Monash Mildura Primary Care Training Pathway: Regional Entry Scheme

Last Updated: 24 July 2026

The Monash Mildura Primary Care Training Pathway: Regional Entry Scheme (MMPC) is a special admission scheme designed to address the critical shortage of general practice (GP) doctors in Mildura. The scheme provides Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) for 10 domestic students and supports them to complete their entire medical degree in Mildura. The MMPC helps future GPs to study locally so they are more likely to stay in the region.

You will complete the pre-clinical year of the graduate entry Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) at Monash Mildura General Practice Academy where you will be provided with the opportunity for hands-on learning about the specific and unique health needs of rural and regional settings. In the following three clinical years, you will work closely with the Mildura community through a diverse range of primary care placements designed in collaboration with local health partners.

The program is open to graduate students who have lived in Mildura or another regional or rural area of Australia for at least five years consecutively, or 10 years cumulatively, and have graduated with an eligible health degree. Applicants are admitted into the program on a Commonwealth Support Place (CSP). More information can be found on the course fees website.

Applications for our 2027 intake will open on 1 August 2026 and close on 31 August 2026. Please confirm your eligibility below before applying.

Indigenous Entry Scheme

Indigenous Australian applicants can apply for the MMPC Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine through the Indigenous Entry Scheme. Applicants will be exempt from competitive ranking and will instead complete a panel interview. The panel interview involves meeting with an all-Indigenous panel which includes academics, student engagement staff, and a community member. This replaces the Multiple Mini Interview (MMI). For more information, please contact med.indigenoushealth@monash.edu.

Eligibility

Note, this scheme is open to domestic applicants only (i.e. Australian or New Zealand citizen, or Australian permanent resident).

To be eligible for consideration you must have completed one of the following degrees (or equivalent) with a minimum weighted average mark (WAM) of 70:

• Bachelor of Biomedical Science or
• Bachelor of Science with specified units* or
• An Aphra approved undergraduate degree qualifying graduates for registration in dentistry, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedicine, pharmacy, physiotherapy, or podiatry or
• A Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) accredited undergraduate degree.

Applicants must also have completed their first degree within 10 years of the commencement of this course. A waiver of this 10-year recency requirement may be considered where applicants can provide evidence demonstrating that they have maintained relevant knowledge and skills. This includes:

• completion of further relevant tertiary study (e.g. a graduate certificate, honours, or postgraduate degree in a health or science discipline) undertaken after the original qualifying degree and within 10 years of the commencement of this course; or,
• continuous employment in a clinical, scientific, or health-related role in which the applicant has applied and maintained the knowledge and skills acquired during their undergraduate study; or,
• ongoing registration and active practice with a relevant Australian health practitioner registration board (e.g. AHPRA, SPA) throughout the intervening period.

Applicants seeking a waiver must submit a written statement and supporting evidence with their course application addressing how their circumstances have kept them current with developments in the relevant field.

Bachelor of Science specified units

* The science degree must have significant and broad biomedical science content with a minimum of 5 of the following units (or equivalent):

• BCH2011: Structure and function of cellular biomolecules
• BCH2022: Metabolic basis of human diseases
• DEV2011: Early human development from cells to tissues
• DEV2022: Human anatomy and development: Tissues and body systems
• GEN2052: Genomics and population genetics
• IMM2011: Basic immunology: The body's defence system
• IMM2022: Immunology in health and disease
• MIC2011: Microbiology foundations and global applications
• MIC2022: Microbes in health and disease
• MCB2011: Molecular biology and the cell
• MCB2022: The dynamic cell
• PHA2022: Drugs and society
• PHY2011: Neuroscience of communication, sensory and control systems
• PHY2032: Human physiology: Hormonal and digestive systems
• PHY2042: Human physiology: Cardiovascular, respiratory and renal systems

Rural background

Applicants must come from an Australian regional or rural background. Rural background is defined as residence, according to your principal home address, for at least:

• 5 years consecutively, OR
• 10 years cumulatively.

