Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Graduate Diploma in International Health

Course code: 1884

Course description

The Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine offers this course in collaboration with the Centre for International Health of the MacFarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health. Course content is largely based on actual field experiences gained by the MacFarlane Burnet Institute in their wide range of health development projects in more than 20 countries in Asia, the Pacific and Africa.
The course provides the skills necessary to design, implement, and evaluate the relevant programs that address the major public health priorities of communities in developing countries. Public health issues are presented in the broader context of economic and social development, stressing cultural, political, gender and environmental influences, as well as the impact of armed conflict and population migration. The course articulates with the Master of Public Health.

Entry requirements

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

Course structure

The course may be completed in one-year full-time or over two-years part-time, and the majority of units are offered in block or partial block mode. Students are required to complete four core units and four elective units.

Core units

• MPH1040 Introductory epidemiology
• MPH1041 Introductory biostatistics
• MPH2048 Primary health care in developing countries
• MPH2049 Field methods for international health planning and evaluation

Elective units

• 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

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, examinations, practical exercises, student presentations and class participation.

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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