Monash University students from the medicine and pharmacy faculties had only just begun their latest 2020 work placements when the coronavirus crisis hit. Here, six Monash students tell of their experiences on placement during the pandemic.

Three research projects led by staff at the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences have successfully been funded by the Victorian Medical Radiation Practitioners Education Trust for 2020.

Monash Radiography have just allocated a number of students for overseas placements in 2020. Since 2016 the department have worked to grow the overseas placements options.

Last month, Dr Cynthia Cowling and Vinh Trinh, a sonographer based at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, and clinical tutor For Monash travelled to Thailand for the last series of sonography workshops.

In 2020 Caroline Wright and Catherine Osborne will be collaborating with the Northern Sydney Cancer Centre (NSCC) to develop a series of micro-credentialed modules to train Radiation Therapists in a new targeted cancer treatment.

Nathan Le who graduated from the Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging (Hons) course, was awarded the FMNHS Sir John Monash Medal at the May graduation ceremony.

Report from Natasha Miles 4th year Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging (Hons) student (2019)