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Master of Public Health
The
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash offers this course
in collaboration with Deakin, LaTrobe and Melbourne universities, as part of
the Victorian Consortium for Public Health. It provides the full range of
quantitative, analytical and communication skills necessary to work in the
broad domain of public health. The course may be completed over a 12 to
18-month period of three full-time semesters or over a three-year period
part-time. This degree provides skills in the quantitative methods of the
population-based health sciences and their problem-solving application for
primary care provision within Australia and developing countries. Health
specialisation streams are offered in clinical epidemiology, environmental
health, health economics, health services management, international health,
occupational health and research. All graduate certificates and graduate
diplomas in the areas of clinical epidemiology, health services management,
international health, occupational and environmental health offered by the
Department can articulate into this course. Applicants must have a medical
degree, a bachelors degree with honours or graduate diploma, or a three-year
bachelors degree with at least two years relevant professional experience in a
health-related field. The department will individually assess applications from
students without a three-year degree but with extensive relevant professional
experience. In such instances, the department may require the completion of the
Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma offered by the department before
enrolling in the masters program.
This
course is comprised of six part one units, and six part two units. Part one is
comprised of three core units and three elective units. Part two is comprised
of various health specialisation stream coursework or research options. The
options are six units (coursework) or two units plus a major research project
(research) or four units plus a minor research project (research).
Core
units
- MPH1030 Epidemiology and demography
- MPH1031 Introductory statistics
- MPH2025 Principles and practices of public health
Elective
units
- MPH1003 Environmental influences on health
- MPH1016 Health promotion
- MPH2031 Public health policy
- MPH2034 Sociological foundations of public health
- MPH2035 Health economics, management and evaluation
- Clinical epidemiology
- Environmental health
- Health economics
- Health services management
- International health
- Occupational health
- General stream
- Research stream
Core
units
- MPH2002 Clinical epidemiology
- MPH2036 Controlled clinical trials
- Four electives
Elective units
- MPH2000 Applied biostatistical methods
- MPH2007 Methods for chronic disease epidemiology
- MPH2013 Research methods and computing
- MPH2018 Infectious diseases epidemiology
- MPH2037 Measurement in clinical research
- MPH2039 Meta analysis
- MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
- MPH2070 Statistical methods epidemiology (not offered in 2002)
Core
units
- MPH1028 Toxicology I
- MPH2045 Principles of health risk assessment
- MPH2075 Health risk management and communication
- Three electives
Elective units
- MPH2026 Industry and the environment
- MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
- MPH2060 Prevention; policies and strategies
- MPH2076 Safety management systems (not offered in 2002)
Core
units
- ECX9700 Introduction to health economics
- ECX9741 Applied health economics and health policy
- Four electives
Elective units
- ECX9710 Pharmaceutical economics
- ECX9730 Health economics evaluation and policy
- Two electives (from any health specialisation stream)
Core
units
- MPH2066 Clinical leadership and management
- MPH2067 Principles of health care quality improvement
- Four electives
Elective units
- MPH2065 Law and health systems
- MPH2068 Financial issues in health care management
- MPH2069 Health policy and information management
- MPH2072 Reform and development
Core
units
- MPH2048 Primary health care in developing countries
- MPH2049 Field methods for international health planning and evaluation
- Four electives
Elective units
- MPH2050 Health of women and children in developing countries
- MPH2051 Communicable disease control in developing countries
- MPH2053 Public health in refugee settings
- MPH2054 Nutritional issues in developing countries (not offered in
2002)
- MPH2055 Health ethics and human rights
- MPH2057 Aboriginal health
- MPH2058 Managing community-based HIV programs in developing countries
Core
units
- MPH2022 Assessment and control of workplace hazards
- MPH2041 Occupational health and safety management
- Four electives
Elective units
- MPH1008 Clinical occupational and environmental medicine
- MPH2026 Industry and the environment
- MPH2042 Organisation and health (not offered in 2002)
- MPH2043 Chemical and biological hazards
- MPH2044 Ergonomics and physical hazards
- MPH2045 Principles of health risk assessment
- MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
- Six electives (any core or electives from the above health specialisation
stream units)
- MPH2047 Child public health
- MPH2060 Prevention: policies and strategies
- MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
Prerequisites:
distinction (70%) average in units MPH1030 and MPH1031 or MPH1040 and
MPH1041.
Core units -- major research
- MPH2013 Research methods and computing OR
- MPH2049 Field methods for international health planning and evaluation
(international health stream only)
- Major research project in one of the above health specialisation streams
(12,000 -- 15,000 words)
- One elective (from a relevant health specialisation stream
units)
Core units -- minor research
- MPH2013 Research methods and computing OR
- MPH2049 Field methods for international health planning and evaluation
(international health stream only)
- Minor research project in one of the above health specialisation stream
(8000 -- 10,000 words)
- Three electives (from relevant health specialisation stream)
Assessment
includes written exercises, assignments, examinations, presentations, class
participation and supervised research projects.
Inquiries
should be directed to the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and
Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road,
Prahran, Victoria 3181 on telephone (03) 9903 0563. Email
pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au, website
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/postgrad/
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