The
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, in collaboration with the
International Health Unit of the Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research,
offers this course on a part-time basis over two years, or full-time over one
year. The majority of the course is offered in block or partial block mode. The
course aims to provide students with the skills necessary to design, implement,
and evaluate the relevant programs that address the major public health
priorities of communities in developing countries. Public health issues will be
presented in the broader context of economic and social development, stressing
cultural, political, gender, and environmental influences, and the impact of
armed conflict and population migration. The course will focus on maternal and
child health, communicable disease control, nutrition, health promotion, health
service delivery, environmental health, and emergency preparedness and
response. Course content is largely based on actual field experiences gained by
the Macfarlane Burnet Centre in their wide range of health development projects
in more than 20 countries in Asia, the Pacific and Africa.
Applicants for the degree must have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with
honours or a 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.
This course comprises four core subjects and four elective subjects.
Assessment is by written assignment, examination, practical exercise, and student presentation and class participation.
Inquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181.
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