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Information for Prospective Medical Students
The AMSA Medical Schools Guide
The AMSA Medical Schools Guide aims to inform prospective medical students about the challenges of studying medicine and the diversity of medical courses on offer. To download the latest version of the Medical Schools Guide click here.
Advice to students considering the UMAT
The Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT) is an examination used in the selection of students for some Australian Medical degrees. While there are many commercial UMAT training courses available AMSA suggests that you approach such courses with due caution and vigilence. Read AMSA's advice to students sitting the UMAT here.
About AMSA
AMSA is the peak representative body of Australia's medical students. If you're successful in obtaining a place in a medical course you'll automatically become a member of AMSA. In the mean time you might be interested in taking a look at some of the things we do.
You can find our more about AMSA's activities here. AMSA's core function is to advocate on issues important to medical students and medical graduates. You can read more about some of our big issues here.
To find out a bit about what life is like as a medical student you can also take a look at the Community, Events, Global, Membership and Publications sections of the website which you can access through the menu bar on the left.
We recommend you take a look at AMSA National Convention, the AMSA Global Health Conference, the AMSA National Leadership Development Seminar, our Interns and Residents Guide which provides career information to graduating students, and the latest edition of our biannual magazine, Panacea.
Useful Resources
Check out the Australian Medical Association's information on becoming a doctor here.
Find out more about the UMAT here and the GAMSAT here.
Contact Us
If you require any more information about entry to medical school or life as a medical student please don't hesitate to contact a member of the AMSA Executive or your local medical school's AMSA Representative.
For more information on the medical student society at your local medical school click here.
From all of the AMSA team best of luck if you're contemplating a career in medicine!
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