Graduate Diploma in Occupational and Environmental Health

Course code: 0160 + Course abbreviation: GradDipOccEnvH + Total credit points required: 48 + 2 semesters full-time, 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus for international students (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)

Off-campus for domestic students (Alfred Hospital, Melbourne)

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, gives health professionals the attitudes, skills and knowledge necessary to provide preventive health services to reduce the health impact of disease and injury resulting from workplace and community factors. The course caters for the special needs of medical practitioners, nurses, allied health personnel, scientists and occupational health and safety managers. The course articulates with the Master of Occupational and Environmental Health or can lead to the Master of Public Health. Students are required to complete compulsory block requirements each semester.

Course objectives

On successful completion of the course, graduates should be able to: 1. demonstrate an understanding of the legal and ethical framework which governs occupational health and safety practice and the obligations of industry in regard to the environment; 2. access, critically appraise and integrate hazard information from published studies and other relevant sources in the occupational and environmental health literature; 3. recognise and evaluate the level of exposure and assess the degree of risk to health from workplace and environmental hazards and provide advice on appropriate control measures in the workplace and the community; 4. demonstrate an understanding of the factors underlying risk perception and be able to effectively and sensitively communicate, in both written reports and oral presentations, these risks to exposed people in the workplace and the community; and 5. provide occupational health services, including preventative programs and environmental advice to industry.

Course structure

Students are required to complete five core units and one of the following options:

Core units

MPH2022 Assessment and control of workplace hazards
MPH2026 Industry and the environment
MPH2041 Occupational health and safety management
MPH2043 Chemical and biological hazards
MPH2044 Ergonomic and physical hazards

Option one*

MPH1040 Introductory epidemiology
MPH1041 Introductory biostatistics
one elective from the list below.

* Recommended for articulation into the Master of Public Health.

Option two

ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
two electives from the list below.

Electives

MPH1008 Clinical occupational and environmental medicine
MPH2042 Organisations and health
MPH2045 Principles of environmental health risk assessment
MPH2056 Injury epidemiology and prevention
MPH2075 Health risk management and communication
MPH2076 Safety management systems

Assessment

Assessment includes web-based tasks, written assignments, examinations, practical exercises and student presentations.

Contact details

Postgraduate Office: telephone: +61 3 9903 0563; email: pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/

Course coordinator

Professor Malcolm Sim

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