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Rural students get a feel for health sciences at Monash

24 August 2005

One hundred Year 12 students from across rural Victoria gained an insight into health sciences at Monash during the school mid-semester break.

Third year biomedical science student and Wildfire member Steven Myers, far right, tells year 12 students what to expect studying at Monash.

The students visited the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at the Clayton campus to learn about the courses on offer and student life at university.

Members of the Monash Rural Health Club, Wildfire, led small groups of students on a tour of the campus that included the faculty's anatomy museum.

The program was funded by the Victorian Universities Rural Health Consortium. Students also visited three other universities during their Melbourne visit.

Ms Heather Kelly, project coordinator of the consortium and project officer with Monash's School of Rural Health, said the students were particularly interested in new developments in physiotherapy, occupational therapy and social work at the Peninsula campus.

Another 25 students considering medicine as a career visited Monash in early July for a medicine workshop.

The workshop included tours of the university, particularly the medicine department, and students had the chance to speak to staff and current students about study options.

This program was jointly funded by Monash and the University of Melbourne.