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Medicine at the RMH

We have a comprehensive education and training program for clinicians at all levels, including a clinical school for undergraduates.

Working at the RMH

When you work at the RMH, you are part of a dedicated, caring and innovative team.

Streamlined ethics & governance review

RMH entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with 11 partner organisations to streamline and harmonise ethical and governance review of all multicentre human health research.

Approval to work with GMOs

The Gene Technology Act 2000 regulates the use and release of genetically modified organisms (GMO) to protect the health and safety of the public and their environment.

Budget reviews for site specific approvals

Financial management is an essential component of any research project and needs to be included as part of the site-specific application to the RMH.

Good Clinical Practice training

The Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline is the international ethics and scientific quality standard for conducting clinical trials

COVID-19 guidance for clinical trials & research projects

The safety and wellbeing of trial participants, other patients, visitors, researchers and other clinical and support staff is paramount.

Research fees & payment schedule

The Office for Research oversees all aspects of research at the RMH, with the major component of work arising from the operation of the HREC and the governance of research projects undertaken at or by the RMH.

Research involving ionising radiation

Researchers proposing to expose research participants to ionising radiation should provide information that allows consent to be properly considered by research participants.

Consent process for research involving people without decision-making capacity

The Medical Treatment Planning and Decisions Act 2016 (Vic) provides a framework for making decisions about medical treatment when people do not have the capacity to make their own decisions.