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Medicine and Optometry Information Evenings 2013

At the Medicine and Optometry information evening, you will learn about the undergraduate courses:


  • Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery

  • and the sequential Bachelor of Vision Science and Master of Optometry



Information Evenings at the following campuses and times:

Tuesday 14 May
6 - 8:30pm
Geelong Waurnponds Campus
Room: ia1.006 (Peter Thwaites Lecture Theatre)

Wednesday 15 May
6 - 8:30pm
Melbourne Burwood Campus
Room: I2.02(LT1)


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Congratulations to Dr Matthew Dunn

The Sax Institute has awarded to Dr Matthew Dunn for the rapid research review on the performance and image enhancing drug (PIED) use.

Read more about Dr Matthew Dunn on his staff profile.

For more information on the Sax Institute visit their website.


NOMAD head to the Northern Territory

Congratulations to Simon Hume and Adrian Luscombe from NOMAD, Deakin University’s rural health club, for being invited to participate in the Top End Rural High School Visits Program 2013.

The program takes place in the Northern Territory, running from Saturday 27 April to Saturday 4 May and aims to promote further education and health career opportunities to high school students via workshops.

NOMAD is Deakin University’s rural health club and is open to students studying in Faculty of Health. More information on NOMAD, including how to join, can be found at https://nomad.nrhsn.org.au


New White and Yellow Pages cover Warrnambool

Clinical Associate Professor Sue Brumby has been chosen as the White Pages and Yellow Pages cover for the Warrnambool region for 2013-2014 under the theme Keeping Our Communities Healthy.

Sue is the Director for the National Centre for Farmer Health, a partnership between Deakin University and Western District Health Services. She also oversees Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine, which focuses on building specialist knowledge and skills for those wishing to improve the social, physical and mental health of agricultural communities across Australia.

More information on the Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine, including how to apply for the course, can be found at: Graduate Certificate of Agricultural Health and Medicine


Nursing and Midwifery Information Evening 2013

At the Nursing and Midwifery information evening, you will learn about the undergraduate courses:


  • Bachelor of Nursing

  • Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery

  • Bachelor of Nursing/ Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion

  • Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Psychological Studies (formally Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Applied Science (Psychology)



Information Evenings at the following campuses and times:

Friday 31 May
7:30pm
Warrnambool City Centre
165 Timor Street Warrnambool

Tuesday 18 June
5.30 - 8:20pm
Room: I2.05 (LT2)
Melbourne Burwood Campus

Thursday 20 June
6 - 8:30pm
Room: d2.193 (Percy Baxter Lecture Theatre)
Geelong Waterfront Campus


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