Graduate Certificate in Forensic Medicine

• General information
• Course structure
  • Units
• Assessment
• Inquiries

General information

The Department of Forensic Medicine offers this course on a part-time basis over 12 months by off-campus distributed learning. The program provides an introduction to aspects of clinical forensic medicine and enables students to develop knowledge and skills in a particular component of forensic practice. The graduate certificate is a useful starting point for practitioners contemplating or commencing forensic medical practice or for those practising in a specific field of forensic medicine.
Applicants should have a medical degree or equivalent.

Course structure

To obtain the Graduate Certificate in Forensic Medicine, students must obtain 24 credit points. This requires completion of any three units offered by the Department of Forensic Medicine. The course is conducted over a 12-month period of part-time study. Not all units are offered every year.

Units

• FOR1001 Medical evidence
• FOR1002 Injury interpretation
• FOR1003 Ethics, medicine and the law
• FOR2001 Traffic medicine
• FOR2003 Custodial medicine
• FOR2004 Elements of the forensic sciences
• FOR2005 Adult sexual assault
• FOR2006 Paediatric forensic medicine

Assessment

The nature and content of the course require a range of assessment methods to be utilised. The assessment methods include assignments, case studies and presentations, case book and oral presentations.

Inquiries

Inquires should be directed to the course administrator, Ms Deborah Hope, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57 -- 83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006 on telephone (03) 9684 4423. Email deborah@vifp.monash.edu.au

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