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Postgraduate handbook 2004
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Health Risk Sciences

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, updates health workers and regulators involved in risk management and communication with the necessary skills and their application to current health issues. The course is completed in one year part-time. It is not offered on a full-time basis. The degree covers the basic knowledge and competence is assessing and managing public health risks skills essential to the process of decision making and guiding public health policy.

Applicants must have either a four-year undergraduate degree, or a three-year undergraduate degree and at least one year of postgraduate study, or a three-year undergraduate degree and at least one year of relevant professional experience. The department will individually assess applications from students without a three-year degree but with extensive relevant professional experience.

Course structure

This course is comprised of four core units.

Units

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, oral presentations and examinations.

Inquiries

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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