This
course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, aims
to assist occupational health professionals to prevent and manage occupational
health problems. This course allows students to develop the skills necessary to
evaluate health problems in communities thought to be associated with
industrial activities.
The course can be taken over a 12 to 18-month period of three full-time
semesters or over a three-year period of six part-time semesters. The majority
of the course is offered in distance education mode with compulsory residential
block requirements.
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 or Graduate
Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health before enrolling in the
masters program.
This course comprises of six core subjects and six elective subjects.
Assessment is by written assignment, student presentation and examination.
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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