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Both Auckland and Otago teach the initial three years of the course in Auckland and Dunedin respectively and both schools include 'rural immersion' programmes as an optional part of their clinical curricula.1, 2 After these first three years, Otago students are assigned to complete their degree in either Dunedin, Christchurch, or Wellington ...
[1] [2] [3] With the opening of the Academic block in Mein St in 1977 the clinical school was the forerunner to the University of Otago, Wellington. [3] [4] Fifty two fourth-year students entered the school in 1977. [1]
Opened in 1875, the Otago Medical School initially taught a two-year course with training completed overseas. 1887 saw the first medical graduate who had been taught solely at Otago. In 1891, the medical school was formally made the Faculty of Medicine. Until 1920, training took only four years, but was then extended to six. [citation needed]
It has over 1,000 medical and postgraduate students on campus. [1] All University of Otago medical students who gain entry after the competitive Health Sciences First Year programme, or who gain entry via alternative admissions pathways, spend their second and third years studying at Otago Medical School in Dunedin.
FMHS has 7 research centres: the Aotearoa–New Zealand National Eye Centre (ANZ–NEC), Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre (ACSRC), Centre for Addiction Research, Centre for Medical Imaging, Eisdell Moore Centre, Manaaki Mānawa – The Centre for Heart Research, and Surgical and Translational Research (STaR) Centre.
The University of Otago School of Biomedical Sciences (formerly Otago School of Medical Sciences [1]) is one of seven component schools in the University of Otago Division of Health Sciences (which also comprises Otago Medical School; Faculty of Dentistry; School of Pharmacy; School of Physiotherapy; University of Otago, Christchurch; and University of Otago, Wellington).
ACG New Zealand International College (ACG NZIC) is a private school, owned by the Academic Colleges Group New Zealand. The school's curriculum provides pathways to tertiary study for international students. It has premises in Auckland City, in the central business district. [2] The school has been restructured since the 2005 ERO review as part ...
A pilot project was started in 2012 for an electronic verification system of medical credentials from international medical schools, with participation from approximately 20 international medical schools. [11] After completion of this pilot project, ECFMG now allows all medical schools to register for free. [12]