College of Health and Medicine, Medical education center in Hobart, Australia
The College of Health and Medicine at the University of Tasmania offers education in medicine, nursing, and health sciences through its teaching facilities. The campus includes teaching clinics, laboratories, and research spaces designed to support both classroom learning and practical training.
The institution was established in 1965 and became a major center for medical education in Tasmania. Over decades, it developed specialized training programs and research facilities that shaped healthcare approaches across the region.
The college's name groups four units: the School of Medicine, the School of Health Sciences, the Wicking Centre and the Menzies Institute for Medical Research. The Wicking Centre, founded in 2008, runs free MOOCs and awards a Diploma of Dementia Care, a Bachelor of Dementia Care, a Bachelor of Ageing and Dementia Studies and a Master of Dementia Program. The Menzies Institute, founded in 1988, works on five themes: public health and primary care, brain diseases and injury, heart and blood vessels, bone and muscle health, and cancer, genetics and immunology.
The campus can be explored to see the teaching and research facilities used for medical education. It is worth checking ahead which areas are open to the public, as some sections may have restricted access due to clinical operations.
The college's rural health teaching is placed not in Hobart but at the Rural Clinical School, which uses Mersey Community Hospital and the North West Regional Hospital as its teaching hospitals. The School of Health Sciences also lists rural health among its specialisms. The main Medical Science Precinct sits in Hobart.
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