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New Graduate Courses for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences to boost COVID-19 recovery

We are very excited to announce that we have four new Graduate Certificate courses that have been awarded Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) as part of the federal government’s Job-Ready Package.
22 February, 2021 Education

MNHS Alumna Dr Skye Kinder features in The Age

Dr Skye Kinder (Monash Biomedical Science (Honours) graduate) - psychiatry registrar at St Vincent's Hospital, Vice President of the Rural Doctors Association of Victoria and Victoria's Young Australian of the Year in 2019 - has
10 February, 2021 Alumni

Gippsland welcomes back Monash medical students

After a year most would rather forget – medical students have been returning to Monash Rural Health sites in Gippsland since the 25thof January.
5 February, 2021 Education

What universities are doing to address the rural doctors crisis: opinion

The Weekend Australian article ‘Doctors crisis’ (Jan 30-31) draws attention to the significant challenge of addressing the shortage of doctors in rural and regional Australia.
5 February, 2021 Education

Festive and Summer season - ask an expert!

Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences experts are available for comment on a range of topics relating to Christmas and the summer season, including mental health, lifestyle; COVID-19; online safety; gambling and more.

4 December, 2020 Research

Learning the value of face-to-face STEMM teaching during COVID-19

Exploring, and progressing towards online and digital education at universities is not a new endeavour. Within the pre-pandemic context, progressive and virtually-minded educators referenced online teaching resources and literature to develop

26 November, 2020 Education
Professor Michelle Leech

Monash medical teaching boosts times higher ed rankings – and here’s why

The Times Higher Education (THE) subject rankings for Clinical, Pre-Clinical and Health, released on Wednesday 28th October, revealed that Monash University Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences has risen eleven places from 42 to 31, to become

25 November, 2020 Education
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Farewell Robyn Langham

On 2 January 2021, after almost 5 years of outstanding service to Monash, our Head of School at Monash Rural Health, Professor Robyn Langham, will leave Monash to take up opportunities in the clinical trials and drug development arena.

17 November, 2020 Rural Health

Monash study aims to understand why Gippsland has the highest incidence of osteoporosis in Victoria

Gippsland has the highest incidence of hip fractures in the state, with rates of hip fracture admissions 40% higher than north-east Melbourne (and 18% higher than the state average).

16 November, 2020 Research