Doctor of Medical Science

Doctorate (PhD)

The Doctor of Medical Science at The University of Notre Dame Australia is awarded based on a body of work completed over your career.

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Key details

Degree Type

Doctorate (PhD)

Duration

0.5 year full-time

Course Code

6903

Study Mode

In person

About this course

School of Medicine

The Doctor of Medical Science at The University of Notre Dame Australia is awarded based on a body of work completed over your career. You must hold a degree qualifying you to practise medicine and submit a thesis comprised of an original exegesis and a collection of publications completed over your research career. Get in contact today to find out more.

Study locations

Sydney

What you will learn

The Professional Doctorate is a research degree designed to meet the needs of professionals who aspire to achieve academic excellence and lead the development of knowledge within their profession. The program seeks to examine crucial topics and integrate professional experience with scholarly inquiry.

In particular, it aims to generate a research-based approach, providing answers to questions relevant to the professions or industry and encouraging a systematic way of collecting, analysing and interpreting data. For this reason, we recommend you seek the support of a relevant professional body, employer or industry group in defining your research area.

Career pathways

A doctorate in Medical Science will allow you to achieve academic excellence through exploration and research while preparing you for a leadership role in your chosen field.

Course structure

RSCH7021 Supervised Research - Medicine

The Doctor of Medical Science degree is based on the examination of a portfolio comprised of selected key published works by the candidate, bound with an original unifying paper synthesising the results contained in the individual papers.

The portfolio should be submitted at the time of enrolment in the program.

The student will be enrolled in one part-time course of supervised research for administrative purposes, and be charged such fees as from time to time are deemed appropriate.

Full details of the program are contained in the Program Requirements.