Bachelor of Medical Science in Bendigo

Projects

2011 Projects

Rob Capstick
The genetic basis of Dupuytren's Contracture

Cara Fox
Early identification of behaviour disturbance in children

John Liu
Use of aspheric lenses in treatment of cataracts

Preethi Mathew
Neurophysiological assessment of pre-term infants

Samara Radford
Foetal fibronectin in predicting pre-term labour

Previous projects

2009
Dujon Fuzzard
Retinal thickness changes post cataract extraction

2008
Michael Jamieson
Fellow eye effect with Ranibizumab for age-related macular degeneration
Michael won the Ophthalmology Prize ( across both Monash and the Univeristy of Melbourne in 2009, and has successfully published a journal article out of his B Med Sci project )

Less than two hours from Melbourne by train or car, Bendigo has a lot to offer academically and socially. With a close-knit medical community and a strong undergraduate medical student presence, it is easy to develop good professional and friendship networks.

Research opportunities

Your research project need not be limited to the formal proposals published on the Bachelor of Medical Science web site. Bendigo provides opportunities in a wide range of fields, for example:

Psychiatry (child, adolescent, adult, and aged persons)
General Medicine
Surgery
Ophthalmology
Emergency Medicine
Rehabilitation Medicine
Paediatrics
General Practice

If you have a research proposal or particular interest you would like to pursue, contact the Bendigo Regional Clinical School Bachelor of Medical Science Coordinator, Associate Professor Pamela Snow. Associate Professor Snow can help you assess the feasibility of the proposal and create a local supervision team. For Bendigo projects, Associate Professor Snow is available to be the Principle Supervisor, providing support with academic writing, methodological matters, ethics applications, and the administrative aspects of your project. Other School of Rural Health research staff at the Bendigo Regional Clinical School are also available to supervise student projects.

Phone: (03) 5440 9006
Email: pamela.snow@monash.edu

Download the Bendigo handbook (PDF 260kb)

Library support

Bendigo Regional Clinical School houses the Bendigo Health library at its Mercy St premises. The library is open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm. Monash students have assess via swipe card to the library after hours. The Bendigo Health librarian is available during the library's open hours to assist students. As a Monash student you of course have continued access to the university library and data-bases through MUSO.

Associate Professor Snow normally conducts a two-day Research Methods intensive workshop at the end of November. You will be advised of those dates in due course.