General Practice and Primary Health Care
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
General Practice and Primary Health Care |
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Compulsory units |
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| Graduate Diploma in Medicince Students | |||
| Graduate Diploma in Medicine students and Master of Medicine students must complete 6 credit points of compulsary units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 It is recommended that this is completed as soon as possible after enrolment into your first unit of Study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Master of Medicine students must complete and additional 6 credit points of compulsary units of study | |||
Stream specific units |
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| Graduate Certificate in Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Graduate Diploma in Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Master of Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| GPPC5001 Primary Health Care Fundamentals |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| GPPC5002 Complex problems in primary health care |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| BMRI5019 Psychiatry in Clinical Practice |
6 | A MBBS or equivalent N BMRI5003 BMRI5050 |
Semester 1 |
| DERM5001 Essential Dermatology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MBHT5001 Diabetes Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAED5008 Common Childhood Presentations |
6 |
This unit of study is only offered in odd numbered years |
Semester 1 |
| PAIN5001 Introduction to Pain Management |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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General elective units |
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| Graduate Diploma in Medicine students complete 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| Master of Medicine students complete 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| BETH5204 Clinical Ethics |
6 |
If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5312 Diagnostic and Screening Tests (1 and 2) |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5311 |
Semester 2 |
| GMED5001 Genomics in Clinical Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO9003 IT for Health Professionals |
6 | N INFO5003 |
Semester 2 |
| INTM5002 Basic Neurology |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 1 |
| INTM5003 Basic Rheumatology |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical gradautes with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 1 |
| INTM5004 Basic Respiratory Medicine |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 1 |
| INTM5005 Basic Gastroenterology |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates working in an Australian clinical setting. |
Semester 2 |
| INTM5006 Basic Endocrinology |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 1 |
| INTM5007 Basic Renal Medicine |
3 |
This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 2 |
| INTM5014 Cardiology |
6 | A Theoretical and practical knowledge of cardiology at least at the level of a registered medical practitioner This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates with experience working in an Australian or New Zealand clinical setting. |
Semester 1 |
| MBHT5002 Advanced Diabetes Management |
6 | A It is recommended that students first complete MBHT5001 (Diabetes Management) unless they have a reasonable working knowledge of how to approach assessment and management of diabetes mellitus in a variety of clinical settings. Departmental permission required unless MBHT5001 satisfactorily completed. |
Semester 2 |
| MBHT5003 Obesity and Pre-diabetes: Prevention and Care |
6 | A this unit is intended for students who have experience in clinical care of patients. Most of the subject matter and assessments are based on clinical management processes. |
Semester 1 |
| NURS5096 Expanding Primary Health Care Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAED5001 Paediatric Immunisation This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | C Students who commence after 01 January 2016 are required to complete the Blackboard Academic Honesty Education Module. It is recommended that this is completed as soon as possible after enrolment into your first unit of Study This unit of study is only offered in odd numbered years |
Semester 2 |
| PAED5002 Adolescent Medicine This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 |
This unit of study is only offered in even numbered years |
Semester 2 |
| PAED5003 Neurology and Developmental Paediatrics |
6 |
This unit of study is only offered in even numbered years. |
Semester 1 |
| PAIN5002 Pain Mechanisms and Contributors |
6 | A this unit is case based and is only suitable for experienced clinicians. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PAIN5003 Pain Treatment and Management Principles |
6 | A this unit is case based and is only suitable for experienced clinicians. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| PAIN5004 Pain Conditions |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5014 Cancer Pain |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5017 Disability and Pain Rehabilitation |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5019 Pain in Older People |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5020 Complementary Therapies: Pain Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PAIN5021 Acute Pain |
6 | A this unit is case based and is only suitable for experienced clinicians. |
Semester 1 |
| PMED5100 Paediatric Infectious Diseases |
6 |
This unit of study is only offered in odd numbered years |
Semester 1 |
| PMED5101 Paediatric Allergy |
6 |
This unit of study is only offered in even numbered years |
Semester 2 |
| PMED5102 Paediatric Nutrition and Obesity |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5116 Genetics and Public Health |
4 |
Pre-readings and some lectures will be posted on the unit's eLearning site 2-3 weeks before the course starts, and it is expected that you will look at this content before coming to the first day of the course. This will enable more time for class discussion. |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5510 Healthy ageing and fall prevention |
6 | N PUBH5419 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| PUBH5500 Advanced Qualitative Health Research This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | N QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SEXH5205 Adolescent Sexual Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| SEXH5401 Introduction: Sexual and Reproductive Health |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
|
| SEXH5402 Counselling for Health Professionals |
6 | N BIOS5071 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SEXH5405 Contraception and Preconception Care |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| SEXH5407 Sex Gender and Sexuality |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Compulsory units |
|||
| Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine students | |||
| Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine students must complete 6 credit points of compulsory units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 It is recommended that this is completed as soon as possible after enrolment into your first unit of Study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Master of Medicine students must complete 12 credit points of compulsory units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 It is recommended that this is completed as soon as possible after enrolment into your first unit of Study. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Stream specific units |
|||
| Graduate Certificate in Science in Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Master of Science in Medicine students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| GPPC5001 Primary Health Care Fundamentals |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| GPPC5002 Complex problems in primary health care |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| BMRI5019 Psychiatry in Clinical Practice |
6 | A MBBS or equivalent N BMRI5003 BMRI5050 |
Semester 1 |
| DERM5001 Essential Dermatology |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| MBHT5001 Diabetes Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| MBHT5003 Obesity and Pre-diabetes: Prevention and Care |
6 | A this unit is intended for students who have experience in clinical care of patients. Most of the subject matter and assessments are based on clinical management processes. |
Semester 1 |
| MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| NURS5096 Expanding Primary Health Care Practice |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| SEXH5405 Contraception and Preconception Care |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
General elective units |
|||
| Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine students complete 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| Master of Science in Medicine students complete 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| BETH5204 Clinical Ethics |
6 |
If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs. |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5312 Diagnostic and Screening Tests (1 and 2) |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5311 |
Semester 2 |
| HPOL5000 Health Policy and Health Economics |
6 | N PUBH5032 |
Semester 1 |
| INFO9003 IT for Health Professionals |
6 | N INFO5003 |
Semester 2 |
| MBHT5002 Advanced Diabetes Management |
6 | A It is recommended that students first complete MBHT5001 (Diabetes Management) unless they have a reasonable working knowledge of how to approach assessment and management of diabetes mellitus in a variety of clinical settings. Departmental permission required unless MBHT5001 satisfactorily completed. |
Semester 2 |
| MEDF5005 Health Research Methods and Ethics |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
|
| PUBH5120 Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health |
6 | N PUBH5118 |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5116 Genetics and Public Health |
4 |
Pre-readings and some lectures will be posted on the unit's eLearning site 2-3 weeks before the course starts, and it is expected that you will look at this content before coming to the first day of the course. This will enable more time for class discussion. |
Intensive October |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| PUBH5500 Advanced Qualitative Health Research This unit of study is not available in 2019 |
6 | N QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SEXH5205 Adolescent Sexual Health |
6 | Semester 2 |
|
| SEXH5401 Introduction: Sexual and Reproductive Health |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
|
| SEXH5402 Counselling for Health Professionals |
6 | N BIOS5071 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SEXH5407 Sex Gender and Sexuality |
6 | Semester 2 |
|