PROSPECTIVE medical students are set to benefit from a new partnership between the Rotary Club of Albury-Hume and the University of NSW Rural Medical School.
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The partners have created an annual medical scholarship which is now open to applications.
The club will facilitate seminars in partnership with the medical school for school students in years 9 to 12 who are interested in exploring a medical career, including insights into academic pathways to gain entry to university through to taking up medical practice.
Representatives from university will speak about a career in medicine, providing details of study requirements and training.
Scholarship co-ordinator Peter Lee said students would receive a much wider grounding in which university subjects would be required for their study.
“We are also looking to have speakers from allied health areas speak about careers in areas such as nursing, paramedics and physiotherapy.”
Prospective medical students will be invited to the UNSW medical open day in April.
The first scholarship was awarded last year and is named in honour of Rotary club past president and Albury physician, the late Dr John McDonald.
Dr McDonald initiated the idea of helping first-year medical students from the region through a scholarship, which could be used to buy textbooks and equipment.
Dr Peter Vine, head of the medical school campus in Albury, is excited about the partnership.
“These seminars will encourage more local students to consider a career in medicine,” he said.
“It will also better equip students to make good decisions about such a career and how best to pursue it.”
For details on the scholarship, visit rotaryclubofalburyhume.com.au.
Successful applicants will be interviewed next month.