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Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Graduate Certificate in Health Risk Sciences

Course code: 3406

Course description

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. It 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.

Entry requirements

Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in an appropriate discipline and relevant professional experience. The department will individually assess applications from students without a three-year degree.

Course structure

The course is offered part-time over one year and comprises four core units.

Units

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, oral presentations and examinations.

Inquiries

Postgraduate Office
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
Central and Eastern Clinical School
The Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria 3004
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9903 0563
Email: pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/

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