The John Snow Scholarship aims to increase the proportion of medical students who are able to identify a) public health medicine as a medical speciality or potential career and b) the AFPHM as the learned college for public health medicine training, by providing opportunities for intellectual and social discourse between medical students and AFPHM Fellows and trainees.
In 2011, 27 applications were received and 6 finalists, from medical schools at the University of Adelaide, Monash University, Notre Dame Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Tasmania and University of Notre Dame, Fremantle have been awarded financial support to present their work at the Population Health Congress in in Adelaide in September 2012.
Scholarship applicants are required to a) identify a piece of written work relating to any of the AFPHM competencies that they have submitted for formative or summative assessment to their medical school, b) reflect on this piece of work, and c) submit both the piece of work and reflection for assessment and selection of a state/territory prize winner by AFPHM fellows and trainees. As with the AFPHM’s well-established Gerry Murphy prize (for public health registrars), the winner from each state will be provided with registration and travel assistance to attend the AFPHM National Annual Scientific meeting to present their work and compete for the national prize.
This strategy was chosen because it builds on, rather than adding to or interfering with, any medical school’s public health curriculum, and because it facilitates deeper learning by requiring students to reflect on their previous work.
In 2011, 27 applications were received and 6 finalists, from medical schools at the University of Adelaide, Monash University, Notre Dame Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Tasmania and University of Notre Dame, Fremantle have been awarded financial support to present their work at the Population Health Congress in in Adelaide in September 2012.
Scholarship applicants are required to a) identify a piece of written work relating to any of the AFPHM competencies that they have submitted for formative or summative assessment to their medical school, b) reflect on this piece of work, and c) submit both the piece of work and reflection for assessment and selection of a state/territory prize winner by AFPHM fellows and trainees. As with the AFPHM’s well-established Gerry Murphy prize (for public health registrars), the winner from each state will be provided with registration and travel assistance to attend the AFPHM National Annual Scientific meeting to present their work and compete for the national prize.
This strategy was chosen because it builds on, rather than adding to or interfering with, any medical school’s public health curriculum, and because it facilitates deeper learning by requiring students to reflect on their previous work.
Kick Start Your Career with AFPHM John Snow Scholarship
Win one of eight scholarships to present your work at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Congress, May 2013
Scholarship includes full conference registration (AUD$600) and travel assistance (up to AUD$400)
Closing date for applications – Monday 1st October 2012
Last years' winner from WA was Glenn Parham, who graduated last year (2011) from Notre Dame;
his winning abstract can be viewed here ... you too could generate information like this, even if you've never written a study before!
Medical students of Australian and New Zealand medical schools are eligible to apply
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