STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

XAVIER KENDALL - YEAR 12 2020

There is a chronic shortage of medical services in rural, regional and remote areas. La Trobe University, in partnership with the University of Melbourne, has designed its Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Medical) to address this crisis. The end-to-end rural medical training program combines the fields of biology, pharmacology and medicine. Students learn about the human body, its structure and its functions. This includes how disease manifests and how drug strategies are used to treat disease. The course is offered exclusively to 15 rural and regional students. Graduates will receive a guaranteed pathway to the rural Doctor of Medicine (Rural Pathway) at the University of Melbourne in Shepparton.

Xavier Kendall was accepted into the Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Medical) at the Albury Wodonga Campus. 

Students needed to meet a minimum 80 ATAR and were invited to an interview where they outlined their connection to community and passion to study medicine. Based on both the ATAR and the interview only 15 students are awarded places in the program.

Students complete three years of the Biomedical Science (Medical) course before graduating and moving on to the four year Doctor of Medicine with University of Melbourne at the Shepparton Campus. The only requirement to move on is that they maintain a 70 weighted average mark.

Mildura and St Joseph’s has been very successful in having students get into the exclusive program since its inception three years ago.