Medicine Handbook, 1998: Monash University, Australia - Contents

• Medicine
  • Faculty information
    • Responsibility for subject choice
    • Introduction
    • Structure and organisation of the faculty
    • Information on undergraduate studies
      • General
      • Quota
      • Selection
      • VCE prerequisites
      • Selection procedures
        • 1 Tertiary Entrance Rank (TER)
        • 2 General selection criteria
        • 3 Interviews
        • 4 Special early interview
        • 5 Final selection
      • Structured interview
        • Interview panels
        • Personal qualities
        • Interviews
      • Admission to first year with equivalent qualifications
      • Applications from non-school leavers
    • International students
    • Language and Learning Services Unit
    • Disability support services
    • Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning
    • Advice to medical students
      • Ethics for medical students involved in clinical work
      • Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria
      • Professional secrecy
      • Liability of students
      • Attitude to patients
      • Personal conduct
      • Gratuitous advice given by medical students
      • The total care of the patient
        • Reference
      • Health requirements
    • Student advisers
    • Enrolment and re-enrolment
    • Leave of absence or deferment
    • Code of Practice
    • Assessment
    • Special consideration - deferred examinations
    • Unsatisfactory progress
    • Cheating
    • Grievance procedures
      • General
      • Complaints about administrative matters
    • Resources, including computers, available to students
    • Student societies
      • Monash University Medical Undergraduates' Society
        • Membership
        • Aims
        • Structure
        • Activities
        • Clinical committee
      • International Medical Student Association
      • Rural Practice Association
    • Professional accreditation
      • Hospital appointments
      • Affiliated teaching hospitals
  • Outline of undergraduate studies
    • Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB BS)
      • Objectives of the medical course
    • Medical curriculum
      • General
        • Table 1.1
      • Rural practice
      • Regulations
    • Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery/Bachelor of Laws (MB BS/LLB)
      • Regulations
    • Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science
      • Objectives
      • Admission
      • Assessment
      • Regulations
  • Details of undergraduate subjects for the MB BS degree
    • General information
      • Introduction
      • Timetable
      • Textbooks
        • Preliminary reading
        • Prescribed texts
        • Recommended texts
      • Reference books
      • Advice on textbooks
      • Introductory and general reading in medicine
    • First year
      • First semester
      • Second semester
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of first-year subjects
    • Second year
      • General
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of second-year subjects
    • Third year
      • First semester
      • Second semester
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of third-year subjects
    • Fourth year
      • General
      • Fourth-year textbooks
      • Fourth-year subjects
    • Details of fourth-year subjects
    • Fifth year
      • General
      • Fifth-year text books
      • Fifth-year subjects
    • Details of fifth-year subjects
    • Sixth year
      • Sixth-year text books
      • Sixth-year subjects
    • Details of sixth-year subjects
      • Other studies
    • Hospitals and other institutions where teaching takes place
  • Undergraduate prizes and awards
    • General prizes
      • The Doquile Perret Limon Medical Ethics Award
      • Envirohealth Pty Ltd Prize in Occupational Medicine
    • First-year prizes
      • Faculty Prize
      • Professor Wallace Ironside Prize in Behavioural Sciences
    • Second-year prizes
      • Faculty Prize
      • Mark Barnett Prize
      • The William M Crosby Prize
      • Stephen James Zanon Memorial Research Scholarship
    • Third-year prizes
      • Faculty Prize
      • Australian Medical Association Medical Officers of Health Prize
      • AMMG Prize for Clinical and Communication Skills
      • Paul Boyce Prize
      • ICI Pharmacology Prize
      • Solly Faine Prize
      • David Rosenthal Memorial Prize
    • Bachelor of Medical Science prizes
      • Harry Garlick Prize
      • G D Thorburn Prize
    • Fourth-year prizes
      • Medical Defence Union Elective Bursary
      • John Cade Memorial Medal
      • McInnes Prize in Clinical Subjects
      • Belinda Farrell Community Medicine Prize
      • Fourth-year Faculty Prize in Clinical Studies
      • Nairn Medal in Pathology
      • Jean Tolhurst Prize in Microbiology
    • Fifth-year prizes
      • Carl Wood Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Final-year prizes
      • Sophie Davis Memorial Prize
      • The Novartis Prize
      • Monash Medical Centre Award in Paediatrics
      • Alfred Hospital Residents' and Graduates' Association Prize
      • Monash Medical Centre Board of Management Prize
      • Association of Monash Medical Graduates' Prize
      • Monash Medical Centre Senior Medical Staff Prize in Psychological Medicine
      • Alfred Hospital Psychiatry Unit Prize
      • Australian Medical Association Prize
      • Neil Carson Prize in Community Medicine
      • Sir Edward Hughes Medal and Prize
      • Medical Defence Union Electives Prize
      • Australasian College of Dermatologists Prize in Dermatology
      • Harriet and Robert Power Scholarships in Medicine and Surgery
      • Harry Hindlip Green Scholarship in Medicine
      • RACP Victorian State Committee Prize in Clinical Medicine (MMC and Alfred)
      • Monash Medical Centre Senior Medical Staff Prize
      • Prince Henry's Prize in Surgery
      • Arthur Clark Award in Paediatrics
      • Bryan Hudson Prize in Medicine
      • Sigma Award in Neonatal Paediatrics
      • Queen Victoria Medical Centre Staff Prize in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Outline of graduate studies
    • Graduate diplomas
      • Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Family Medicine (by distance education)
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Immunology
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Microbiology
        • General information
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health
        • General information
        • Description of course (part time)
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Sciences
        • General information
        • Course structure (DRS1008, DRS2009 [full-time] or DRS1010, DRS1012, DRS2011, DRS2013 [part-time])
