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Entry schemesCommonwealth Supported Places (CSP)(VTAC code 28251)In 2010, ~160 CSP places will be available. Medical Rural-Bonded (MRB) ScholarshipsOnly students offered a CSP or ERC CSP are eligible for this scholarshipIn 2009, the Commonwealth Government offered scholarships (Australia - wide) of $23,686 per annum to new medical students for the length of the course, in return for legally-binding commitment to practice in rural areas for a fixed period at the completion of training. It is expected that Monash University will be allocated approximately six undergraduate MBBS scholarships places in 2010 (Deferral of an MRB Scholarship is not permitted). Details of application procedures for these scholarship places will be made available to timely VTAC applicants. MRB scholarships can only be offered to Australian citizens or permanent residents. For further information contact:Telephone: 1800 248 720 (freecall) Extended Rural Cohort (ERC)(VTAC code 28151)In 2010, 30 CSP places will be available under the Extended Rural Cohort stream. This will include CSP, CSP bonded and MRB scholarship places. Students enrolled in the MBBS Extended Rural Cohort stream will undertake the majority of their clinical education within hospitals and community-based practices in northern rural and regional Victoria. This extended rural training option is provided for students interested in practicing medicine in a rural or regional location. Preference will be given to applicants from northern Victoria, as well as applicants from other rural and regional locations. Only Australian citizens and permanent residents only can apply. International students are not eligible to apply for admission to the ERC stream. The ERC stream of the Monash MBBS course has its own VTAC code (28151) and applicants must nominate this code to be considered for a place in this stream. All VTAC applicants for the Monash Undergraduate Medicine course will receive a mail out in mid-October. The letter will explain how to access an on-line supplementary form which enables applicants to apply for inclusion on the Dean’s Rural List or the Dean’s Indigenous List. Additional interviews will be offered to a number of applicants who are not originally offered interviews based on their UMAT scores, but who have established their eligibility for the Dean’s Rural or Dean’s Indigenous List. The mailout explains the way in which applicants can express their interest in Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships, which are offered in January to applicants who have qualified for Commonwealth Supported Places. Bursaries: In 2009, a small number of Bursaries will be available to ERC students. For further information about the Extended Rural Cohort stream please contact Mr Graham Allardice on (03) 5440 9000. It is expected that seven of the ERC places will be Bonded Medical Places (BMP). See below for more details about the BMP scheme. Medical Rural-Bonded (MRB) ScholarshipsIt is expected that three out of the six scholarship places will be offered to students in the ERC stream. For more details about the MRB scheme see above. Bonded Medical Places (BMP)(VTAC code 28691)~56 Bonded Medical Places will be offered in Central medical program in 2010. The Federal Government has advised all schools of medicine across Australia that approximately 25% of CSP places must be set aside as bonded places. By indicating a preference for a Bonded Medical Place, upon accepting an offer, the student will be required to sign a contract. Monash advises potential students to seek early legal advice. Student accepting Bonded Medical Places will be giving permission for the government to require them, at the end of their training, to practice in a designated area of medical need. An area of medical need will be a district of workforce shortage as defined be the Australian Government. For further information contact:Telephone: 1800 987 104 (freecall) Dean's Rural ListApplicants to the medicine course may apply to be considered for a place in the course via the Dean's Rural List (DRL). 'Rural areas' in this instance means rural areas in Australia only. Information will be made available to all timely VTAC applicants to the medicine course setting out in the eligibility requirements for the DRL. To be eligible, the applicant must have resided (according to principal home address) for at least 5 years in Australian areas classified as RRMA 3-7 since beginning primary school. (RRMA: Rural Remote and Metropolitan Area Classification - Partial listing of Rural and Remote areas 3 -7 ). Generally, applicants living outside of Australian cities with populations of over 100,000 are likely to be eligible. Applicants on the DRL will be considered for disadvantage, especially focused on their place of schooling and duration of their living in the rural area (defined as RRMA 3-7). Click here to look up your RRMA code/s. The Faculty will determine the eligibility of all applicants from the information provided by applicants in the online application form. Applications must be submitted by early November 2009 (applicants will be advised of the actual date). Applicants on the DRL will be eligible for special consideration, especially related to the location of their schooling and the duration of their living in an Australian rural area (as defined RRMA 3-7). If you apply for the Dean's Rural list and are deemed eligible, you will be required to submit a Statutory Declaration form confirming the details you have submitted. This Statutory Declaration form will be sent to you prior to your interview so that you can sign it and return it when you attend your interview. Dean's indigenous listAustralian Indigenous applicants to the medicine course may apply to be considered for the Dean's Indigenous List (DIL). Please note that applicants of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who are members of an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community are eligible to apply for waiving of certain costs associated with their study. More information will be made available to all timely applicants for the course. If you are of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and are a member of an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community, you will have the opportunity to apply for the DIL via a supplied online link - this link will be provided as part of the Monash MBBS VTAC mailout in mid-October. Applications will close in early November 2009. Based on these applications, some additional interviews will be offered to applicants eligible for the Dean's Indigenous List, which will function in the same way as the Dean's rural list to enable us to identify Australian Indigenous applicants not offered an interview in the original mail out. Those invited to attend these additional interviews will be notified by 20 November 2009. Australian Indigenous applicants completing year 12 who apply for entry into the medicine course should also obtain a Centre for Australian Indigenous studies (CAIS) Supplementary form which can be downloaded from the Monash University website or by contacting the Centre: Telephone: +61 3 9905 4200 Once complete, the CAIS form should be faxed, mailed or emailed to CAIS by early November 2009. A number of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences and Monash University scholarships are available to support Australian Indigenous students studying medicine. Details of these scholarships and application procedures will be notified to applicants applying for inclusion on the Dean's Indigenous List.
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