Prize

Herbert Bower Memorial Prize in Psychiatry Of Old Age

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Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for automatic consideration

Benefit amount

Up to $237

Eligible study level

Graduate coursework

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Herbert Bower Memorial Prize in Psychiatry Of Old Age is established by an appeal in memory of Dr Herbert Michael Bower and is offered to Doctor of Medicine students participating in the Aged Care Prize viva exam.

About the donor

Dr Herbert Michael Bower MBBS (1947), GDPsychMed (1953) innovative moves into psychogeriatrics, and maintained an interest in geriatric psychiatry. He was also a psychiatric consultant for the German government in relation to the assessment of Victorian holocaust survivors for restitution.

Benefits

The prize provides a one-off payment of $237.

Amount:

Up to $237

Duration:

One-off

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be eligible, students must

  • Be enrolled in the Doctor of Medicine
  • Have completed Principles of Clinical Practice 3
  • Have been invited to participate in the Aged Care Prize viva exam.

Selection criteria

The prize is offered to the student(s) ranked highest by the viva examining panel based on their answer to the Psychiatry of Old Age prize question in the Aged Care Prize viva exam.

Conditions

The annual Aged Care Prize viva exam comprises of -

Study level:

Graduate coursework

Student type:

Domestic and international students

Study stage type:

Current study

Study area:

Health

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Application

How to apply

Students will be invited to sit the Aged Care viva examinations.

Contact

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Status:

Open for automatic consideration

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