University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
The University of Auckland's Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences (formerly known as the The University of Auckland School of Medicine.) was established in 1968 at its present site in Grafton, Auckland.
Location
The pre-clinical building is on the opposite side of the road to Auckland Hospital. The name of the building reflects the historical pre-dominance of medicine within the faculty - the three years before a medicine student begins doing their 'rounds' (practical in hospitals) are known as the 'pre-clinical' years.
The faculty also has offices in Auckland Hospital.
In response to growth, The School of Population Health has moved to a newly built campus in Tamaki. This is believed to have occured since the Auckland City Council would not allow the University of Auckland to purchase anymore land in the CBD with the council prefering this land to be used for commercial purposes.
Degrees
The faculty is perhaps best known for its medicine programme. The University offers 150 places per year in this six year programme. Formerly it offered the Bachelor of Human Biology and the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.Ch.B. Since 2005, this has been scrapped and now prospective doctors study for six years to only gain the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery.
In addition to this degree the faculty offers other undergraduate (bachelor) degrees which include Bachelor of Health Science, Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Biomedical Science (jointly with the University of Auckland Faculty of Science).
Post-graduate study is also offered.
The faculty is accredited by the Australasian Medical Council.
Impact
When officials were determining where the new childrens' hospital was to be placed lobbying by paediatricians from the faculty influenced the placement of Starship. Starship ended up across the road from the faculty's pre-clinical building as opposed to in South Auckland where it is, in hindsight, believed to have been needed more.