Scholarships

GP Synergy Medical Student Scholarship

Each year GP Synergy offers two scholarship places at participating universities located within our boundaries for students to explore general practice and general practice research.

Successful recipients receive $2,000 to support their medical studies. In return, they are required to prepare a general practice research project in-conjunction with their university’s academic GP unit (or equivalent) and undertake a general practice community placement.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who can apply?
Medical students who will be enrolled at the following universities in 2019 can apply. Applicants must be Australian citizens.
- ANU: Applications are limited to current 2018 first year students only.
- UND: Applications can be made by students in any year, however students must be in NSW.
- UNE: Applications can be made by students in any year, however they must reside in Armidale or nearby in 2019.
- UNSW: Applications can be made by students in any year.
- UoN: Applications can be made by students in any year.
- USYD: Applications can be made by students in any year.
- WSU: Applications can be made by students in any year.
When can you apply?
Applications for the 2019 scholarship program have closed.
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What types of projects do students undertake?
Scholarship recipients can participate in a range of exciting and interesting projects. Some students decide to develop a new project, driven by a desire to explore an untapped research area; others work on existing projects being run through their university.
The extent of involvement a student has within a project is determined in consultation with their university and GP Synergy.
An example of some of the projects students have participated in include:
- ‘Clinical relevance of use of ambulatory 24 hour blood pressure monitors in management of diabetes patients within the urban general practice environment’ (Existing project)
- ‘Assessing GP registrar consultation skills with Aboriginal patients: a video-feedback workshop.’ (Existing project)
- ‘Physician resilience in general practice’ (New project)
- ‘Impact of the Health Education Pack (HEP) on the physical health of mental health services consumers.’ (Existing project)
- ‘Chronic disease management in primary care: a systemic review.’ (Existing project)
- Traditional vs e-learning in small group general practice learning activities for medical students (Existing project)
Read more about student's experiences in the case studies below.
If you have further queries, please contact us on applicant@gpsynergy.com.au.

GP Synergy Medical Student Scholarship

To learn more about the GP Synergy Medical Student Scholarship, download the program outline.

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Belinda Watson

Scholarship recipient Belinda Watson's research project on 'General practitioner follow-up in older patients after an emergency department admission' has been featured in the respected Australian Physician Physician Journal and has helped build research capacity and interest in the Fairfield Hospital ED.

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Jean Littlewood

Meet medical student scholarship recipient, Jean Littlewood. Jean completed her reseach project on rural GP registrars and their use of Advance Care Planning in training, barriers to its use and the benefits in a rural setting.

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Christopher Kocx

GP Synergy Medical Student Scholarship recipient Christopher Kocx recently presented a poster at GP18 on his research project ‘Suicide Identification in Primary Practice’.

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Emma Kozianski

Scholarship recipient

Without this scholarship I am not convinced I would ever have understood the importance, possibilities or appeal of academic general practice and am grateful GP Synergy has developed such an innovative scholarship.

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Chris Hayward

Scholarship recipient

Chris’s main objective for participating in the program was to gain a better understanding of how a research project was put together and through the program he felt he achieved this objective.

Other industry placements and scholarships

There are a number of ways you can explore general practice through industry placement programs and scholarships. A selection of these are below.

Prevocational doctors
Listed below is a number of industry placements and scholarships available to prevocational doctors:
- GP rotations: A limited number of primary care rotations are available for junior doctors to undertake as part of their internship as part of the Junior Doctor Innovation Fund.