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Rural Health
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Graduate Diploma in Venereology
        • General information
        • Course structure
          • Coursework
          • Clinical sessions
          • Class presentations
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
    • Masters degrees
      • Master of Child Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
        • General information
        • Course structure (MCP0001, MCP0002, MCP0003, MCP0004, MCP0005, MCP0006)
          • Coursework
          • Clinical work
          • Research workshops
          • Minor thesis
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Family Medicine
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Psychoanalytic Studies
        • General information
        • Course structure (MPS0001 to MPS0014)
          • Seminars
          • Fieldwork
          • Essays
          • Minor thesis
          • Individual tutorship
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Psychological Medicine
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Public Health
        • General information
        • Course structure (four years part-time)
        • Part I
        • Part II
          • Occupational/environmental health specialisation
          • Clinical epidemiology specialisation
          • International health specialisation
          • General stream
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Reproductive Sciences
        • General information
        • Course structure (MRS0001, MRS0002, MRS0003, MRS0004, MRS0005)
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Rural Health
        • General information
        • Course structure
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
      • Master of Venereology
        • General information
        • Assessment
        • Inquiries
    • Doctor of Philosophy
      • General information
      • Duration of candidature
      • Time available for study
      • Employment restrictions
      • Attendance requirements
      • The PhD and Scholarships Committee and the Scholarships and Graduate Matters Committee
      • Qualifications for admission
      • Application procedures for Australian residents
      • Ethics approval for PhD programs
      • Supervisors
      • Code of practice for supervision of doctoral candidates
      • Conduct of research
      • Faculty of medicine guidelines for the supervision of postgraduate research students
      • Affiliated institutes
      • Higher Education Contribution Scheme (HECS)
      • Amenities fee
      • Scholarships for Australian citizens and permanent residents
        • Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) and Monash Graduate Scholarships (MGS)
        • Monash Departmental and Monash Research Scholarships
      • Probationary candidature
    • Doctor of Psychology
      • General information
      • Inquiries
    • Other higher degrees
      • Master of Surgery
        • General information
        • Qualifications for admission
        • Inquiries
      • Doctor of Medicine
        • General information
        • Qualifications for admission
        • Inquiries
    • Faculty of Medicine policies
      • Code of Practice for the Supervision of masters degree candidates undertaking a thesis/ research project
        • Responsibilities at faculty level
        • Responsibilities at departmental level
        • Responsibilities of the supervisor
        • Responsibilities of the candidate
      • Leave of absence and intermission
        • Graduate diplomas
        • Masters degrees
        • Maximum period of leave
        • Request dates
      • Credit and exemptions
        • Graduate diploma and masters degrees except 100 per cent research degrees
      • Thesis/project guidelines (masters degrees)
        • Time period for revision to a thesis/project once it has been submitted and examined
        • Thesis/project extensions prior to submission
      • Masters to graduate diploma transfers
      • Cheating
      • Grievance procedures
      • Unsatisfactory progress
        • Graduate diploma and masters degrees except 100 per cent research degrees
  • Details of graduate subjects
  • Graduate research programs
    • Anaesthesia
    • Anatomy
    • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing
    • Community Medicine and General Practice
      • Research activities in conjunction with the Centre for Rural Health
    • Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
    • Forensic Medicine
    • Institute of Reproduction and Development (including the Centre for Early Human Development)
    • Medicine
      • Alfred Hospital
      • Monash Medical Centre
      • Monash Medical Centre and Alfred Hospital
      • Monash Medical Centre and Peninsula Campus, McMahons Road, Frankston 3199
      • Monash Medical Centre (Centre for Inflammatory Diseases)
      • Box Hill Hospital
    • Microbiology
    • School of Nursing
      • Peninsula campus
      • Gippsland campus
    • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
    • Paediatrics
    • Pathology and Immunology
    • Pharmacology
    • Physiology
    • Psychological Medicine
    • Surgery
      • Alfred Hospital
      • Monash Medical Centre
    • Affiliated institutes
      • Baker Medical Research Institute
      • Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research
        • Research in conjunction with the Department of Microbiology
      • Mental Health Research Institute
      • Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research
• Nursing
  • Faculty information
    • Introduction
    • Structure and organisation of the faculty
    • Nursing
      • General
      • Undergraduate courses
      • Graduate courses
      • Doctor of Philosophy
    • Distance education
    • Admission and enrolment
      • Bachelor of Nursing
      • Other nursing courses
      • Deferment
      • Enrolment and re-enrolment
      • Credit for previous studies
        • Maximum credit allowed
      • General information
        • Responsibility for subject choice
        • The semester system
        • Credit points
        • Full-time and part-time enrolment
        • Time limit and leave of absence
        • Textbooks
          • Preliminary reading
          • Prescribed texts
          • Recommended texts
        • Computing facilities
    • Disability support services
    • International students
    • Language and learning support
    • Assessment procedures
      • Methods of assessment
      • Marks and grades
      • Board of examiners
      • Supplementary examinations
      • Special consideration and special (deferred) examinations
    • Cheating
    • Academic progress and exclusion
      • Progress
      • Attendance
      • Warnings
      • The exclusion process
