Structure
Students wanting to complete the intercalated Doctor of Medicine / Master of Biomedical Engineering program must review the below information regarding the expected structure for the program to ensure successful completion within 5 years.
Course Plan
| Year | Semester | 12.5 credit point | 12.5 credit point | 12.5 credit point | 12.5 credit point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0* | 1 | Foundation Selective | BMEN20003 Applied Computation in Bioengineering | BMEN30010 Mechanics for Bioengineering | BMEN30006 Circuits and Systems |
| 2 | Foundation Selective | BMEN20002 Anatomy and Physiology for Bioengineering | BMEN30009 Introduction to Biomaterials | BMEN30008 Biosystems Design | |
| 1^ | 1 | MEDS90031 Foundations for Clinical Practice (Year Long subject) | Bioengineering Elective (see note 1) | ||
| 2 | MEDS90003 Student Conference 1 | ||||
| 2# | 1 | BMEN90038 Biomechanics | BMEN90037 Bioengineering Data Analytics | BMEN90033 Bioinstrumentation | BMEN90039 Biomed Eng Management and Regulations |
| 2 | BMEN90036 Biofluid Mechanics | BMEN90035 Biosignal Processing | Bioengineering Elective (see note 1) | Bioengineering Elective (see note 1) | |
| 3~ | 1 | MEDS90004 Principles of Clinical Practice 2 (Year Long subject) | Bioengineering Elective (see note 1) | ||
| 2 | MEDS90005 Student Conference 2 | ||||
| 4~ | 1 | MEDS90020 Principles of Clinical Practice 3 (Year Long subject) | Bioengineering Elective (see note 1) | ||
| 2 | MEDS90022 Student Conference 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1# | Biomedical Research Project (see note 2) | |||
| 2~ | MEDS90024 Student Conference 4 | MEDS90025 Transition to Practice | |||
Subject Code Key and Notes
| MEDS (green) | Subject from the MD course |
| BMEN (white) | Subject from the MBiomEng course |
* Year 0: Students undertaking this pathway are expected to have completed subjects within Year 0 through their undergraduate degree (either in the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Biomedicine) with a Biomedical Engineering Systems major.
^ Year 1: Students will commence their enrolment in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) course.
# Year 2 & Semester 1 of Year 5: Students will be enrolled in the Master of Biomedical Engineering course and will be placed on a Leave of Absence from the MD course.
~ Year 3, 4 & Semester 2 of Year 5: Students will be enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine course and will be placed on a Leave of Absence from the Master of MBiomEng course.
More information about the individual courses' full structure and rules can be found via the course Handbook links below. Please note that for students undertaking the intercalated pathway are number of subjects are cross-credited and so some course information in the Handbook might not be relevant.
Note 1: Bioengineering Electives
Students will undertake 5 Bioengineering Elective subjects, which must be selected from the table below.
Semester 1
| Subject Code | Subject Name |
|---|---|
| BMEN90021 | Medical Imaging |
| BMEN90027 | Systems and Synthetic Biology |
| BMEN90029 | Soft Tissue and Cellular Biomechanics |
| BMEN90040 | Process Eng for Biomedical Technologies |
| COMP90016 | Computational Genomics |
Semester 2
| Subject Code | Subject Name |
|---|---|
| BMEN90002 | Neural Information Processing |
| BMEN90011 | Tissue Engineering & Stem Cells |
| BMEN90022 | Computational Biomechanics |
| CHEN90039 | Pharmaceutical & Biochemical Production |
| COMP90014 | Algorithms for Bioinformatics |
Disallowed Bioengineering Electives
Note that other subject are not approved for the MD/MBiomEng Bioengineering electives, regardless of information in the course Handbook. It is particularly important that the following subjects are not selected by students undertaking the MD/MBiomEng program:
| Subject Code | Subject Name |
|---|---|
| ENGR90034 | Creating Innovative Engineering |
| ENGR90039 | Creating Innovative Professionals |
| ENGR90021 | Critical Communication for Engineers |
| ENGR90051 | Interdisciplinary Design for Engineers |
| ENGR90033 | Internship |
Note 2: Biomedical Engineering Research Project
During their final year research project, MD/MBiomEng student must undertake BMEN90018 as a Semester 1 Capstone project and cannot replace BMEN90018 with BMEN90030 BioDesign Innovation. Further information on the research project will be provided after enrolment in the pathway.
What if I cannot complete the above course plan?
Students who are unable to complete the MD/MBiomEng program following the prescribed course structure may be ineligible to continue with the intercalated pathway and may be required to revert to the standard MD or Master of Biomedical Engineering program.