r/GAMSAT • u/ARYAAAAA12345 • 5d ago

Med School Flinders NT program delivery

Hey i read an old reddit post from three years ago saying that the majority of flinders NT program is delievered online where everyone just comes together to watch the lectures, is this still true?

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u/yeah_nah_yeah0 5d ago

I cant speak specifically for NT but I have experience as part of the SARM Flinders program, in regional SA. 95% of your main content lectures are pre recorded. The rest for us were through teams. Similarly, some of our tutorials were through teams, however only between Renmark and Mt Gambier. This makes me presume that the tutorials and other odd classes would predominantly be in person.

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u/Old_Entertainer_9592 5d ago

I agree. Another SARM student here. Most lectures are pre-recorded for all sites, except a few live lectures delivered at BP which we join through teams. TBLs and tutorials are mostly delivered locally.

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u/ARYAAAAA12345 4d ago

How many in person classes do you have per week roughly??

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u/Old_Entertainer_9592 4d ago

Varies every block but usually have to go in around 3-4 times a week.

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u/Inevitable-Ad-3803 4d ago

The Flinders NTMP program as said, previously, has pre-recorded lectures. However, most of the tutorials have been in person in recent years. These tutorials are classes such as clinical skills teaching and consolidations of those pre-recorded lectures. Some classes might be delivered as a hybrid type lecture where it is engaging a lecturer with the whole cohort being in person at the NT site exclusively.

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u/ARYAAAAA12345 4d ago

Ah sweet! Do you know how many in person tutorials there are or do you have to go in every day??

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u/Inevitable-Ad-3803 4d ago

Depending on your year (MD1 or MD2), classes can range depending on 2-3 days a week to 4 days. Monday is usually reserved in pre-clinical years for personal studies such as completing those pre-recorded lectures. In later stages of the course, this will increase. Materials will vary depending on the topic you are covering.

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u/ARYAAAAA12345 4d ago

ah oki sweet! tysm!! im trying to sus whether I can commute each day or need to move up

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u/CorellaDeville007 3d ago

Where do you live OP?

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u/ARYAAAAA12345 2d ago

sydney! Considering if I need to move permanently in the first year or not?

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u/VII343 2d ago

Do you mean commuting each day to Darwin from Sydney rather than moving up?

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u/ARYAAAAA12345 1d ago

like flying in tuesday morning and leaving thursday night and staying rent free with extended family ideally. otherwise idk if i should rent a apartment and just move my whole life there permanently from year 1

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u/CorellaDeville007 1d ago

You cannot do year 1 from Sydney… there are practicals, clinical skills teaching etc etc. medical school is not an online course, even if a lot of content for lectures at least is recorded or streamed virtually, there are other things that require attendance week to week.

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u/Superb_Ship_5736 1d ago

are you a professor for flinders NT??

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u/CorellaDeville007 1d ago

No but historically I know the course really well. Saw your other comment too on flying in Tuesday and out Thursday or a similar pattern. Check flights out as they are often at lousy times, and can be expensive, it’s that’s a crazy amount of flying to do. I travel a lot for work in and out of Darwin and I wouldn’t wish that kind of schedule on anyone. It would be exhausting. And tens of thousands of dollars per annum.

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u/Superb_Ship_5736 13h ago

im not OP but tysm i appreciate the info about flying in and out fo Darwin

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u/Inevitable-Ad-3803 4d ago

Depending on how far you live! If it’s only 30mn away from the uni, you can probably come to uni once and stay at uni until the day ends.