Course code: 0160 Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Full-fee-paying course: $8800 (Australian residents); $19,500 (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. The diploma allows health professionals to gain sound knowledge of attitudes, skills and knowledge necessary to provide preventive health services to reduce the impact of disease and injury resulting from factors in the workplace and their extension into the community. The graduate diploma articulates with the masters degrees in occupational health and public health.
The Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine has recognised the graduate diploma as meeting the coursework requirements for trainees. CME points allocated by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners are applied for each year. The course has also been designed to meet the needs of applicants for membership of the Australian College of Occupational Health Nurses. Accreditation with other professional bodies can be applied upon request.
Applicants must have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with honours 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. In such instances, the department may require completion of the Graduate Certificate in Occupational Health before enrolling in the graduate diploma.
Access to personal computing facilities is desirable but not essential, however access to the internet is required.
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 Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health comprises 48 credit points. It consists of six core and two elective units taken over either a 12-month period of two full-time semesters or a 24-month period of four part-time semesters.
Assessment for the course is a combination of assignment work, student presentation 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 Courses 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 see 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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