Honours

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!

We offer a variety of research projects, but if you have a passion for a particular area, we may be able to design a project around your interests.

Look under the research groups in the Department, you will see that we conduct research on the following areas:

• Cancer in Primary Care
• Children and Young People’s Health
• Diabetes and Cardio-Metabolic Conditions
• Integrated Mental Health
• Sexual Abuse and Family Violence: SAFE
• Data Driven Quality Improvement
• Data for Decisions

Further details about recent Honours student projects, including areas of sexual health and Indigenous health can be found here.

Information about the Honours projects available in the Department of General Practice in 2021 was presented at our session on 16 September 2020; the slides and audio from the presentation are now available. Further information about the 2021 Honours program is available in this flyer.

The Honours program at the Department of General Practice involves two subjects of Advanced Coursework and a Research Project.

• The Advanced Coursework subjects consist of classes to provide the student 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.

MDHS Faculty Scholarship - Frances Elizabeth Thomson Trust Scholarship

The scholarship is offered to highly-ranked full-time students who have enrolled in an MDHS program through the Bachelor of Biomedicine (Degree with Honours) and the Bachelor of Science (Degree with Honours) and demonstrated a level of financial needs.

Application process: The scholarship is only available to start year intake students.

The Faculty Honours Admission Team sends an invitation with more detailed application process to the eligible students after the course commencement. The selection is mainly based on the academic performance in the bachelor degree and the personal financial assessment.