ALLIED HEALTH CLINICAL AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SCHOLARSHIPS(AHCPSS) 2009 – HEALTH DEGREE
The Allied Health Clinical Placement Scholarship Scheme (AHCPSS) is an Australian Government initiative to support allied health and oral health students to undertake a clinical placement in a rural or remote Australian community during their degree. Applications are open to eligible students from across Australia – from metropolitan, regional, rural and remote areas.
The AHCPS Scheme is open to individuals studying an allied health or oral health degree in:
Allied Health
- Aboriginal Health Work (undergraduate Bachelor degree only)
- Audiology
- Chiropractic
- Dietetics and Nutrition
- Exercise Physiology
- Medical Radiation Science
- Medical Imaging
- Nuclear Medicine Technology
- Radiation Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Optometry
- Osteopathy
- Physiotherapy
- Podiatry
- Psychology *
- Social Work (AASW approved courses only)
- Speech Pathology.
Oral Health
- Dentistry
- Oral Health
* Psychology students must be enrolled in Honours or Postgraduate study level to be eligible.
Scholarship funding will be for a maximum of six weeks whilst the scholar is on their clinical placement.
Successful students will receive financial assistance for travel, accommodation and living expenses, but the scholarship will not necessarily cover all costs incurred. The aim is to provide scholars with:
- an overall view of working and living in a rural or remote community;
- a positive clinical placement experience; and
- a rural health community experience with support from a community contact that facilitates social activities.
Eligible scholars will be enrolled fulltime in an eligible allied health or oral health discipline as described above and be an Australian citizen or hold Australian Permanent Residency status.
Emphasis will be placed on students in their final year/s of study.
Applications for 2009 scholarships are now open and will close on 14 November 2008.
The Application Form, 2009 Guidelines and Frequently Asked Questions are available online.
The AHCPS Scheme is managed by Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Details: http://www.sarrah.org.au/site/index.cfm?display=74996
