The University of Notre Dame Australia has officially opened its Melbourne Clinical School in Weeibee, Victoria.

 

Funded through $11.2 million in Federal funding, the clinical school will support the education, training and clinical placement of up to 80 medical students from the university proper.

 

“This is a cutting edge medical school, which includes teaching, training and research facilities that will play an important role in training our future medical workforce,” said Federal Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek said. 

 

Notre Dame Vice Chancellor, Professor Celia Hammond said the new school building demonstrated Notre Dame’s commitment to producing outstanding, ethical and caring doctors in the most up to date facilities. 

“The new school further strengthens Notre Dame’s presence in Victoria and will make a valuable contribution to the medical needs of the local community. The building will also support the clinical education unit at Werribee Mercy Hospital which provides training for nurses and allied health professionals,” Professor Hammond said. 

The 2,145m2 school, located on the Werribee Mercy Hospital campus, includes a lecture theatre, tutorial rooms, clinical skills area, student common room, dry laboratory spaces, office space, library and consulting rooms. The Victorian Government provided the land for the school, valued at $2 million. 

Notre Dame’s medical school curriculum focuses on ambulatory models of care and the multi-skilling of staff in teams, and the building design therefore includes teaching rooms based on ambulatory and rehabilitation medicine and multidisciplinary skills training rooms.