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Master of Public Health
The Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Monash
offers this course in collaboration with Deakin, La Trobe 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).
- MPH1030 Epidemiology and demography
- MPH1031 Introductory statistics
- MPH2025 Principles and practices of public health
- 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
- MPH2002 Clinical epidemiology
- MPH2036 Controlled clinical trials
- Four electives
- 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
- MPH1028 Toxicology I
- MPH2045 Principles of health risk assessment
- MPH2075 Health risk management and communication
- Three electives
- MPH2026 Industry and the environment
- MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
- MPH2060 Prevention; policies and strategies
- MPH2076 Safety management systems
- ECX9700 Introduction to health economics
- ECX9741 Applied health economics and health policy
- Four electives
- ECX9710 Pharmaceutical economics
- ECX9730 Health economics evaluation and policy
- Two electives (from any health specialisation stream)
- MPH2066 Clinical leadership and management
- MPH2067 Principles of health care quality improvement
- Four electives
- MPH2065 Law and health systems
- MPH2068 Financial issues in health care management
- MPH2069 Health policy and information management
- MPH2072 Reform and development
- MPH2048 Primary health care in developing countries
- MPH2049 Field methods for international health planning and evaluation
- Four electives
- 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
- MPH2055 Health ethics and human rights
- MPH2057 Aboriginal health
- MPH2058 Managing community-based HIV programs in developing countries
- MPH2082 Community health communications and training
- MPH2022 Assessment and control of workplace hazards
- MPH2041 Occupational health and safety management
- Four electives
- MPH1008 Clinical occupational and environmental medicine
- MPH2026 Industry and the environment
- MPH2042 Organisations and health
- 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.
- 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)
- 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, telephone (03) 9903
0563. Email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au, website
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/postgrad/.
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