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Tulip fields at Table Cape 

The Rural Clinical School (RCS) offers additional support to students through Scholarships and Awards based in the North West.

Students enjoying a break on the balcony of RCS Year 4 Students (2010)

GPNW Simon Monks Memorial Award for Excellence in General Practice

This Award honors the memory of Dr Simon Monks by acknowledging excellence in General Practice by a fourth year RCS medical student. Dr Monks was a highly respected partner at the East Devonport Medical Centre and a General Practice North West (GPNW) Board member who was actively involved in teaching and mentoring RCS students prior to his sudden and unexpected death in 2007. The Award is supported by Dr Monk’s family. GPNW works with the RCS in selecting the annual recipient.

Amount: $3,000

Applications: Requests for nominations are sent to GP Clinics twice a year.

Information: Ms Therese Evans, Manager – Community Engagement. Ph: 6430 4555 or Email: therese.evans@utas.edu.au

Simon Monks Memorial Award winner 2013 Chase Medwin

Recipient Announced - 2012/2013 Rotary Club of Burnie Scholarship in Rural Medicine

The inaugural Rotary Club of Burnie Scholarship in Rural Medicine has been awarded to Year 4 Rural Clinical School medical student Chase Medwin.  The Rotary Club scholarship is offered to a student commencing the final two years of clinical studies in the MBBS at the University of Tasmania's Rural Clinical School, in 2012.

The Rotary club generously provides the scholarship to encourage and support a student with an interest in rural medicine to study at the Rural Clinical School.  The $5000 scholarship is offered over a two-year period and in addition to financial support, the Club will provide honorary club membership and offer to mentor and recipient during his studies in North West Tasmania.  

Amount: $2,500 per annum

Applications: Applications have now closed for the 2012/2013 period.

Information:  Ms Therese Evans, Manager – Community Engagement. Ph: 6430 4555 or Email: therese.evans@utas.edu.au 

The Rotary Club of Wynyard Scholarship in Rural Medicine

The Rotary Club of Wynyard offer this scholarship to a student commencing the final two years of clinical studies in the MBBS at the Rural Clinical School bi-annually. The scholarship aims to encourage and support a student with an interest in rural medicine to study at the RCS. The scholarship is offered over a two-year period, subject to the recipient's satisfactory performance, and is valued at $2,500 per annum.

Amount: $2,500 per annum

Applications: Have now closed

Information:  Ms Therese Evans, Manager – Community Engagement. Ph: 6430 4555 or Email: therese.evans@utas.edu.au         

                                        

 Rotary Club of Wynyard Scholarship in Rural Medicine 2013

Elite Scholarship

The University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) and RCS, in collaboration with the Graduate Research Office at the University of Tasmania, are offering six Elite Research Scholarships for potential applicant to undertake PhD research in rural health arena. The Elite Research Scholarship is valued at $30K per annum, tax-free, and is available for three years, with a possible six-month extension.

To be eligible for this scholarship, the applicant must enrol with the UDRH and undertake research which focuses on rural or remote health.  

Information about Elite Research Scholarship is available at the Elite Research Scholarships website.  Topics available:

Theme:  Healthy Ageing, Chronic Conditions & Rehabilitation in a Rural/Remote Context

Topics: 

  • Enhancing wellbeing and functioning in rural areas
    Graduating class 2009
  • Ageing in place: how effective are current interventions to support older people remaining in their rural communities as they age
  • Ageing in place in rural Tasmania
     
  • Diabetes 

Theme:  Healthy Communities

Topics:

  • Health literacy of older people living in rural Tasmania
     
  • Food security and cultural identity of migrants in the rural health context
  • Research into enhancing bush fire preparedness

Theme:  Rural Workforce, Support, Interprofessional Education, Interprofessional Learning and Health Professional Education

Topics:

  • Interprofessional learning in healthcare - assessment and impact
  • Personal and professional transitions
  • Implementation research and rural/remote health
  • Regional development and the retention of medical staff in the North West of Tasmania

Theme:  Health Policy

Topics:

  • Health policy: Making a difference to chronic disease services in rural communities
  • Telehealth service development: Improving health outcomes for people in rural/remote areas
  • Electronic health records and advanced care plans

Amount: $30,360 per annum, tax free.

Applications: Are open throughout 2011. The application process involves completing an application form and supplying a school recommendation and a referee report.

Information: Ms Therese Evans, Manager – Community Engagement. Ph: +61 3 6430 4555 or Email: therese.evans@utas.edu.au

Enquiries:  Professor Timothy Skinner - 6430 4564 or email timothy.skinner@utas.edu.au

 

UTAS Scholarships

In addition to these scholarships through at the RCS there is information on other scholarships available through UTAS.