine (Darwin) to your application if this is to be your first preference.
Depending on your circumstances, you may need to submit a Northern Territory statutory declaration form so that you can be considered under the relevant selection priority.

Please refer to the Application Guide for full details.

Indigenous applicants may apply for the Northern Territory Medical Program via the Indigenous Entry Stream.

Eligibility for NT Medical Program

Preference for the program is given to Northern Territory and Indigenous applicants, however any Australian residents may apply. Please click here for the definition of an NT Resident.

MD Program Advanced Studies

Advanced Studies is a compulsory research and scholarship theme integrated across all four years of the MD program. The program requires medical students to undertake supervised research activities or identified postgraduate coursework.

This program requires medical students to undertake supervised research activities or identified postgraduate coursework. Advanced Studies research projects span across many disciplines broadly related to Medicine and are conducted in collaboration with clinical, academic and research staff within and across all Flinders related sites.

The coursework provides an opportunity for students to expand their knowledge and experience in a selected range of postgraduate coursework topics covering areas such as Public Health, Health Care Management, Clinical Education, Chronic Conditions Management, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Biostatistics, and Remote & Indigenous Health.

Year 1

Students undertake studies in research methods, ethics, epidemiology and statistics. Towards the end of the year, students are presented with a range of approved research projects, or in some cases students suggest their own proposal (subject to approval and availability of supervisors) or coursework options. They submit their project preferences from the list of approved projects (projects are updated annually and may be based at the University, health services in the Northern Territory.

For the coursework option, students select 4.5 units of coursework from a range of approved postgraduate coursework topics to be completed in Year 2.

Year 2

Students pursue their Advanced Studies choice (research or coursework) in second half of Year 2 (July – December).

Year 3

Students continue with their Advanced Studies choice in first half of Year 3 (January – August). A research student typically continues with the same research project. A coursework student undertakes a second coursework topic in Year 3.

Year 4

Advanced Studies Capstone is the final topic students undertake in the Advanced Studies theme of the Flinders MD.

All students will be undertaking the topic where they will showcase their research or scholarly work, in addition to the skills and knowledge they have acquired over the four years. This takes place in first half of Year 4 (January – July).

Medical career pathways

Training in the NT offers diverse medical practice, strong support networks, rewarding career opportunities, and the chance to grow with your community.

In collaboration with the Specialist Medical Colleges and health services, the NT Regional Training Hub has mapped the postgraduate medical training for General Practitioners and Medical Specialists in the NT.

Medical career pathways

We’re here to help you every step of the way.

If you would like to talk to one of our friendly advisers about applying to university or to discuss your study options and pathways, please contact us.