K. DPM FANZCP Director of Research
IMPORTANT DATES
DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS
Diploma in Laryngology and Otology Diploma in Diagnostic Radiology Diploma in Therapeutic Radiology Diploma in Psychological Medicine Diploma in Anesthesia. Diploma in Laryngology and Otology) Department of Otolaryngology Diploma in Audiology Royal Victorian Eye and Ear.
ADVICE TO THOSE PREPARING TO ENTER THE MEDICAL COURSE
POLICIES GOVERNING ADMISSION, 1976
FIRST YEAR
Additional points may be awarded for additional subjects taken in one or two attempts at the Higher School Certificate examination, up to a maximum of four additional subjects. All candidates may be required to attend the university for a personal interview with the selection committee.
SECOND YEAR
All courses taken after the Higher School Certificate Examination and the results obtained therefrom, although preference may be given to a candidate seeking tertiary education for the first time over one who has commenced some form of tertiary education. The faculty has decided that of the 230 candidates who will be selected, a limited number may be non-Victorians.
THIRD YEAR
FOURTH YEAR
Admission to the third year will be subject to any quota and selection that may be found necessary. To be eligible to present for this examination, such applicants must register and pay the prescribed fees, but attendance at lectures and practical work will be subject to any quota and selection that may be found necessary.
SCHOLARSHIPS, BURSARIES, PRIZES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
NOTICES TO MEDICAL GRADUATES
Metropolitan Hospitals: Alfred Hospital, Austin Hospital, Prince Henry Hospital, Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, Fairfield Hospital, Footscray and District Hospital, Box Hill and District Hospital, Preston and Northcote Community Hospital, Sandringham Hospital and Southern Memorial Hospital, General of the District. For advice on appointments to Basic and District Hospitals, the Hospitals and Charities Commission should be consulted.
REGULATIONS
- EXAMINATION FOR STUDENTS IN MEDICINE
- OF BACHELOR OF MEDICINE AND BACHELOR OF SURGERY
- OF BACHELOR OF MEDICAL SCIENCE
- OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
- OF MASTER OF SURGERY
- OF MASTER OF GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
- DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH
- IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
- IN AUDIOLOGY
The general nature and duration of the special training required for each diploma are determined by the Faculty of Medicine and published annually in the subject details. The general nature and duration of the special training required is determined by the Faculty of Medicine and is published each year in the details of the subjects.
ŠÙM'NARY OF PRINCIPAL DATES-1976
YEARS, SUBJECTS AND BOOKS
A knowledge of physics to the standard of the Higher School Certificate Examination will be assumed. Students will be notified at the beginning of the year when these periods will take place.
516-021 ANATOMY INCLUDING HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY
Further details of the assessment procedures will be announced in the first week of the term. Further details of the assessment procedures will be announced in the first week of the term.
534 - 031 PHARMACOLOGY
Marks awarded in this exam will be used to conduct the end of year assessment. Oral examinations may be required for some students, who will be notified after assessment of the written paper.
598-041 FORENSIC MEDICINE
Students will be graded throughout the year in Medicine and Surgery and this may be taken into account at the time of the sixth year finac exams.
CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY
FIFTH AND SIXTH YEARS
THERAPEUTICS
PAEDIATRICS
EXAM There is no separate exam, but questions can be included in the final exam in Surgery. EXAMINATION Questions relating to this subject may be included in the final examination in medicine, surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology.
DISEASES OF THE THROAT, NOSE AND EAR
A course of clinical teaching that extends over twelve weeks under the direction of the professors of obstetrics and gynaecology. A course of clinical teaching that extends over twelve weeks, under the direction of the professors of obstetrics and gynaecology.
598 - 051. FORENSIC MEDICINE
EXAM One 3-hour written assignment; one 3-hour commentary paper (includes cases from obstetrics and gynecology); clinical examinations (in obstetrics and gynecology); oral examinations (in obstetrics and gynecology).
Б. CLINICAL INSTRUCTION AT RECOGNIZED TEACHING HOSPITALS
- Medicine and Surgery: Students will be rostered to the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery for inpatient and out-
- Medical Specialties: Instruction will be given in the following medical specialties—cardiothoracic disease, dermatology, endo-
- Therapeutics: Tutorials and lectures commenced In fifth year will be continued
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A refresher course of two weeks in obstetrics and gynaecology will be given in the middle of the year
- Paediatrics: A refresher course of two weeks in Paediatrics will be given in the middle of the year. At the end of this period an
- General Practice: This will be organized by the Department of Medicine so that each student will spend one week in a general
- Clinico-Pathology Conferences: Conferences with the Departments of Pathology and Radiology will be conducted by the Departments
- Regular meetings are held during the year In the Departments of Medicine and Surgery such as grand rounds, gastroenterology
At the end of each of these two periods there will be clinical examinations in medicine and surgery. Paediatrics: A two-week refresher course in paediatrics will be organized in the middle of the year.
