White A Handler P & Smith E L Principles of Biochemistry, 4th ed McGraw-Hill 1968
Lehninger A L. Biochemistry, Worth Publ 1970
Datta S P & Ottaway J H Biochemistry, 2nd ed Bailiière Tindall and Cassell 1969
Passmore R & Robson J S A Companion to Medical Studies, Vol I Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and Related Subjects, Blackwell 1968 Vol II Pharmacology Microbiology General Pathology and Re- lated Subjects, Blackwell 1970
Articles in Physiology Reviews, Annual Review of Biochemistry, Annual Review of Physiology, Obstetrical and Gynaecology Survey, Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and 122
Metabolism, Annual. Review of Pharmacology, Pharmacology Re- views
EXAMINATION One 3-hour written paper; oral examination.
PART II
The experience required of a candidate before presenting for Part II shall be
1. Practice of at least five years since graduation.
2. The special training required in Obstetrics shall consist of not less than one year's experience as Resident Medical Officer in the Ob- stetrics Department of The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, or its equivalent. In assessing equivalence, all hospitals or departments recognized as Obstetric Clinical Schools by Australian Universities shall have equivalent standing; In the case of public hospitals or departments not so recognized, the faculty of Medicine will re- quire from a candidate particular details of his experience, the acceptance of which will enable the candidate to proceed with the Degree.
3. The special training required in. Gynaecology shall consist of not less than one year's experience as Resident Medical Officer in the Gynae- cology Department of one or other of the Clinical Schools of the University of Melbourne or its equivalent. In assessing equivalence, similar standing to that detailed in paragraph 2 (above) will be re- quired, mutatis mutandis.
PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY
(In relation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) PATHOLOGY
The examination will include General Pathology and a special knowledge of the pathology of diseases peculiar to women. The practical examina- tion will test the candidates' ability to recognize and interpret specimens illustrating relevant morbid anatomy and histology.
In addition to the standard textbooks, the pathology sections of stand- ard works should be studied. A knowledge of appropriate matter in cur- rent periodicals in the English language will be expected.
BOOKS Recommended for reference:
Novak E Gynaecological and Obstetrical Pathology, 6th ed Saunders 1967
Walter J B & Israel M S General Pathology, 3rd ed Churchill 1970 EXAMINATION One 3-hour written paper; one 3-hour practical test;
viva voce examination.
MICROBIOLOGY
The examination will require candidates to have a knowledge of:
(a) the general biological characters of bacteria and viruses;
(b) a detailed knowledge of those organisms responsible for infections of the genito-urinary system;
(c) problems of infection including epidemiology and cross-infection in hospitals;
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(d) immunology including autoimmune diseases, transplantation prob- lems;
(e) principles of chemotherapy, sterilization and disinfection.
BOOKS Recommended for reference:
Davis B D Dulbecco R Eisen H N Ginsberg H S & Wood W B Micro- biology, Hoeber 1968
Fenner F & White D 0 Medical Virology, Academic. Press 1970 Humphrey J H & White R G Immunology for Students of Medicine, 3rd
ed Blackwell 1970
O'Grady F & Brumfitt W Urinary Tract Infection, OUP 1968
Rubbo S D & Gardner J F A Review of Sterilization and Disinfection, Lloyd-Luke 1965
Relevant microbiology topics in current Australian, American and English medical journals.
EXAMINATION One 3-hour written paper; oral practical test OBSTETRICS, INCLUDING NEO-NATAL PAEDIATRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
Candidates will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of both subjects, including a knowledge of recent advances in current literature in the English language.
BOOKS Recommended for reference:
Smout C F V Jacoby F & Lillie E W Gynaecological and Obstetrical Anatomy, and Functional Histology, 4th ed Lewis 1969
Munro-Kerr J M Moir J C & Myerscough P R Operative Obstetrics, 8th ed Baillière Tindall & Cassell 1970
Stallworth J H & Bourne G L Recent Advances in Obstetrics and Gynae- cology, 11th ed Churchill 1966
Greenhill J P Principles and Practice of Obstetrics, 13th ed Saunders 1965
Bonney V A Textbook of Gynaecological Surgery, 7th ed rev by D MacLeod and J Howkins Cassell 1964
British Obstetric and Gynaecological Practice, 3rd ed Heinemann 1963 Vol I Obstetrics, ed by Sir A Claye
Vol II Gynaecology, ed by A Bourne
Te Linde R W Operative Gynaecology, rev 4th ed Lippincott 1970 Jeffcoate T N A Principles of Gynaecology, 3rd ed Butterworth 1967 Kellar R J Modern Trends in Gynaecology, 4th series Butterworth
1969
Kellar R J Modern Trends in Obstetrics, 4th series Butterworth 1969 EXAMINATION One 3-hour written paper in Obstetrics; one 3-hour written paper in Gynaecology; clinical and viva voce examination in Ob- stetrics and in Gynaecology.
(2) FOR CANDIDATES PROCEEDING BY THESIS NATURE OF THESIS
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provide a short synopsis of the scope and character of the work under- taken. The faculty of Medicine will then determine whether or not the candidate may proceed by thesis. If the thesis is acceptable, the faculty of Medicine will then appoint examiners to consider the thesis and such examiners will be instructed to report upon the merit of the work sub- mitted and to give an indication as to what portions of Part I and/or Part Il of the examination shall be required of the candidate in addition to the thesis. It is appropriate for the examiners to recommend, if the thesis be of outstanding merit, that the candidate be exempt from the entire ex- amination.
The faculty of Medicine has resolved that a thesis—
(i) should not be any ordinary compilation from books, (ii) nor be a mere compendium of cases,
(iii) nor merely observational,
(iv) but should be a substantial contribution to knowledge,
(v) should be In fit form for publication or be already published in ap- proved form and
(vi) should show work at least equal to that involved in preparation for the examination in Obstetrics and Gynaecology for the Degree of M.G.O. by written questions.
A candidate who submits work which has been done in collaboration with other workers is required to submit a statement setting out the extent to which he was responsible for the initiation and prosecution of the work. The examiners shall take such steps as they think fit to assess the value of the candidate's share of the joint work, and shall be satisfied that the individual candidate has been responsible for making a substantial contribution to the theory or practice or both of Gynaecology and Ob- stetrics or Gynaecology or Obstetrics.
The examination in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology for candidates proceeding by thesis may involve the examination of the candidate in any matter concerned with the practice of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaeco- logy.
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POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL DIPLOMAS