This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, targets the needs of health personnel and those in the pharmaceutical industry who need to design, execute and evaluate clinical trials. The course is completed in one year part-time. It is not offered on a full-time basis. This degree provides the core competencies in epidemiology, biostatistics and clinical trials issues and articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology and then the Master of Clinical Epidemiology or the Master of Public Health.
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.
This course is comprised of four core units.
Assessment includes written assignments, examinations and individual presentations.
Inquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Office, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash Medical School, Alfred Hospital, Commercial Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181, telephone (03) 9903 0563. Email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au, website http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/postgrad/.
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