Scholarship for Second and Third year medical students from the University of Sydney
2nd year - Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney
Second year medical students from the Northern Clinical School within the University of Sydney have been able to apply for a Học Mãi scholarship to fund their travel to enable the student to undertake a clinical placement in Hanoi or Danang for some years.
The call for applications occur in the early half of the 2008 academic year and is managed through the Northern Clinical School Electives coordinator. The 2008 scholarship applications closed on 29 May 2008.
2007 2nd year medical students
| Reflections from 2007 2nd year medical students |
3rd year - University of Sydney medical students
Third year medical students from all the clinical schools of the University of Sydney are entiled to apply for a Học Mãi Scholarship.
The applications closed 22 April 2008.
Reflections from 2007 3rd year medical students
We have just spent four weeks at the Tu Du Maternity Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City. It was an inspiring and eye-opening experience and we are grateful to have been given the opportunity from TuDu Hospital, the Hoc Mai Foundation and the Northern Clinical School to be able work in such an incredible environment.
Tu Du Hospital Delivery Suite staff attends to approximately 200 deliveries per day and over 70,000 each year. It was in the engine room of this amazing machine, the delivery department, that we spent our time for this placement. We were overseen by Madame Trinh, the Head Midwife of the department and midwife extraordinaire and were very fortunate to have such a wonderful tutor teach us about the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology in Vietnam. Ms Trinh was a 2007 Hoc Mai Foundation/AusAID Fellowship recipient.
From day 1, we were made to feel extremely welcome and were encouraged to get involved in all aspects of the delivery process. The numerous midwifes, midwifery student, doctors and medical students were happy to teach us the art of delivery at Tu Du as well as immediate post-natal care for both mother and baby.
The overall experience has made us more confident in the practice of obstetrics and gynaecology and has also taught us much about the Vietnamese culture – we are very grateful to the Hoc Mai Foundation for this opportunity.
Tamara Rickersey and Paula Conroy