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Psychiatry pre-2023

Unit of study table

Master of Medicine (Psychiatry)

Students must complete 48 credit points, including:
(a) 12 credit points of compulsory units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of stream specific units of study; and
(c) 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study.

Master of Medicine (Advanced) (Psychiatry)

Students must complete 60 credit points, including:
(a) 48 credit points of study as required for the Master of Medicine
(b) 12 credit points of project units of study.

Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Psychiatry)

Students must complete 36 credit points, including:
(a) 6 credit points of compulsory units of study; and
(b) 24 credit points of stream specific units of study; and
(c) 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study.

Graduate Certificate in Medicine (Psychiatry)

Students must complete 24 credit points, including:
(a) 24 credit points of stream specific units of study.

 

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites
C: Corequisites N: Prohibition

Compulsory units

Graduate Diploma and Master Students must select 6 credit points from the units of study listed below:
BMRI5020
Research Inquiry
6 N PUBH5010 or CEPI5100
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6  
Master students must select 6 credit points from the units of study listed below:
BMRI5001
The Ethics of Neuroscience and Mental Health
6  
BMRI5027
Leadership and Policy in Mental Health 1
6  
BMRI5055
Research Project in Psychiatry
6 A BMRI5003 and BMRI5050
PUBH5120
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health
6 N PUBH5118

Stream specific units

BMRI5003
Clinical Psychiatry I
6  
BMRI5012
Brain Ageing
6  
BMRI5020
Research Inquiry
6 N PUBH5010 or CEPI5100
BMRI5050
Clinical Psychiatry II
6  
BMRI5052
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
6 A Clinical experience in psychiatry or general practice or paediatrics or equivalent is essential
N BMRI5011 or BMRI5010
BMRI5053
Bodies, Brains and Minds in Connection
6 A BMRI5003 and BMRI5050 Knowledge and skills at the level of completion of Stage 1 Psychiatry training
BMRI5054
Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Care
6 A BMRI5003 and BMRI5050 Knowledge and skills at the level of completion of Stage 1 Psychiatry training

General electives

BMRI5001
The Ethics of Neuroscience and Mental Health
6  
BMRI5017
Genetics of Brain and Mind Disorders
6  
BMRI5027
Leadership and Policy in Mental Health 1
6  
BMRI5055
Research Project in Psychiatry
6 A BMRI5003 and BMRI5050
PSTY5202
Psychodynamic Interpersonal Therapy
6 A This unit assumes a working clinical knowledge of basic counselling and mental health, commensurate with a clinician having worked 2 or more years in a setting with general health counselling or mental health clients.
PSTY5205
Growth, Trauma and Adaptation
6  
PSTY5201
Psychodynamic Principles and Frameworks
6 A This unit assumes a working clinical knowledge of basic counselling and mental health, commensurate with a clinician having worked 2 or more years in a setting with general health counselling or mental health clients
PUBH5120
Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Health
6 N PUBH5118

Project units of study

MEDF5301
Project (Advanced Masters)
12  
MEDF5302
Project (Advanced Masters) (Part A)
6  
MEDF5303
Project (Advanced Masters) (Part B)
6 P MEDF5302