Northern Clinical School
Location
Northern Clinical School is located at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) in the suburb of St Leonards on Sydney's north shore. Contact details:
Northern Clinical School
Level 7, Kolling Building
Royal North Shore Hospital
St. Leonards NSW 2065
Phone: +61 2 9926 4700
Fax: +61 2 9926 6188
Website: www.northern.med.usyd.edu.au
Initially students receive their training at either RNSH, Manly Hospital (in Manly) or Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital (in Hornsby), however the clinical school itself comprises a total of 17 Sydney hospitals and 4 affiliated rural hospitals. These include:
- Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH)
- Manly Hospital (in Manly)
- Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital
- Mona Vale Hospital
- Mater Misericordiae Hospital
- Ryde Hospital and
- Sydney Adventist Hospital
To name a few. The rural hospitals include:
- Lismore Base Hospital
- Murwillumbah Hospital
- Grafton Hospital
Getting there
RNSH has the advantage of being easily accessible by either train or car.
St Leonards train station is literally over the road from the hospital (a 2 minute walk)! From Central station, St Leonards is only a 15 minute train ride away.
If you prefer driving, the hospital is located directly between two of Sydney's major roads, the Pacific Highway & the Gore Hill Freeway (both of which allow access to the hospital).
One thing to keep in mind is that both traffic & trains can become congested especially around peak hour, so it's best to give yourself plenty of travel time until you get used to things.
Student facilities
The facilities that students get access to at RNSH are fantastic. The ground floor of the Kolling Building (Level 4) includes The Douglas Piper Library where light airy desk areas, wireless access to University of Sydney and Area Health Service networks, meeting rooms and printing and photocopy facilities make it a joy in which to study and research. This level houses the Medical Illustrations Department and the support staff for audio-visual and information technology services. A spacious foyer contains a reception desk and information station. The student common room area on this floor gives students 24 hour access to a computer suite/study area, kitchen and comfortable seating facilities, and lockers.
The first floor (level 5) incorporates all the main teaching spaces including:
- an auditorium with seating for 202 and double-screen projection
- two large multipurpose rooms each seating 50 in traditional lecture format and which can be used separately or together
- a 70-seat interactive lecture theatre in horseshoe configuration
- 11 small tutorial or break-out rooms, each equipped with a computer workstation and digital projection facilities
- a 30-seat seminar room
- a computer learning centre, with 10 workstations
- the Pathology Museum.
The second floor (Level 6) is totally occupied by the Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre. This state-of-the-art facility for clinical skills and procedural training incorporates:
- a 90 sqm training lab, with teaching table monitored by closed-circuit video, and 10 laparoscopic towers
- 5 skills laboratories, each 30-55 sqm
- 2 immersive learning suites, providing high-fidelity simulations of operating theatre and emergency room environments
- a communication skills room
- a debriefing room
- seminar rooms
- staff offices
- extensive audiovisual and
- ideoconferencing facilities.
The third floor (level 7) provides accommodation for the administrative staff
of the Northern Clinical School and the Pam McLean Centre, specialising in teaching clinical communication skills, a boardroom, and offices for the key academics overseeing the research and education programs in the building.
Our strengths
The benefit of Northern Clinical School is that it allows students from the very beginning of their training to access both the large hospital setting & also community based hospitals such as Manly & Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospitals. This enables the student to get full exposure to the spectrum of medicine available throughout hospitals in and around Sydney. With the dedication of the staff & the enthusiasm of the tutors, Northern Clinical School provides organised, well structured & finely tuned sessions for its students making it one of the best in medical education.
Key contacts
Contact for administrative enquiries
Executive Officer of Northern Clinical School
Ms Claire Bridgman
Phone: +61 2 9926-4678
Fax: +61 2 9926-6188
Email:
Contact for academic enquiries
Associate Dean of Northern Clinical School
Professor Michael Field
Phone: +61 2 9926-4651
Fax: +61 2 9438-2170
Email: