Jack Bercov Memorial Prize [F1851]

The Rotary Club of Claremont/Cottesloe having provided funds for a prize in memory of the late Dr Jack Bercov, a highly-regarded general practitioner for some 30 years in the Town of Claremont, with the object of emphasising the importance of the personal relationship which exists between family doctor and patient, the funds are administered in accordance with the following regulations.

1. The prize is called the Jack Bercov Memorial Prize.

2. The prize consists of the annual income after capitalisation, in accordance with Senate policy, on the capital in the fund established by the Rotary Club of Claremont/Cottesloe with an initial donation of $4200.

3. The prize is awarded by the appropriate Board of Examiners after it has considered the recommendations of the Professor of General Practice or nominees.

4. In awarding the prize, consideration is given to the possession of those qualities of understanding and humanity desirable in a general practitioner and to the aptitude, application and promise demonstrated during IMED5531 General Practice and Ophthalmology Part 1/IMED5532 General Practice and Ophthalmology Part 2 and in IMED5511 Clinical Skills Part 1/IMED5512 Clinical Skills Part 2 and IMED5501 Science and Practice of Medicine Part 1/IMED5502 Science and Practice of Medicine Part 2 taken in the course for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

5. In the exceptional circumstances that two or more students are judged equally worthy of the prize, it is shared.

6. A certificate of award is presented with the prize.