Course code: 2679 Offered by the Monash's Department of Community Medicine and General Practice and Department of Psychological Medicine in conjunction with the Melbourne University's Department of Community Medicine and Public Health and Department of Psychiatry Course fees: Australian residents - $4620 pa (total cost $9240); international students - $6930 pa (total cost $13,860) Students may pay fees on a semester-by-semester basis
The Master of General Practice Psychiatry aims to equip general practitioners with the knowledge and skills required to effectively assess and manage psychiatric conditions in the general practice setting. The course aims to assist general practitioners to gain a clear understanding of their role as therapists, gatekeepers and members of a multidisciplinary team engaged in patient-centered care. In addition, the course, covers assessment and management of somatoform disorders, personality disorders and psychotic disorder focusing on the role of the general practitioner in managing these conditions. Management of mental illness in children, adolescents and the elderly is also covered and the course concludes with a grounding in neuropsychiatry focusing on issues relevant to general practitioners.
Australian candidates enrolled in the masters will be eligible for an appropriate number of quality assurance points for vocational registration purposes.
The course is made available to registered medical practitioners engaged in full or part-time general practice who have been in clinical general practice for at least five years full-time or its part-time equivalent.
The Master of General Practice Psychiatry is a 72-credit-point professional coursework masters program. The 72 credit points is made up of 24 credit points for recognition of prior learning, 24 credit points for the first year of study, and 24 credit points for the second year of study. The structure of the course is shown below.
Recognition of prior learning* |
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners or seven years full-time general practice or part-time equivalent or completion of the first year of the current Masters of Family Medicine: MFM2008 (Academic basis of general practice) and MFM2006 (Introduction to research methods) |
24 credit points |
Year 1 |
The first year consists of the seven units in the Graduate Certificate in General Practice Psychiatry |
24 credit points |
Year 2 |
The second year consists of the six second-year units listed below |
24 credit points |
* Students who do not fulfil the criterion for recognition of prior learning
can obtain the extra 24 credit points by completing the following two units
from Monash University's Graduate Diploma of Family Medicine:
The 72 credit points are made up of 24 credit points for recognition of prior learning, 24 credit points for the first year of study and 24 credit points for the second year of study. Other credit provisions for external courses will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Credit from other comparable courses can be provided up to a maximum of 50 per cent towards the Master of General Practice Psychiatry.
For more detailed information and an application form, contact Ms Julieanne Tilbury or Dr Grant Blashki, Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, telephone (03) 9579 3188, fax (03) 9570 1382 or email julieanne.tilbury@med.monash.edu.au
Completed applications are to be forwarded to Ms Julieanne Tilbury, Department of Community Medicine and General Practice, 867 Centre Road, East Bentleigh, Victoria 3165, by the preferred date of 10 November 2000.
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