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Graduate Diploma in Forensic Medicine


General information

The Graduate Diploma in Forensic Medicine, which will be taught primarily by off-campus distributed learning, is offered by the Department of Forensic Medicine and can be taken part-time over two years. The course, through its generic core units as well as unit designed for discipline-specific groups, will prepare practitioners for a range of clinical forensic practice, teaching and research activities.
Applicants must have the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from an Australian university, or have qualifications which are equivalent to, or are a satisfactory substitute for, the qualifications described above and have at least three years experience in clinical medicine.

Course structure

First year
Core units

Students will be required to complete all the following core units:

Second year
Elective units

Students will be required to complete three of the following elective units:

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, a casebook 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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