This duration must be met in areas classified as MM2 through to MM7 under the Modified Monash Model and must be met at the time of application. To check if your address is eligible:

• Visit the Health Workforce Locator website and click 'Start the locator now'
• Start typing in your street address and select from the dropdown list as you type
• The tool will display the MM classification of the address. Please refer to the most recent MM classification (2023)
• Addresses classified as MM2 - MM7 are eligible for consideration

Any addresses you provide must have been your primary residence. If you attended boarding school, you can use your family's primary home as your qualifying address. Please note, you cannot use holiday homes, secondary residences, or investment properties to meet rural background requirements.

Application Process

Applications for our 2027 intake will open on 1 August 2026 and close on 31 August 2026. Apply directly to Monash using course code M6018.

You must include the following supporting documents:

1. Academic transcripts, and a grading scale, for your previous tertiary study
2. A supporting written statement
3. Evidence of rural background

Please ensure that all required documents are uploaded as part of your application. You may submit these files in any of the upload sections within the portal.

Supporting written statement 

A short narrative (up to 500 words) addressing the following:

• Your interest in rural medicine;
• Your connections to the rural community (provide examples of service and involvement in your community and what motivates your contribution to your rural community);
• Evidence of your capability to engage with a primary care-focused curriculum (prior experiences and independent learning skills).

Evidence of rural background

You will need to provide evidence of rural background. This evidence must cover all relevant time periods and addresses. All documents must be clear, legible, and in colour, submitted as a PDF. For full details on acceptable supporting documentation, age-specific requirements, and how to demonstrate residence over time, please visit the Dean's Rural List website.

Selection Process

There are three tiers of rural classification for preferred selection into this program:

Shortlisted students will be invited to attend an interview (MMI) based on the supporting written statement,  undergraduate Weighted Average Mark (WAM), and rural classification.

Interviews will be held in Mildura in late-September 2026. Dates to be advised. If attending in person presents a difficulty, please contact medicineadmissions@monash.edu to discuss the possibility of alternative arrangements.

Successful applicants must be ready to commence in February 2027, as deferrals are not permissible.

Extra Requirements

Police checks

You must have a current Police check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Refer to the faculty's website police checks page.

Working with Children checks

You must have a current Working with Children check regarding their suitability to undertake placements. Refer to the faculty's website Working with Children checks page.

Immunisation and infection requirements

In accordance with the National Health and Medical Research Council recommendations, this course requires that you comply with the faculty's Immunisation and vaccination policy and procedures.

These are designed to provide maximum protection against the increased risk of some vaccine- preventable diseases for students, patients and workers in a health care setting.

Refer to the faculty's Immunisation and Infection Risk page for more information.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

As a healthcare student you will be required to wear PPE to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 on clinical placements. The removal of facial hair may be required for fit testing of masks as a lawful and reasonable direction by healthcare settings.

First Aid

It is highly recommended that you hold or attain by the end of first semester of the medicine program, a current registered level 2 or senior first aid certificate.

* Note: Applicant checks are not required prior to offer, but after acceptance of offer prior to commencing clinical placements.

Inherent Requirements and Reasonable Adjustments

To meet the requirements of the Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine at Monash, you need to demonstrate that you have the abilities, knowledge, and skills to achieve specific core learning outcomes. These are called inherent requirements, and they are embedded in the course and unit learning outcomes.

Monash promotes access and equity for students who have a disability, ongoing medical or mental health condition by providing reasonable adjustments. Reasonable adjustments refer to measures or actions taken to enable students with disability to participate on the same basis as other students and reduce the impacts of their condition on their studies. If you have an approved reasonable adjustment, it is not an adjustment to the inherent requirements of the course but an adjustment to how you can fulfil the inherent requirements. If it is determined that inherent requirements cannot be met, even by implementing reasonable adjustments, we can provide guidance regarding other possible study options.

If you feel you may experience challenges meeting the inherent requirements of the course because of your disability, medical or mental health condition, please contact medicineadmissions@monash.edu for advice.