A funding application has been made to the Federal Government to expand the Centre for Rural Health in Traralgon into a rural clinical school to provide Monash students with more experience in the area of rural health. Dr Browne explained that the new curriculum had been shortened from six to five years in response to the growing demands of the health care system. Previously, doctors could practise medicine after one year of supervised postgraduate experience. We will cut out what we know they'll cover during their internship and focus on preparing them for the transition into the intern year. The concept of continuing study is a key feature of the new curriculum.
Doctors have to buy into the notion that they are learning for life.
We have to give them the basic medical knowledge they need but also teach them how to find and gain knowledge, because medical knowledge is always expanding and it's now available in so many different forms. Dr Ann Nicholson view one of the exhibits. The Faculty of Information Technology last week hosted an exhibition of its latest research at the Museum of Victoria. This could come in a variety of ways, such as support with funding, the establishment of cooperative research centres and other joint ventures with the university. Former Monash head of Computer Science and Software Engineering Professor Les Goldschlager spoke at the exhibition launch about IT research in Australia.