THIRD YEAR
Commencing on the forty-fifth Monday of the year, tutorial lectures in Medicine and Surgery, with practical ward demonstrations, will be given to Third Year students.
FOURTH YEAR
Students attend the University each morning and the Clinical School on four afternoons a week when they continue instruction in Medicine, Sur- gery and Pathology.
1. Seminars on selected topics with student participation are held by the Department of Medicine between November and mid-March.
2. On the four afternoons the students are taught clinical methods in the medical and surgical wards by members of the hospital staff.
3. Twelve lectures in Medical Psychology are given during the first term.
4. A series of lectures on the Patho-physiology of medical disorders are given.
5. Post Mortem Demonstrations are given each day at 12.00 noon.
6. Following the Fourth Year Examinations, a two-week intensive intro- duction to Anaesthetics and Resuscitation is held.
7. During the last two months of the year, the students attend the hospital full-time and are rostered to general medical and surgical clinics.
8. At the end of the year a series of general therapeutic lectures are given.
9. Casualty Duty. During the year students are required to spend two weeks in residence in Casualty. Further opportunities for Casualty work are available in the vacation.
FIFTH YEAR
During the year the Students spend half the year at the hospital and the other half at the Royal Women's and Royal Children's Hospitals.
1. Students spend ten weeks in residence at the Royal Women's Hos- pital and ten weeks (non-residence) at the Royal Children's Hos- pital.
2. General Medicine and Surgery. During the half of the year in attendance at this hospital, the students are rostered to attend general medical and surgical clinics.
3. During the year lectures are given in both medicine and surgery. In the former discipline they pertain to a discussion of medical dis- eases. In the latter they pertain to the surgery of the specialties.
4. Casualty Duty. Again during this year the students spend two weeks in residence on Casualty duty.
5. Psychiatry. A six weeks course is conducted in association with the University Department of Psychiatry.
6. During the year as well as being rostered to general medical and surgical clinics, students are rostered to attend special clinics in- cluding: Orthopaedics, Urology, Thoracic Surgery, Neurology, Neuro- surgery, Dermatology, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Paediatrics, Metabolism, Ear Nose and Throat, and Gynaecology.
7. Anaesthetics. During the year, each student is rostered to attend the Anaesthetic Department for two weeks.
FINAL YEAR
1. Medical and Surgical Clinics. During the year, students are rostered to the General Medical and Surgical Clinics. Students are rostered full-time to both the Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery. Part of this time is spent in residence so that experience may be obtained in acute medical and surgical conditions.
2. Special Clinics. During the year students attend those special clinics, which they had not attended in their Fifth Year.
3. While in the Department of Surgery Unit, students attend the De- partment of Radiology to gain experience in the more common radio- logical procedures.
4. During the year, lectures are continued. In Medicine, these relate to a discussion on symptom complexes. In Surgery they relate to a discussion of general surgical topics.
5. Seminars: During the year, a number of seminars are conducted in the Clinical School on surgical topics.
6. Saturday Morning Clinics: On most Saturday mornings of the year, Special Teaching Sessions are arranged. They include visits to Preston and Northcote Community Hospital, visits to Repatriation General Hospital with the Professorial Department of Surgery and Seminars held in conjunction with the Staff of the Peter MacCallum Clinic.
7. Royal Women's and Royal Children's Hospitals: In the second clini- cal term, students visit each of these hospitals for a two-week re- fresher course.
8. General Practice: In the first two weeks of first term, students are rostered to attend a General Practitioner.
9. Students are encouraged during the year to attend the Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Preston and Northcote Community Hospital, Box Hill and District Hospital at week-ends to gain further clinical ex- perience.
10. During the year, students are rostered to be resident at Fairfield Hospital for Infectious Diseases for one week.
11. Test Examinations in Medicine and Surgery (both oral and written) are conducted by the staff to prepare candidates for the Final Ex- aminations.
GENERAL
The following Scholarships and Prizes are open for competition to stu- dents at St. Vincent's Hospital.
