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Women's health & reproductive medicine

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UNSW medicine student working in a simulation room at the hospital alongside a UNSW educator

Improving patient outcomes in rapidly expanding fields of practiceÌý

°Â¾±³Ù³óÌý,Ìýreproductive medicineÌýis offering hope and clinical support to many couples trying to have a child.ÌýComplications with HIV/STIs, infertility and unplanned pregnancy are consistent health issues that require addressing through new reproductive technologies and specialised professionals.ÌýWomen's health medicineÌýencompasses sexual, reproductive, pre-pregnancy and pregnancy care as well as the management of female specific conditions and malignancies.Ìý

Studying women's health & reproductive medicine at UNSW

Our women's health & reproductive medicine researchers are contributing and collaborating locally, nationally and internationally with novel and innovative discoveries. Our connections with the real world of ‘hands-on’ medicine brings validation across all the courses on offer. The discipline of obstetrics and gynaecologyÌýis largely based at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick - one of Australia’s foremost specialist hospitals for women and babies. UNSW's other teaching hospitals include the St George & Sutherland Hospital, Bankstown Hospital and Liverpool Hospital.ÌýTheÌýÌýwasÌýformed inÌý1979 and is a leading source of statistical and epidemiological research in reproductive medicine, pregnancy, childbirth, and the health and care of newborns.

Our programs

  • Bachelor of Medical Studies/Doctor of Medicine (BMed/MD)

    The undergraduate medicine program at UNSW is divided into three phases and students undertake obstetrics & gynaecology teaching all three phases.

    • In Phase 1, students complete a shared clinical communications program over a six-week period.
    • In Phase 2, students spend three weeks of a six-week teaching course in obstetrics and gynaecology - the discipline is also a popular choice for honours and Independent Learning Projects (ILP) for student at this stage of their studies.
    • In Phase 3, students will complete an eight-week clinical program in obstetrics & gynaecology. Phase 2 and 3 students attend affiliated teaching hospitals across metropolitan Sydney and NSW regional hospitals.Ìý
  • You can study women's health & reproductive medicine in the following postgraduate research degrees:

    Our research areas include:

    • Endosurgery
    • Maternal fetal medicine
    • Menopause/Barbara Gross Research Unit
    • Paediatric & adolescent gynaecology
    • Reproductive medicine
    • Urogynaecology
    • Women's cancer