The
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine offers this course on a
part-time basis over four years or full-time over two years. The course aims to
assist health professionals to make rational evidence-based decisions in
clinical practice and to undertake small clinical research projects. Clinical
epidemiology attempts to answer clinical questions relevant to the daily
practice of medicine and other health sciences, and to improve patient care. It
focuses on individuals or groups of patients in clinical settings. It involves
the study of the effectiveness of diagnostic tests; alternate therapies and
their outcomes in patients' care; the identification of risk factors and
prognostic factors in diseases; the testing of the reliability and validity of
clinical measurements; evaluation of clinical care and measuring patients'
quality of life; the study of how physicians and other health professionals
make medical decisions; and finally it is the study of patients' behaviour.
Applicants must have a medical degree, a bachelors degree with honours or
graduate diploma, or a three-year bachelor 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 Clinical Trials or Graduate Diploma
in Clinical Epidemiology before enrolling in the masters program.
This course comprises six core subjects, six elective subjects and a supervised research project.
Assessment is by written assignment, examination, class participation and supervised research project.
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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