THE ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
Obstetrics and Gynaecology: A two-week refresher course in obstetrics and gynecology will be given in the middle of the year. In the remaining eight weeks, clinical instruction is carried out by members of the Clinical School.
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY
DETAILS FOR HIGHER DEGREES
DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF MEDICINE
500-712 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY
500-713 PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY
At the discretion of the examiners, candidates may be required to complete a written and/or voice examination. An applicant who applies for work performed in collaboration with other workers must submit a statement indicating the extent to which he is responsible for the initiation and execution of the work.
DEGREE OF MASTER OF SURGERY
The examiners will take such steps as they think reasonable to assess the value of the candidate's contribution to the joint work and must be satisfied that the individual candidate has been responsible for making a substantial contribution to the theory or practice of medicine. The Examiners will take such steps as they think reasonable to assess the value of the candidate's contribution to the joint work and must be satisfied that the individual candidate has been responsible for making a substantial contribution to the theory or practice of Medicine.
DEGREE OF MASTER OF GYNAECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS
The histology of the female genitourinary system, the mammary glands, the liver and the endocrine glands. Patten B M Human Embryology, 2nd or subsequent edition Blakiston Roberts J A F In Introduction to Medical Genetics, 4th edition OUP 1970 Ham A W Histology, 7th edition Lippincott 1974.
500-732 PHYSIOLOGY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Practice of at least five years since graduation
The special training required In Obstetrics shall consist of not less than one year's experience as Resident Medical Officer in the Ob-
The special training required in Gynaecology shall consist of not less than one year's experience as Resident Medical Officer in the Gynae-
500-733 PATHOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY
In Obstetrics will consist of not less than one year of experience as a resident physician in Ob-. b) detailed knowledge of organisms responsible for infections of the genitourinary system; Candidates will be expected to have a thorough knowledge of both subjects, including knowledge of recent advances in current literature in the English language.
If the thesis is acceptable, the Faculty of Medicine will then appoint examiners to review the thesis and these examiners will be instructed to report on the merit of the work submitted and to indicate which parts of Part I and/or the thesis is required part II of the candidate's examination. The exam in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology for thesis progressing candidates may involve the examination of the candidate in any matter related to the practice of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL DIPLOMAS
1 ) Candidates are advised to initially register with the secretariat, Faculty of Medicine. The examination may include questions regarding the anatomy of the eye socket and its contents, the anatomy of the areas adjacent to the eye socket, those parts of the central nervous system involved in visual functions, and the relevant histology and embryology.
The generation and maintenance of the optical image on the retina; accommodation and pupil control. Anomalies of the optical system of the eye, including ametropia, accommodative anomalies and anisometropia.
B ed Medical Physiology 13th ed, Mosby 1973
PART 11
- Not less than three years' experience as Resident Medical Officer in The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, or its
- Evidence of having performed under the supervision of one or more consultants in ophthalmology all the common procedures in the
Not less than three years' experience as a Resident Medical Officer in The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, or its in The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, or equivalent. In the case of public hospitals or departments not so recognized, the Faculty of Medicine will require from a candidate particular particulars of his experience, the acceptance of which will enable the candidate to proceed with the diploma.
576-801 OPHTHALMOLOGY
A knowledge of relevant pathological topics appearing in current medical journals in the English language is expected. The exam requires candidates to have knowledge of: a) general biological characteristics of microorganisms.
DIPLOMA IN LARYNGOLOGY AND OTOLOGY
516-811 ANATOMY
E Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Larynx, Heine- mann 1949
E The Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Nose and Рагaпesal Sinuses, Livingstone 1958
536-811 PHYSIOLOGY
The specific training required in Otorhinolaryngology includes a minimum of three years' experience as a Resident Physician in the ENT Department of the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Meiboume, or an equivalent department. Evidence that he has completed all normal specialist procedures under the supervision of one or more consultants in otolaryngology.
577-811 OTOLARYNGOLOGY
When assessing equivalence, all hospitals or departments recognized by Australasian universities as ENT clinical schools will have equivalent standing.
The examination will include general pathology and will require a special knowledge of pathological conditions affecting the ear and adjacent structures, nose, pharynx, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs and esophagus. The exam requires candidates to have knowledge of: a) the general biological characters of bacteria and viruses.
