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Read the guide →Flinders delivers a 4-year graduate-entry MD with a distinctive PBL curriculum, anchored at Bedford Park (Adelaide) and with the flagship Northern Territory Medical Program based at Royal Darwin Hospital, distinguished by deep Indigenous health, rural, and remote teaching networks.
Flinders runs one of Australia's oldest graduate-entry MDs (est. 1974) with a distinctive Problem-Based Learning curriculum, a 45-minute panel interview (not MMI), and a flagship Northern Territory Medical Program (NTMP). NT government pays course fees for NTMP entrants in exchange for a 4-year NT service commitment post-graduation. NTMP cumulative output >200 graduates; >50% remain in the NT workforce.
PBL curriculum. 4-year graduate MD with strong PBL backbone — Flinders was one of the first AU schools to adopt PBL in the 1990s. Year 1 foundations and clinical skills at Bedford Park (Adelaide) or Royal Darwin Hospital (NTMP). Years 2-4 clinical placements across Flinders Medical Centre, Royal Adelaide, Lyell McEwin, Northern Territory hospitals, and rural sites.
Flinders has notable research strength in Indigenous health, Rural and remote medicine, Mental health, Tropical disease.
Flinders interviews via 45-minute Panel Interview (NOT MMI — distinctive among AU med schools). Flinders uses a 45-minute Panel Interview (not MMI) — distinctive among Australian medical schools. Interview short-listing is based on overall GAMSAT score, conditional on minima. Final ranking is a combination of GAMSAT + weighted GPA (from most-recent bachelor degree) + interview score. Interviews are typically held at the Bedford Park campus (or Darwin for NT applicants) or virtually. Examiners include clinicians from the Flinders Medical Centre network and the Northern Territory Medical Program.
Bedford Park CSP (~75% reserved for Flinders graduates) + SARM up to 60 + NTMP up to 24 + International separate. Bonded CSP indicative fee AUD $13,241/year (2024).
Founded in 1974, based in Bedford Park. Programmes offered: Rural and Remote Medicine, Indigenous Health, Mental Health, General Practice, Public Health.
Flinders' Northern Territory Medical Program is genuinely distinctive — examiners specifically probe candidates who apply with NTMP preference for understanding what living and training in Darwin and the Top End entails. Be ready with concrete reflections on Indigenous health, remote practice, and the cultural responsibilities the program emphasises. The PBL curriculum is the other live differentiator: candidates who can articulate how they learn best in small-group, problem-driven environments play well.
Two questions our tutors flagged as a strong fit for Flinders’s interview style. Try answering them out loud, then open Prometheus for the model answers and follow-up tips.
The Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program (RHMT) funds Rural Clinical Schools and University Departments of Rural Health. What is the evidence that immersive rural training improves long-term rural workforce?
Likely follow-up · How long must a student spend in rural training under RHMT for measurable workforce effects?
Consider the quote: 'Justice without mercy is tyranny; mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution.' In five minutes, discuss what this means in the context of medical practice, drawing on a specific clinical or ethical example.
Likely follow-up · How do these concepts apply to triage in a constrained system?
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