This
course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine is
conducted via distance education mode with compulsory residential block
requirements each semester. The course can be taken on a part-time basis over
two years or full-time over one year. The course aims to give health
professionals the attitudes, skills and knowledge necessary to provide
preventive health services to reduce the health impact of disease and injury
resulting from factors in the workplace and their extension into the
community.
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.
This course comprises six core subjects and two elective subjects.
Assessment is by written assignment, examination, practical exercise and student presentation.
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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