Getting Started for Graduate Students
Welcome to the Melbourne Dental School.
You will find information and web links here to help you settle into your new life as a postgraduate student.
- Online Enrolment
- Compulsory Clinical Orientation
- Information for clinical graduate students
- Information for research higher degree students
- School Resources and Policies
- Poster Template
- Useful University of Melbourne links
- Contact details
Online Enrolment
All new postgraduate students will receive online enrolment instructions by post and email by the second week of January 2009. This will include the following:
- Enrolment Instruction Sheet – local student (PDF 393 KB)
- Enrolment Instruction Sheet – international student (PDF 255 KB)
You will need to allow approximately one hour to complete your online enrolment. For help with online enrolment, please contact:
Kim Hanson, Postgraduate Administration Officer
T: 9341 1507 E: khanson@unimelb.edu.au
Compulsory Clinical Orientation
All new clinical graduate students commencing in February are required to attend the Graduate Orientation and Certification Program conducted at the Melbourne Dental School from Monday 2 February to Friday 6 February 2009.
For an indication of the content of this program, please click on this link for the 2008 program:
2008 Graduate Orientation and Certification Program
The 2009 program will be finalized in January 2009. On the first day of orientation, full-time students will be allocated a study desk, all students will be issued keys to the postgraduate study room and their personal storage space. In addition, your photograph will be taken for School ID cards.
Information for clinical Graduate students
All clinical graduate students must provide the following documentation prior to accessing the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne clinics and undertaking clinical training:
- National Police Record Check
- Working With Children Check
- General Dentist Registration (local students) or Specific Dentist Registration (international students) with the Dental Practice Board of Victoria
- Victorian Radiation License
- Statement of Compliance with the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Infection Diseases Policy
- Application for Clinical Privileges at the Department of Health Service Victoria (DHSV) as a Clinical Demonstrator
Working with Children Checks:
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences Working with Children Check Policy
All students new to the Melbourne Dental School in 2009 are required to obtain a Working with Children Check on or shortly after enrolment. Working with Children checks are valid for 5 Years. Students whose course extends beyond 5 years will be required to obtain a new check. Information about this is available at http://www.justice.vic.gov.au/workingwithchildren. Applying for a Working with Children Check, see the sample application and information sheet (PDF 1 MB).
For any details about your course content or timetable, please contact your course convener.
Information for research higher degree students
School Resources and Policies
Poster Template
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Useful university links
- Ethics
http://www.research.unimelb.edu.au/ethics/ - Library
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/ - Plagiarism
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/plagiarism/index.html - Scholarships
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/ - Melbourne School of Graduate Research
http://www.gradstudies.unimelb.edu.au/ - University of Melbourne Postgraduate Association
http://www.umpa.unimelb.edu.au/
Contact details
Please contact Kim Hanson, Graduate Administrator for further assistance:
T: 9341 1507 E: khanson@unimelb.edu.au