Roles and Responsibilities

The ILP has been designed and conceived based on the input of numerous academic, clinical and research staff. The day-to-day supervision, assessment and running of individual ILPs is a responsibility that is shared by students and project supervisors. This joint responsibility is supported and overseen by an ILP Coordinator and the ILP Committee. It is the responsibility of the ILP Coordinator and the ILP Committee members to ensure that a sufficiently large and diverse pool of projects is offered. Furthermore, in conjunction with the ILP coordinator, the ILP committee is responsible for ensuring that individual projects are consistent with the goals and assessment guidelines for the ILP.

Honours and ILP Committee Members

Roles and responsibilities of the ILP Committee

1. To continuously develop a framework or blueprint which effectively integrates the independent learning project into phase 2 of the program.
2. To promote the ILP across all schools and oversee the selection of proposed projects. To ensure that supervisors understand the objectives of the ILP and provide adequate supervision.
3. To review supervisors’ reports and confirm the appoint examiners for the final reports.
4. To review unsatisfactory outcomes and recommend appropriate remedial action.
5. To review evaluation and assessment data, and suggest modifications to content and design of the ILP as appropriate.

Roles and responsibilities of the ILP supervisor

1. To ensure that ethics requirements have been complied with and a copy of the ethics approval numbers are included in the ILP contract prior to commencement of the ILP.
2. To maintain regular contact with the student in order to provide ongoing support, resolve any problems and meet deadlines.
3. To devise a time-line detailing steps that will facilitate the successful completion of an ILP project including regular meeting times. This time-line should be documented, agreed to and signed by the supervisor, student and the head of school / institute / unit; amendments should be accompanied by explanatory notes that are initialled and dated (this need only be retained by the supervisor). Students will be provided with a simple proforma for this task.
4. To nominate an independent examiner for the Final Report.
5. To provide an assessment (satisfactory/unsatisfactory) of the student’s completed literature review.
6. To determine that the student has / has-not made satisfactory progress in their projects as the student completes their ILP1 and ILP2 enrolments.
7. To provide reasonable access to any specific tools, reagents, equipment, databases, software, computing or other such facilities necessary for the successful completion of the project.
8. To provide, or ensure that the student has reasonable access to the level of training necessary for the successful completion of the project.
9. To provide a safe research environment for the student that complies with Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) regulations.
10. Ensure that the student is informed of the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) regulations relating to their environment and work practices.
11. To notify the ILP coordinator as soon as practicable of any accident, serious illness, emergency situation or similar circumstance affecting any of the students.
12. To notify the ILP coordinator of any unexplained extended absence by a student and/or lack of participation or unsatisfactory progress.
13. To ensure that the student has the opportunity to participate in the collegial and scholarly activities particular to their environment. Such activities may include: research meetings, journal clubs and school seminars.
14. To submit a report at the end of ILP3 commenting on the student’s overall performance, and award a mark out of 100 using the grading criteria

Roles and responsibilities of the ILP student

1. To attend the ILP induction session (18 and 20 May 2009 at Edmund Blackett Lecture Theatre, Prince of Wales) and OHS training as required.
2. To actively participate in the drafting of an ILP-work contract. This contract will include a time-line detailing the steps that will facilitate the successful completion of an ILP project. This will be documented, agreed to and signed by the student and the supervisor (original to be retained by the supervisor, a photocopy should be forwarded to the ILP administrator by Monday 15^th June 2009); amendments should be accompanied by explanatory notes that are initialled and dated (this need only be retained by the supervisor).
3. To complete the ILP journal on a daily basis.
4. To complete the record of supervisors meeting (Please refer to the Induction Kit).
5. To attend and satisfactorily complete ILP coursework modules.
6. To maintain regular contact with the supervisor, identify and undertake measures aimed at resolving problems as they arise and meet deadlines.
7. To actively participate in the project for a minimum of 30 hours per week during ILP1 and ILP3, and 15 hours per week during ILP2.
8. To keep the supervisor informed as to the overall progress in the ILP so that the supervisor can make an informed assessment of your progress in the ILP.
9. To provide draft and amended versions of the Literature Review for the supervisor to comment upon prior to submission of the final Literature Review.
10. To provide draft and amended versions of the Final Report for the supervisor to comment upon prior to submission of the Final Report.
11. To comply with the Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) regulations relating to their environment and work practices.
12. To inform the ILP supervisor as soon as practicable of any accident, serious illness, emergency situation or similar circumstance affecting their progress in the ILP.
13. To notify the ILP supervisor and relevant UNSW administration of any unexpected/extended absence.
14. To actively participate in the collegial and scholarly activities particular to their environment. Such activities may include: research meetings, journal clubs and school seminars. A record of these activities should be recorded in the ILP Journal. This journal is to be viewed and signed by the ILP supervisor and student at their scheduled meeting.
15. To disclose to supervisor the timetable for all extra courses outside the MBBS program that are undertaken during ILP program. The timetable should be recorded in the ILP work contract. Any amendment to this

Role and Responsibility of the ILP Examiner