2312 - Master of Occupational and Environmental Health
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | MOccEnvHlth |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 028957E |
| Managing faculty | Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Study location and mode | Off-campus On-campus This course has compulsory block requirements each semester. |
| Total credit points required | 72 |
| Duration (years) | 1.5 years FT, 3 years PT |
| Contact details | Postgraduate Office: Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3004; telephone +61 3 9903 0563; email pgradenq@med.monash.edu.au; visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/epidemiology/pgrad/ |
| Course coordinator | Professor Malcolm Sim |
Description
Assessment
Assessment includes web-based tasks, written assignments, student presentations and examinations.
Objectives
On completion of the course students should be able to:
- 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
- access, critically appraise and integrate hazard information from published studies and other relevant sources in the occupational and environmental health literature
- recognise, evaluate the level of exposure and assess the degree of risk to health from chemical, physical and biological workplace and environmental hazards and provide advice on appropriate control measures in the workplace and the community
- demonstrate an understanding of the factors underlying risk perception and be able to effectively and sensitively communicate, in both written and oral forms, these risks to exposed people in the workplace and the community
- provide occupational health services, including preventative and rehabilitation programs and environmental advice to industry
- demonstrate an understanding of epidemiological and biostatistical techniques to investigate health effects from occupational and environmental hazards.
Structure
Requirements
Core units
- MPH1041 Introductory biostatistics
- MPH2013 Research methods
- MPH2022 Assessment and control of workplace hazards
- MPH2041 Introduction to occupational health and safety
- MPH2042 Psychosocial work environment
- MPH2043 Chemical and biological hazards
- MPH2044 Ergonomic and physical hazards
- MPH2045 Environmental health risk assessment and management
- MPH2076 Safety management systems
- MPH2084 Critical appraisal of occupational health and safety information
Elective units
For those students choosing to undertake the two electives instead of a minor project, they will be able to choose these from the wide range of other Masters level units offered by the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. The choice of electives will need the approval of the course coordinator.
Minor project
12 point minor thesis
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.