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.*

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Medical Science (Laboratory Medicine)

• Accreditation - This program has been accredited by the Australian Institute of Medical and Clinical Scientists (AIMS). 
• Course meets requirements as specified in the SA Health Allied Health Professional Credentials, including Access Appointments Policy Directive, for the SA Pathology credentialing process and graduates are eligible for membership of the Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM). 
• 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.

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

*NSC Employment Projections March 2022