Independent Learning Project

Information for Students

Important dates

Preferences (ILP /Clinical / Streaming/Honours) - changes accepted until Thursday 24th April (changes be emailed to Joanna Tjojoatmodjo – djuniah@unsw.edu.au)

For those in Clinical, you will get a preference form (Aug/Sept) to choose what Hospital you go to)

For ILP: negotiation or allocation

Last date for students to submit a negotiated ILP for 2009 is June 30 2008

By July 1 we will know how many students require allocated projects , these will be listed by end of July. Student project preferences to be submitted by end of August

ILP Coordinator

John Hunt

Department of Pathology,School of Medical Sciences,Faculty of Medicine, UNSW.

Contact :

J.Hunt@unsw.edu.au ILP@unsw.edu.au

Ph. 9385 1580 Room 507, 5th Floor Wallace Wurth Building

ILP Administrative Assistant

Joanna Tjojoatmodjo

Office of the Dean,Faculty of Medicine, UNSW.

Contact :

djuniah@unsw.edu.au Ph. 9385 1317

Independent Learning Project

When is the ILP?

Phase 2 Years 3 & 4

2 entry points (for 2nd year students in 2008) May 2009 March 2010 (3rd Year) March 2010 November 2010 (4th Year)

For 3rd year student in 2008 March 2009 November 2009 (4th year)

ILP: Goals (Assessment Criteria)

question the basis of current thinking

Retrieve literature & critically evaluate

designing scientific investigation (esp in negotiated ILP)

ethical issues

Critically evaluate your data

How long is the ILP?

3 courses of 8 Units of Credit each (ILP1, ILP2, ILP3)

Equivalent to 24 weeks of full time study spread over 32 weeks

ILP 2 is taken concurrently with “12 UOC -study from other Faculties”

Note: hours per week (30-40 when full time)

Independent Learning Project

TopicsDistributed across all topic areas

Biomedical SciencesMedical PracticeSocial sciences Multi-stream

Covered all the disciplinesAnatomy Anthropology Epidemiology Endocrinology Internal medicine Microbiology Maternal medicineZoology Zenotransplanatation

How are students allocated to an ILP?

Students can negotiate an ILP with a supervisor. (Info session = Tuesday May 6, 8.15am)

ILP projects may be selected from website. If over subscribed, student allocated to ILP by ballot.

How is the ILP assessed?

ILP 1 - Literature Review (3000 word) - Progress report (satisfactory/un)

ILP 2 - Supervisor’s report (satisfactory/un)

ILP 3 - Supervisor’s report & Grade (40%) Final Report at end of ILP 3 (5000 word)

(graded by external examiner (60%)

Having completed a Honours or higher degree by research (not by course work).

Enrolment in the BSc (Med) Hons program.

exemptions from the ILP?

Independent Learning Project

Who to contact?

John Hunt, ILP Coordinator9385 1580ILP@unsw.edu.au