Overview

General Practice and Primary Care Honours Program

If you are interested in working with people and you would like to make a difference to the way primary care is delivered in the community, then this is the place for you!

2027 Information sessions:

Information sessions for the 2027 Department of General Practice and Primary Care Honours program will be held later this year, both online and in person. To register your interest, please email gp-Hons@unimelb.edu.au

Course structure:

The Honours program involves two coursework subjects (25 points) and a Research Project (75 points).

The Department coursework subject provides students with:

  • The common building blocks needed for biomedical research; and
  • An understanding of both processes and skills which are essential to the conduct of human research in the primary care setting.

The research project subject requires the students to undertake an original supervised project and provides the student with valuable research skills.

Subject codeSubject nameSemesterPointsTaught by
BIOM40001Introduction to Biomedical Research112.5Faculty
GENP40002Introduction to Primary Care Research112.5Department of General Practice and Primary Care
GENP40000Primary Care Research Project (Part 1)125Department of General Practice and Primary Care
GENP40001Primary Care Research Project (Part 2)250Department of General Practice and Primary Care