Master of Rural Health

Course code: 1854 + Course abbreviation: MRuralHlth + Total credit points required: 72 + 8 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Gippsland – P/T only)

Course description

This course, offered by the School of Rural Health, aims to prepare rural health care practitioners for positions of leadership and research, clinical practice, teaching and management, and enhance career options of rural health care practitioners from various disciplines.

Course objectives

On completion of the course students are expected to have developed the knowledge, skills and attributes to: 1. provide high quality health care specifically oriented to the health needs of rural communities; 2. apply their critical and creative skills to address rural health policy; 3. be able to take positions of leadership in rural clinical practice, teaching, health promotion, management or research; 4. use the new electronic communication systems to advance their rural health practice; 5. contribute to the development of rural health knowledge and practice through scholarly debate, publication/and or presentation of their work and where appropriate by their research activities; 6. demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate scholarly work in their field.

Course structure

The course consists of four 6-point core units and a further 48 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 for health professionals
CRH1016 Interprofessional rural health practice
CRH1021 Interprofessional rural health project
CRH1032 Applied research for rural health practitioners
CRH1044 Minor thesis/Advanced clinical practice
CRH1047 Health, ecology and environmental change
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

Dr Eli Ristevski, postgraduate studies coordinator: telephone: +61 3 5128 1000; fax: +61 3 5128 1080; email ruralpg@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/mrh/postgraduate/

Course coordinator

Dr Eli Ristevski

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