1. The Michael and Margaret Ryan Scholarships in medicine and sur- gery and each of a value of $200 are awarded as a result of Special Examinations at the end of the Sixth year.
2. The Dean's Prize ($50) is awarded annually to the final year student considered to be the outstanding student (as judged on personal qualities as well as academic achievement).
3. The Andrew Brenan Prize is awarded to the St. Vincent's student with the highest marks in Pathology in the Fourth Year Examinations.
4. Special prizes are awarded to the best students in Clinical Medicine and Surgery at the end of their Fourth Year.
AUSTIN HOSPITAL
THIRD YEAR
1. Lectures, tutorials and practical work in Pathology, Microbiology and Applied Pharmacology commence three weeks after the end of the Division II examinations.
2. An introductory course in Medicine, Surgery and Psychiatry designed to introduce the student to the principles of history taking and physical examination is given.
3. Necropsy demonstrations take place daily at 8.30 a.m.
FOURTH YEAR
1. Students continue their studies in Pathology, Microbiology and Applied Pharmacology. The course will consist of lectures and practical work and will be supplemented by lectures symposia and clinical demonstrations designed to co-ordinate the clinical aspects of disease with Pathology. This instruction is given entirely at the Austin Hospital. Additional tutorials in Pathology and Microbiology will be given.
2. Clinical instruction in Medicine, Surgery and Psychiatry will be given on four afternoons of the week at both Austin Hospital and Repatriation General Hospital.
3. After the Division Ill examinations students will commence in-pa- tient and out-patient instruction in Medicine and Surgery.
4. Necropsy demonstrations take place daily at 8.30 a.m.
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FIFTH YEAR
1. Detailed instruction is continued in Medicine and Surgery at the Austin Hospital and Repatriation General Hospital. In addition, students attend the Mercy Hospital, the Royal Children's Hospital, Larundel and Fairfield.
2. Medicine and Surgery:
Two periods each consisting of ten weeks are allotted for instruction In Medicine and Surgery. This is conducted at both an in-patient and out-patient level. A course of lectures including therapeutics and surgical anatomy is also given.
3. Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics:
Students spend ten weeks in residence at the Mercy Hospital and ten weeks (non-residence) at the Royal Children's Hospital.
4. Psychiatry: A period of eight weeks is allotted to instruction in Psychiatry. The first two weeks of this period is spent at the Austin Hospital. Lectures and clinical instruction are continued for the remaining six weeks at Larundel.
5. Infectious Diseases: One week in residence is allotted to instruction in infectious diseases at Fairfield Hospital.
6. Casualty Duty: Students spend two weeks in residence in Casualty.
During this time instruction is given in suturing and plaster tech- niques.
7. Anaesthetics: A course of two weeks instruction will be given in anaesthetics. The first week will consist of a programme of lec- tures and demonstrations and the second week will comprise in- struction and demonstrations in theatre in anaesthetic techniques.
8. Other Specialties: Instruction will commence in some Specialties and this teaching will continue
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Sixth Year.FINAL YEAR
1. Medicine and Surgery: Students are rostered to the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery for in-patient and out- patient instruction. It is proposed to include a period in residence so that experience may be obtained in acute medical and surgical conditions. Additional lectures on subjects not covered in Fifth Year will be given.
2. Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Paediatrics: Students attend the Mercy Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital for a two week refresher course.
3. Special Clinics: Instruction will be given in all Specialties in Sixth Year.
4. General Practice: This will be included in Medicine on the basis of one day a week over a three months period.
5. Casualty: Students will spend two weeks in Casualty for further instruction in minor surgical procedures and the management of trauma.
6. Anaesthetics: Further instruction in anaesthetics will be given.
Students will be expected to accompany those patients, for whom they are responsible, when they go to theatre.
GENERAL
It is hoped that as many students as possible will take advantage of an elective period, which is to be conducted at the end of Fifth Year. It is considered that during this time students will derive considerable benefit from experience gained in various facets of Medicine.
Faculty of Medicine