DIPLOMA IN DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
516-821 ANATOMY
536-821 PHYSIOLOGY
A period of twelve months as a resident medical officer in a general hospital with experience equivalent to four months as Resident Medi-
Two years in a full-time appointment in a Diagnostic X-ray Depart- ment of a general hospital forming part of a clinical school recog-
A minimum attendance of 20 sessions for Radiology in Paediatrics and of 10 sessions for Radiology in Obstetrics and of 10 sessions
Kohler Alban Borderlands of the Normal and Early Pathological in Skeletal Roentgenology—English translation, Grune & Stгattoп 1956 Hutchinson A C W Dental and Oral X-ray Diagnosis, Livingstone 1954 Knowledge of appropriate material in current journals in English is expected. Knowledge of relevant topics in current journals in English is expected.
DIPLOMA IN THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY
- Absorption and Scattering of Radiation—photoelectric and recoil processes; unmodified scattering; pair production; positron annihila-
- Production of Radiation—electron interactions; characteristic radia- tion; Bremstrahlung
- Spectra and Photon Energy Distribution—angular distribution of x-ray beams; energy distribution spectrum of x-ray beams; changes
- Exposure—definition of and unit of electronic equilibrium standard chamber; air-wall material; thimble chambers; dosemeters; calibration
- Sealed Radioactive Sources—radium decay series; radioactive equi- librium; construction of, care of and testing of radium and radon
- Absorbed dose—definition of and unit of; relation between absorbed dose and exposure; dose qulvalent; relative biological effectiveness
- Instrumentation for Isotopes—construction and use of Geiger and scintillation counters and associated auxiliary apparatus; statistics
- Radiation Protection—Background information; ICRP recommenda- tions on personnel dose, population dose, design of equipment,
- Personnel Monitoring—use of pocket dosemeters, thermolumines- cent dosemeters, film badges; relative advantages and disadvan-
Absorption and scattering of radiation - photoelectric and return processes; unmodified distribution; pair production; posits annihila- processes; unmodified distribution; pair production; positron annihilation; characteristic radiation; absorption of homogeneous radiation; Other methods of radiation measurement - use of chemical dosimeters; photographic film; silver activated phosphate glass; thermometers; photographic film; silver activated phosphate glass; thermoluminescent dosimeters; semiconductors etc.
531-831 PATHOLOGY
Instrumentation for isotopes - construction and use of geiger and scintillation counters and associated auxiliary equipment; statistical scintillation counters and associated auxiliary equipment; statistics from counting, scalers, and ratemeters; solving time and loss of counts, etc., measurement of the activity of radioactive samples. Correction for body inhomogeneities - spectral distributions of scattered radiation; variation of HVL with irradiated tissue; effects of bone, lung, etc. on depth dose curves; dose in bone cavities;
DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
The candidate is expected to have a good knowledge of the pathological, medical and surgical aspects of all conditions for which any form of radiation therapy is a recognized treatment. In addition, detailed knowledge of all technical procedures in Radiotherapy will be required, together with an understanding of the general principles of radiation biology.
MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY
NEUROANATOMY
Research Publications of the Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Diseases, Williams & Wilkins.
GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
COURSE SCHEDULE Copies of the 1975 Course Syllabus are available from the Secretary, Faculty of Medicine. Mayer-Gross W et al Clinical Psychiatry 3rd edition, Cassell 1969 Brain R Diseases of the Nervous System 8th edition, OUP 1972.
DIPLOMA IN ANAESTHETICS
516 - 851 ANATOMY
536-851 PHYSIOLOGY
The course will include the pharmacology of drugs in general use in medicine, and especially those of importance in anesthetic practice. Emphasis will be placed on the pharmacological principles underlying the medicinal use of drugs, including the following topics: mode of action; absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion; side effects; drug interaction, antagonisms and synergism; tolerance and stubbornness; end, the pharmacological aspects of the introduction of new drugs.
PART II
Candidates are expected to have a detailed knowledge of the most common diseases of the respiratory system, cardiovascular system and kidneys. A broad general knowledge is required of the most common diseases of the nervous, endocrine, haematopoietic and digestive systems.
556-851 ANAESTHETICS
DIPLOMA IN AUDIOLOGY
577-861. ACOUSTICS
577-865. ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
577-863. BIOPHYSICS
577-866. PSYCHOLOGY
Butler in Winn Modern Introduction to Physics, Horwitz & Graeme IZPIT En 3-urni referat in med tečajem. Katz J Handbook of Clinical Audiology, Williams & Wilkins 1972 Hirsh 1 J The Measurement of Hearing, McGraw-Hill 1952 Jerger J Modern Developments in Audiology, Academic 1963 IZPIT Ena 3-urna naloga in med tečajem; viva voce.
577-864. OTOLARYNGOLOGY
The examination may include questions related to infant and young child development, normal speech and hearing development, emotional and social development of children with hearing impairments, causes of deafness, hearing assessment in children, risk registries, genetics, genetic counselling, paediatrics, child psychiatry , development and maintenance of speech. Illingworth RG The development of the infant and young child Normal and abnormal 4th ed., Livingstone 1973.
