News & Events Ian O'Rourke Scholarship in Patient Safety

The scholarship is named in honour of the late Dr Ian O'Rourke AO, Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Clinical Excellence, in his many roles in health as a surgeon, educator, academic and researcher. Dr O'Rourke was passionate about the work he undertook with Aboriginal communities, at the Redfern Medical Centre, in far north Queensland, and in the Northern Territory where he worked for five years.

Duration of Scholarship

An Ian O'Rourke Scholarship is awarded by the Clinical Excellence Commission every three years in New South Wales. The scholarship offers an annual stipend of $30,378 for three years study commencing in 2010. Applicants must reside within New South Wales for the duration of the scholarship.

The Applicant

Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents. The successful applicant must be accepted into a PhD program at an accredited New South Wales institution before stipend remittances commence.

The Institution

The scholarship will be awarded to the successful candidate through the sponsoring institution. The institution will have demonstrated that it is able to support the applicant in the pursuit of advanced health services research relevant to patient safety and quality in indigenous health and be willing to administer the scholar.ship.

Important information

The Ian O'Rourke Scholarship in Patient Safety is re-advertising and applications dates have been extended.

Applications Close: Thursday, 14 January 2010

Notification Date: Week commencing 22 March 2010

Download application guidelines:

• Application Form - PDF ~121kb | doc ~1.40mb
• Application Guidelines - PDF ~53kb

Further information may be obtained by contacting:
Barbara Dundas
phone: (02) 9382 7606
email: Barbara.Dundas@cec.health.nsw.gov.au

Applications should be forwarded to:
The Scholarship Officer
Clinical Excellence Commission
GPO Box 1614
Sydney NSW 2001