Course code: 2868 Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Full-fee-paying course: $4400 (Australian residents); TBA (international students) Attendance is compulsory for some units
This course aims to provide a program for professionals in the workplace who wish to expand their knowledge and skills in preventive occupational health practice. It allows students to gain some basic knowledge in legal OHS requirements, and competence in assessing and controlling workplace hazards, which are core skills in occupational health practice. The graduate certificate can be built upon in the Graduate Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health and masters degrees.
Applicants must have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with honors or graduate diploma, or a three-year bachelors degree with relevant professional experience in a health-related field. The department will individually assess applications from students with a nursing diploma completed before the introduction of nursing degrees.
Access to the internet is required, however, access to personal computing facilities is desirable but not essential.
All units have 15 hours of face-to-face teaching in Melbourne during one week of the semester. Units are coordinated to allow students to attend the teaching sessions of two units in the same week. The teaching sessions involve interactive tutorials, problem-based learning, case studies and workshops. Experiential learning through worksite visits and student presentations is provided, and also the opportunity to increase understanding and application of the course material through discussion with unit experts and experienced practitioners.
The Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health comprises 24 credit points. It consists of four core units taken over a 12-month period of two part-time semesters. It is not offered on a full-time basis.
Assessment for the course is a combination of written assignment work and examination.
Credits or exemptions may be granted for the core units where the student supplies documentary evidence of successfully completing a similar unit at a similar level elsewhere, within the last seven years. Any candidate may, with the approval of the course coordinator and the faculty, be granted credit for up to 50 per cent of their course. All credit applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis.
For more detailed information, contact the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital. Telephone: (03) 9903 0563, fax (03) 9903 9556, email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au or website http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology
Completed applications are to be forwarded to the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria 3181, by 20 November 2000 to be considered for a first-round offer. Late applications will be accepted up to 20 February 2001.
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