(Regulation 3.94)
Note (1) Candidates are advised to register in the first instance with the Assistant Registrar (Medicine). Coursework for Part I of the degree will not be offered In 1981 but it Is proposed to commence some courses in 1982.
(2) Before enrolling for any course leading to Part 1, candidates are required to present evidence that they hold a degree of bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery, or equivalent degree, of at least two years standing and to gain approval of Faculty with respect to evidence of not less than two years' experience as a medical officer in a hospital affiliated to an appropriate university for the purposes of teaching.
(3) Candidates seeking credit for Part I of the degree under Section 5 of the Regulation should submit evidence as to relevant qualifications and eхреrieпсе for cопsideration by faculty at the time they apply for enrolment as a candidate for Part 11 of the degree.
(4) Candidates seeking admission to Part 11 of the degree either by coursework or research are required to consult with the chairman of a department relevant to the discipline and to submit to the
faculty, through the department Concerned, a proposal for approval by the Standing Committee on Higher Degrees of the faculty. Subjects in which courses will be offered are set out below:
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General Medicine Gastroenterology
Cardiology Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Genetics Haematology
Clinical Pharmacology Medical Oncology
Endocrinology Nephrology
Epidemiology Rheumatology
(5) The Standing Committee on Higher Degrees of the faculty shall approve, where appropriate, on behalf of faculty, evidence submitted relating to the requirement of three years' experience relevant to the discipline to which the Part Il of the examination of the candidate pertains. It will inform the candidate and the faculty of the time at which the candidate will be eligible for admission to the degree of Master of Medicine.
(6) Candidates may apply for exemption from Part I of the examination for the degree if they have passed a comparable examination offered in a relevant discipline by one of the following bodies:
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Part I, FRACP) A Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (MRCP) Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (Part I, FRCPA) Royal College of Pathologists (UK) (MRC Path)
University of Singapore (Master of Medicine)
Royal Australasian College of Radiologists (Part I, FRACR)
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Faculty of Anaesthetics) (Part I, FFARCAS)
(7) Courses for Part I will not be offered in 1981.
(8) Courses for Part Il or admission to candidature by research are open to those candidates in 1981 who qualify for exemptions from the Part I examinations as in (6) above. Other examinations may be approved for this purpose from time to time, and further details may be obtained from the Assistant Registrar (Medicine).
(9) Courses for Part Il may be taken either part-time or full-time. Part- time candidature may extend over two or three years concurrently with appointments in hospitals affiliated with the University of Melbourne for the purposes of teaching and research. Instruction will involve a minimum of three contact hours per week of lectures, seminars or tutorials in which candidates will present their work, this will be accompanied by supervised clinical training in relevant discipline.
(10) Examination will consist of assessment of the report on the minor research project, together with a written examination of three hours and а clinical or oral examination. Apportionment of marks to these segments of the examination will be set by faculty at the time candi- dature is approved and will depend on the discipline and the nature of the course proposed. It will be required that candidates undertaking the course part-time over two or three years be offered not less than two tutorials or seminars per week throughout the academic year and to submit a report on their project not later than 2% years after the date on the Authority to Enrol.
PART I1 BY RESEARCH
(1 ) A proposal setting out a topic, arrangements for supervision and a statement relating to facilities and resources should be submitted through the chairman of the relevant department to the Higher Degree Committee of faculty. Subject to approval of the candidature for Part 92
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(2) A thesis is to be submitted by a full-time candidate normally not later than fifteen months after the date stated on the form of Authority to Enrol issued to the candidate, and by a pan-time candidate normally not more than two years and three months from that date. These restrictions may be varied by the Higher Degrees Committee of the faculty under exceptional circumstances.
(3) The thesis should contain a preface stating the extent to which the candidate is reporting work to which others have contributed. A candidate may not present in the thesis work for which a degree has been conferred in this or another university.
(4) The thesis must be typed, or reproduced in some equivalent manner, on international standard size paper A4 in double spacing and must include a title page showing the title of the thesis, degree for which it is submitted and the full name of the author. The thesis shall contain a table of contents and a bibliography including full title of each communication cited with standard international abbreviations for titles of journals. Such theses should not ordinarily exceed two hundred pages in length, excluding tables, illustrations and bibliography, and pages should be consecutively numbered. There should be a binding margin of at least 35mm. uniform on all sheets. Three copies of the thesis, securely bound so as to stand on a shelf as a book, with its title and author lettered on the spine, should be submitted to the Registrar by delivery to the Assistant Registrar (Medicine).
(5) Notwithstanding the above requirements, a candidate enrolled for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, who has met the requirements of Regulation 3.94 in all other respects, may with the candidate's consent be considered for admission to the degree of Master of Medicine if the thesis is judged by a board of examiners to be of a sufficiently high standard to warrant admission to the degree, although not appropriate for admission to the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
PART il BY COURSE WORK
The following course work programmes have been approved for 1981:—
PART I1 GENERAL MEDICINE
Candidates will be required to attend tutorials and seminars and to participate in clinical practice relevant to the discipline under a designated supervisor. Course work will include presentation and dis- cussion of material derived both from designated reading lists and from clinical observation.
The content of the course will include broad revision of the physiology and pathology of all the systems of the body. Candidates will be required to gain familiarity, through both the tutorial and seminar programmes and in supervised clinical experience, with current know- ledge and practice in the field of internal medicine with particular reference to the cardiovascular system, respiratory system, gastro- intestinal system, genito-urinary system, endocrine system including
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diabetes and of the common disorders affecting the nervous system, haemopoietic system, immune and locomotive systems.
Candidates will be required to elect one area for study in greater depth, subject to approval by the faculty. The area of special study will represent more than half of the course to be undertaken by the candidate and will be undertaken with a designated supervisor who may differ from the supervisor for the general clinical studies. They will also be required to undertake a minor research project within this field. The report on this project should either lead to a publication in a refereed journal or reach a comparable standard in terms of content and presentation.
Assessment for the Part Il examination in this subject will take account of the field of special study noted above.