The Graduate Diploma in Forensic Medicine is offered primarily in off-campus learning mode 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.
Students will be required to complete all the following core units:
Students will be required to complete three of the following elective units:
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.
Inquires should be directed to the course administrator, Ms Carole Bickle, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Victoria 3006, telephone (03) 964 4480 or email caroleb@vifm.org. Website http://www.vifm.org
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