School of Medicine and Pharmacology

The School of Medicine and Pharmacology is the largest School in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and one of the largest within the University of Western Australia. Most of the staff in our four Units and CAARR research centre are located at Perth's 3 metropolitan teaching hospital sites.

Fremantle Hospital Unit

Royal Perth Hospital Unit

Sir Charles Gairdner Unit

Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology Unit (located at QEII Medical Centre, SCGH)

Centre for Asthma and Allergy Respiratory Research (located at SCGH )

Our staff also provide academic and clinical services at Graylands Hospital, Hollywood Private Hospital, Joondalup Health Campus, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Swan District Hospital. Over the next three years we have plans to expand into other secondary hospitals in Perth's northern and southern metropolitan corridors.

The School offers courses in Pharmacology and Clinical Medicine to science, medical and dental students. Our pharmacology teaching program is high-tech, making use of the latest web-based methods to supplement laboratory teaching. The clinical teaching program is supervised by acknowledged leaders in medical education who have introduced modern teaching and learning innovations whilst preserving the traditional patient-centred clinical apprenticeship.

We are justifiably proud of a large and successful research program that spans from the proverbial laboratory "bench to bedside". In 2005, School staff produced over 300 books and journal articles on a wide variety of research topics which appeared in respected international journals. Income from contracts, research and centre grants totalled $5.6 million.

The core values that guide our activities represent a commitment to a culture that:

• Promotes excellence in teaching, research and clinical service
  
  
• Encourages intellectual freedom and diversity of thought in teaching, research and clinical care
  
  
• Fosters the values of integrity, accountability, fairness and respect for all
  
  
• Promotes a strong and supportive environment for our staff, students, colleagues and patients