This Report sets out the findings of the AMC Team that conducted the 2009 follow-up assessment of the Joint Medical Program (JMP) offered by the University of Newcastle and the University of New England. The JMP was first accredited by the AMC in 2007 for introduction in 2008 as a major change to the five-year, undergraduate medical course offered by the University of Newcastle. The JMP remains unique in Australian medical education as a partnership between Universities and Area Health Services offering a truly joint medical program, accredited as such. When the AMC initially assessed the proposal for the JMP in 2007, governance arrangements were evolving and effort was concentrated on the immediate priority of introducing Year 1 at the University of New England. Preparation for the JMP’s Years 1 and 2 was well in hand, but arrangements for the expanded clinical years component if the program were less well-developed.

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