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A free look inside the job, and the dates that shape your application
Start our free virtual work experience and see 12 specialties from the inside, in medicine or dentistry. It is built around the UK, so use it for the job and not for how Australian healthcare works. Then plan your year with dated UCAT-ANZ, GEMSAS, application and interview milestones.
- Free virtual work experience
- Medicine and dentistry
- Australian dates, checked 7 November 2026
Free · Virtual work experienceA first look at life as a doctor or dentist16 modules · 12 specialties · certificate on completion
See the job from the inside, and know what it leaves out
NGMP Virtual Work Experience is our free online program for future doctors and dentists. Work through it at your own pace and collect real reflections to use at interview. It is built around the UK, and its core modules include the NHS.
- 12 specialties, from general practice to surgery, after 4 core modules on interviews, the NHS, ethics and reflection
- Quizzes, flashcards and reflection tasks in every module, and a certificate when you finish
- No account needed to start. Sign in only if you want your progress on other devices
Medicine or dentistry, 16 modules each
You pick a program when you start and every module, quiz and scenario is tailored to it. The 4 core modules come first, then 12 specialties. The module titles are the app's own, so the UK content shows in them.
- Step 1: Pick your programChoose medicine or dentistry, then tell the app when your interview is and how long you can study each day.
- Step 2: Little and oftenWork through the modules in order, with the quizzes and reflection tasks in each. The revision plan paces you.
- Step 3: Use it at interviewDownload your reflections to draw on in your interview answers, then print your certificate. Australia has no shared personal statement, so your examples matter most at interview.
Built for
- Year 11, considering medicine or dentistry
- Year 12
- Gap year
- A summer head-start
- Incoming first-year students
What's inside
2 programs · 16 modules each
Start with the essentials
- Interview Skills & Using Your Work ExperienceMMI, panel and group formats, and how to use what you learn in every answer.
- The NHS: Structure, Funding and Current ChallengesHow the NHS works, who pays for it, and the pressures it faces today.
- Medical Ethics & LawThe four principles, consent, capacity, confidentiality and landmark cases.
- How to ReflectGibbs, Kolb and writing reflections that interviewers believe.
Then 12 specialty modules
- General Practice
- Emergency Medicine
- Surgery
- Cardiology & Respiratory Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Neurology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Palliative Care
- Psychiatry & Mental Health
- Paediatrics
- Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Oncology
Start with the essentials
- Interview Skills (Dental)MMI circuits, panel conversations and manual-skill stations at UK dental schools.
- NHS Dentistry OverviewHow NHS dentistry works in the UK, who pays for it, and the pressures it faces.
- Dental EthicsThe four principles, consent, confidentiality and candour, applied to the chair.
- How to Reflect (Dental)Gibbs, Kolb and writing dental reflections that interviewers believe.
Then 12 specialty modules
- General Dental Practice
- Dental Emergencies
- Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
- Restorative Dentistry
- Periodontology
- Endodontics
- Prosthodontics
- Orthodontics
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Oral Medicine & Pathology
- Special Care Dentistry
- Dental Public Health & Prevention
NGMP Virtual Work Experience is an independent educational resource. It is not a clinical placement, and it is not affiliated with NHS England or any medical or dental school.
The Australian admissions year, in dates
These are the dates a Year 12 or graduate applicant needs, taken from our Australian guides. Each row says whether the date has passed and links to the guide behind it.
- 22 dates still to come and 24 dates already passed in this cycle
- Every row marked as of 8 November 2026, Sydney time, including what is under way now
- UCAT-ANZ 2027 and GEMSAS for 2028 entry were not published on 7 November 2026
Next key date
Western Sydney and Charles Sturt interviews
Medicine at both, and dentistry at Charles Sturt.
Medicine and dentistry
Medicine guideYear 12 applicants
School leavers · 2027 entry
These dates are for students finishing Year 12 now. If you are in Year 11, use them as your planning pattern, because your own dates are not published yet.
Now and still to come
UpcomingMedicine and dentistry
Western Sydney and Charles Sturt interviews
Medicine at both, and dentistry at Charles Sturt.
UpcomingDentistry
Griffith dentistry interviews
Recorded scenarios on the SAMMI system, with no live interviewer.
UpcomingMedicine
Sydney Double Degree closes
Two dates are listed. Check Sydney's own page for the one that applies to you.
UpcomingMedicine and dentistry
First main offer rounds
VTAC and QTAC, and UAC for Charles Sturt dentistry. Much of medicine comes in January rounds.
Already passed: 15 dates
PassedMedicine and dentistry
UCAT-ANZ booking deadline at the standard fee
Access Arrangements applications closed the same day.
PassedMedicine and dentistry
Final late UCAT-ANZ bookings closed
No bookings were accepted after this.
PassedMedicine and dentistry
Monash medicine and La Trobe dentistry: timely applications closed
PassedMedicine
Most medicine applications closed
UNSW, Western Sydney, UQ, JCU, Adelaide, Curtin, the UWA Assured Pathway and Tasmania, plus the direct application for the Joint Medical Program.
Graduate applicants
GEMSAS and direct routes · 2027 intake
Most graduates apply through GEMSAS, while Sydney and Flinders take direct applications. These are 2027 intake dates, so they show the shape of the year and not 2028 dates.
Now and still to come
UpcomingMedicine
Last GAMSAT sitting that counts for the GEMSAS 2028 intake
Sittings from September 2023 to March 2027 count. ACER's 2027 dates were not published when we checked on 7 November 2026.
Already passed: 9 dates
Not published yet
We do not guess future dates. These had no official dates when we checked on 7 November 2026, and any 2027 date on a commercial site is an estimate.
UCAT-ANZ 2027, for 2028 entry
Dates and fees were not published on ucat.edu.au when we checked on 7 November 2026. In 2026, bookings ran from 3 March to 15 May and testing from 1 July to 5 August. Treat that as a pattern, not as 2027 dates.
UCAT-ANZ datesGEMSAS for 2028 entry
GEMSAS showed only 2027 intake dates when we checked on 7 November 2026. Last cycle it was open from 1 to 29 May 2026. That is the shape of the year, not a 2028 date.
Graduate entry guideMedicine and dentistry closing dates for 2028 entry
These were not published on 7 November 2026. For 2027 entry, medicine closed between 25 and 30 September 2026 at most centres, and dentistry between 13 and 30 September 2026.
Medicine guideGAMSAT and Casper dates for 2027
On 7 November 2026, ACER's site still showed 2026 registration details, and the Acuity Insights page we checked listed no Casper dates for 2027.
Graduate entry guide
Dates come from our Australian guides, checked on 7 November 2026 against official sources. Some university sites could not be opened directly, so those details come from search extracts of their own pages. Confirm with the school before you apply.
Virtual work experience and key dates, answered
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