Medical Education Research & Innovations (MERI)

If you would like to find out more about this grant please see below or contact PMCVeducation@pmcv.com.au

What is the grant?

If you are a Prevocational Medical Trainee (PMT) you will have the opportunity to apply for the MERI grant. It is aimed at fostering a culture of research, evidence-based practice and academia within prevocational medical training and education. This program supports research skills and initiatives that improve patient outcomes (either directly or indirectly). Grants may be awarded to either individuals or groups.

How does this work?

Grants for 2023-2025 are currently on hold. It is anticipated that an announcement about this grant will be made in April 2023.

Once open, PMTs are invited make an online submission of an abstract 300 words or less. On receipt, PMCV will review submissions and notify successful candidates to complete the application process. Outcomes of applications are then announced and guidelines are sent to the successful grant recipients to progress their projects over a two-year period.

Outcome for successful recipients
  • Awards per round are up to $2,000
  • Submission of Interim Report
  • Submission of Final Report
  • Presentation at the PMCV Symposium
  • Presentation at Medical Education Prevocational Forum

Downloads

Peninsula Health Junior doctors experience with delerium related agitation in the general hospital setting
Perceptions of intern work-readiness, and it’s impact on education and training in a rural setting (Echuca Regional Health)
Choose your own adventure” learning for interns and junior medical staff: Efficacy of Open Access Novel Adaptive Clinical Learning Modules (Austin Health)
Competency and Confidence in Interpretation of the Chest Radiograph in Junior Doctors and Medical Students.
Evaluation of an electronic portfolio: A technologically mediated approach to facilitating and enhancing procedural competency and reflective practice.
Patterns of job satisfaction among Australian prevocational doctors
Evaluation of junior doctors’ perceptions of social media as a tool for prevocational training and ongoing medical education
Development and Evaluation of Online Learning Resource targeted at Junior Medical Staff to facilitate safer after-hours care (Dr Gupta, Dr Menezes, Dr Wong)
Career choice and perceived destination for pre-vocational medical trainees (Ms Antoniades and Dr Grusauskas) SURVEY INSTRUMENT
Junior Doctor Welfare and Support (Alfred Health / Monash University)
Telehealth consultations in a rural Emergency Department: Supporting best practice for junior doctors (Northeast Health Wangaratta / Melbourne University)
A patient-centred approach to open disclosure training for junior clinical staff (Monash Health)
Reducing complaints about communication in the Emergency Department: A communication skills training intervention for junior doctors (Goulburn Valley Health and University of Melbourne)