This course provides an understanding of the processes involved in developing a basic science finding through to clinical trials. The course modules offer the basic foundations of discipline-specific laboratory research questions and how these can be applied to broader clinical applications. The main focus is for the student to establish an appreciation that fundamental scientific questions may have multidisciplinary clinical answers. Other core learning outcomes are through understanding how scientific concepts can be marketed and communicated effectively through research pipeline procedures and the responsibilities of the researcher that may be derived from this.
Postgraduate - Course
Commencement year
This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2017 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences.
Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Course code
M4002
Credit points
24
Abbreviated title
GradCertTransRes
CRICOS code
085347C
Managing faculty
Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Coordinator
Contact details
Central Clinical School: telephone +61 3 9902 0191; email steven.petratos@monash.edu or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cecs/education/translational-research.html
Admission and fees
Course type
Specialist
Graduate certificate
Standard duration
0.5 years FT, 1 year PT
Students have a minimum of 0.5 years and a maximum of 3 years to complete this course including any periods of intermission and suspension, and must be continuously enrolled throughout.
Mode and location
On-campus (Clayton)
Off-campus (Clayton)
Multi-modal (Clayton)
Students are required to attend a number of compulsory on-campus/on-site blocks of study days.
Award
Graduate Certificate in Translational Research
Description
Outcomes
These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 8 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/alignmentofoutcomes.html).
On completion of the course graduates should be able to:
- define general ethical frameworks, along with specific ethical principles underpinned by those frameworks, in the context of current developments in biotechnology, clinical practice, and the ethical oversight of research on humans
- apply basic working principles of biostatistical methods in health and medical research
- outline the principles of good clinical practice (GCP), how to conduct a clinical trial, how drugs are developed and how to manage regulatory documents
- outline the processes involved in developing a basic science finding through to clinical studies.
Assessment
Assessment includes written assignments, practical exercises and examinations.
Structure
This course consists of four core units.
Requirements
Students must complete:
Progression to further studies
Students who successfully complete the Graduate Certificate in Translational Research may be eligible for admission to a master's program in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences subject to satisfying the appropriate entry requirements.