Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Master of Psychological Medicine

Course code: 0045

Course description

This course is jointly offered by Monash's Department of Psychological Medicine and the University of Melbourne's Department of Psychiatry (Master of Psychiatry). The course aims to develop the knowledge and skills of medical practitioners working with patients with mental illness and offers practical training in the academic aspects of psychiatry.

Entry requirements

Applicants must be registered medical practitioners currently engaged in psychiatric practice, clinical training in psychiatry or with an interest in psychiatry.

Course structure

The degree is taken by coursework, part-time over three years.

Year 1

• MPM1001 Foundations of psychiatry
• MPM1006 Neuroscience of psychiatry
• MPM1009 Personality and human behaviour

Year 2

• MPM1003 Child and adolescent psychiatry
• MPM1202 Adult psychiatry I

Year 3

• MPM1301 Adult psychiatry II
• MPM1005 Psychiatry in physical health and illness
• Ten electives will also be offered during years 2 and 3, two per year:

Electives

• MPM5201 Cognitive behaviour therapy
• MPM5202 Advanced skills in primary care and community psychiatry
• MPM5203 Drug and alcohol use disorders
• MPM5204 Psychiatric ethics, theory and practice
• MPM5205 The family in psychiatry - theoretical and practical perspectives
• MPM5206 Psychiatry of intellectual and developmental disabilities
• MPM5207 Psychopharmacology
• MPM5208 Skills in critical appraisal of research; population surveys to qualitative methodologies
• MPM5209 Transcultural psychiatry
• MPM5210 Forensic psychiatry

Assessment

Continuous assessment will be based on submission of assignments and critical essays related to the core and elective units being undertaken for the degree. This may be supplemented by written and oral examinations.

Inquiries

Postgraduate Administrative Officer
Department of Psychological Medicine
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
Clayton, Victoria 3168
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9594 1479
Email: psychological.medicine@med.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psychmed/courses/mpm.html

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