High School Choose subjects which fit the requirements for the undergraduate degree you plan to take. Strong skills in reasoning and expression in both written and oral English will be important, so consider subjects which will help develop these skills. First Year level topics in Biology and Chemistry as well as a variety of other topics in Humanities and Social, Physical or Biological Sciences will provide useful preparation for future medical studies. Active Involvement in Learning Problem-based learning is central to the design of the new curriculum. Students learn medicine in a framework similar to that in which doctors practice, to help prepare them for a process of learning and professional development that will continue throughout their lives.
Students work in small groups with a tutor or at the bedside with clinicians.
They focus on a series of patient-centered problems, each designed to highlight a particular set of principles and issues in health and disease. Formal lectures are kept to a minimum. The problem-based framework allows the integration throughout the course of the basic medical sciences with social perspectives and practical aspects of diagnosis and treatment. Appropriate emphasis is given to population and public health issues, ethics, behavioural science and the use of modern medical information systems. Learning takes place in a variety of settings - modern teaching hospitals, smaller district and rural hospitals, community health services and the offices of general practitioners, in both urban and rural areas.