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Course code: 1158 * Clayton campus * Full-fee paying: subject fee $1650; course fee $6600 * Overseas students: subject fee $2250; course fee $9000 * Attendance not required.
This course aims to provide an interdisciplinary education for health care professionals, teachers in the health care field, and others with a general interest in bioethics. It also aims to develop and extend an individual's understanding of the nature of ethical issues in health care.
The
course is available to those with:
(a) a degree in medicine or any other health science, in law, the
biological or social sciences, or in a branch of the humanities, such as
philosophy (or other degree approved by the faculty board), requiring the
equivalent of not less than three years full-time study in an approved tertiary
institution; or
(b) qualifications and experience which in the opinion of the faculty
board are a suitable preparation for study in bioethics. One example of what
faculty board considers suitable preparation for this course is where
candidates have a General Nursing Certificate plus not less than five years of
documented professional experience at a senior level, provided that such
experience includes some professional writing and research, and that this
experience is verified by two references from suitably qualified people.
The
course is normally taken part time over two years by distance education.
Full-time admission may be possible in certain cases, such as where an
applicant has already completed some formal study in ethics or philosophy.
There are four separate subjects in the Graduate Diploma of Bioethics, which
are taken in the following sequence:
Assessment for each subject is based on a combination of essays and a take-home exam. Students must also keep a journal, in which they complete set activities.
Applicants who have completed relevant subjects at fourth-year (postgraduate) level may apply for a maximum of 50 per cent credit. Credit cannot be obtained for subjects which were part of a course for which a degree or an award of any kind has been taken out. Those who have completed an ethics subject at an approved tertiary institution may apply for exemption from CHB4101 Ethics.
For more information, contact Dr John McKie, Centre for Human Bioethics, telephone (03) 9905 4278 or fax (03) 9905 3279, email john.mckie@arts.monash.edu.au
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the distance education coordinator, Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria, 3168, by 24 September 1999 to be considered for a first-round offer.
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