FIfty first-year medical students have begun a new chapter in their lives after attending the inaugural orientation of Griffith University's new Doctor of medicine program at the Sunshine Coast.

Students will be the first ever to experience their medical degree at the new Campus at Kawana, with Griffith’s Gold Coast campus previously being the closest Griffith campus which offered the medical degree.

First-year Griffith Medical student, Samuel Falzon says he’s very excited to be undertaking the degree and believes the new state-of-the-art facilities are providing him and other students with a great opportunity to thrive on the pathway to becoming Australia’s next generation of expertly-trained medical doctors.