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Graduate Diploma in Rural Health

Course code: 1746 + Course abbreviation: GradDipRuralHealth + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland)

Course description

This course, offered by the School of Rural Health, is designed to enable graduates to provide high-quality health care specifically oriented to the health needs of rural communities; to develop and extend the knowledge, skills and attitudes of rural health care professionals; and to prepare health practitioners to live and work in rural communities.

Entry requirements

Candidates are selected on the basis of academic and professional merit. Preference is given to candidates who hold current registration in a relevant health discipline and who are working in rural areas or are preparing for a career in rural practice. Candidates must have a minimum of a pass bachelors degree or a qualification deemed equivalent and a minimum period of one year’s relevant clinical experience.

Course structure

The course consists of four 6-point core units and a further 24 points of elective units.

Core units

• CRH1000 Rural health issues and practice
• CRH1001 Research methods in rural health
• CRH1002 Rural health politics and policies
• CRH1012 Rural primary health care

Elective units

• CRH1003 Health promotion in rural environments
• CRH1005 Alcohol and other drug related issues in rural communities
• CRH1010 Indigenous health
• CRH1016 Multidisciplinary rural health practice
• CRH1047 Health, ecology and environmental change
• CRH1021 Multidisciplinary rural health project
• CRH1032 Applied research for rural health practitioners
• CRH1044 Minor thesis/advanced clinical practice
• MRP4010 Contemporary professional practice
• NUR9208 Therapeutic medication management

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments and papers, projects, student journals, literature review, online discussion groups and formal assessment.

Contact details

Inquiries

Dr Eli Ristevski
Postgraduate Studies Coordinator
School of Rural Health
PO Box 973
Moe, Victoria 3825
Australia

Telephone: +61 3 5128 1000
Fax: +61 3 5128 1080

Email: ruralpg@med.monash.edu.au

Website: www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/postgraduate/

Course coordinator

Dr Eli Ristevski

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