      • Exclusion criteria
    • Student grievance procedures
    • Sources of advice
    • Further information
      • Centre for Graduate Studies in Clinical Nursing
      • School of Nursing, Gippsland campus
      • School of Nursing, Peninsula campus
  • Outline of undergraduate studies
    • The School of Nursing, Gippsland and Peninsula campus
    • Bachelor of Nursing
      • Introduction
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Prerequisites
      • General information
      • Course outline
        • Year one
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year two
        • Year three
          • First semester
          • Second semester
      • Laboratory safety precautions
      • Clinical practice
        • Students on clinical placement
        • Drugs
        • Expenses
        • Vaccinations
        • Withdrawal from clinical practicum
    • Bachelor of Nursing (Gippsland campus only)
      • Introduction
      • Course outline
        • Year three
          • First semester
          • Second semester
    • Bachelor of Nursing (Post Registration)
      • Introduction
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course requirements
      • Course outline - distance education, Gippsland campus
        • Year one
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year two
          • First semester
          • Second semester
      • Course outline: on campus, Peninsula campus
        • Subjects
          • First or second semester
    • The honours degree of Bachelor of Nursing
      • Introduction
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • General information
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Year 1
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year 2
          • First semester
          • Second semester
  • Details of undergraduate subjects
  • Outline of graduate studies
    • Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing)*
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Graduate Diploma of Midwifery
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Adult Clinical)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Aged Care )
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core studies
        • Specialty subjects
        • Elective subjects
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Anaesthesia/Post Anaesthesia)*
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Cardiac)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Children)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Community Health)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Year one
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year two
          • First semester
          • Second semester
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Community Health)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
        • Core subject
        • Specialty subjects
        • Elective subjects
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Emergency)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Gerontics)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Year one
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year two
          • First semester
          • Second semester
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Intensive Care)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Neonatal Care)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Palliative Care)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Synopsis
        • Core subject
        • Specialty subjects
        • Elective subjects
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Perioperative)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Psychiatric Nursing)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core subject
        • Specialty subjects
        • Elective subjects
    • Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Renal)
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Entry requirements
      • Course outline
        • Core components
        • Specialist studies
    • Master of Nursing
      • The course
      • Aims
      • Objectives
      • Minimum entry requirements
      • Course requirements
      • Course outline
        • Year one
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year two
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year three
          • First semester
          • Second semester
        • Year four
          • First and second semester
    • Higher degrees by research
    • Doctor of Philosophy
  • Details of graduate subjects
• Radiography
  • Faculty information
    • Introduction
    • Information on undergraduate studies
      • Introduction
      • Quota
      • Selection
      • VCE prerequisites
      • Selection procedure
        • Middle band selection
      • Admission to first year with equivalent qualifications
      • Applications from non-school leavers
    • International students
    • Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning
    • Advice to radiography students
      • Ethics for radiography students involved in clinical work
      • The Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria
      • Liability of students
      • Attitude to patients
      • Personal conduct
        • References
      • Health requirements
    • Student advisers
    • Enrolment and re-enrolment
    • Leave of absence or deferment
    • Code of Practice
    • Assessment
    • Special consideration - deferred examinations
    • Unsatisfactory progress
    • Cheating
    • Grievance procedures
      • Complaints about administrative matters
    • Resources, including computers, available to students
    • Student societies
    • Professional accreditation
  • Outline of undergraduate studies
    • Degree of Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging (BRadMedImag)
      • Objectives
        • Knowledge and understanding
        • Skills
        • Attitudes
      • Structure of the course
        • Table 1
  • Outline of undergraduate subjects for the BRadMedImag degree
    • General Information
      • Introduction
      • Timetable
      • Textbooks
        • Preliminary reading
        • Prescribed texts
        • Recommended texts
      • Reference books
      • Advice on textbooks
    • First year
      • First semester
      • Second semester
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of first-year subjects
    • Second year
      • First semester
      • Second semester
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of second-year subjects
    • Third year
      • First semester
      • Second semester
      • Teaching methods
      • Assessment
      • Subjects
        • First semester
        • Second semester
    • Details of third-year subjects
    • Fourth year
      • Subjects
    • Details of fourth-year subjects