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Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development

Unit of study table

Master of Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

Master of Science in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

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) (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

Master of Science in Medicine (Advanced) (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

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

Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

Graduate Diploma in Science in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

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 (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development)

Graduate Certificate in Science in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development) (admission suspended)

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, Graduate Diploma in Science

PHAR7816
Introduction to the Therapeutics Industry
6  

Compulsory units - Master of Medicine, Master of Science in Medicine, Master of Medicine (Advanced)

PHAR7816
Introduction to the Therapeutics Industry
6  
PHAR7824
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development
6 C 18 credit points of stream specific units of study
N PCOL5104

Stream specific units

PHAR7817
Pharmaceuticals: Development and Regulation
6 N PCOL5101
PHAR7826
Advanced Therapies: Development and Regulation
6 N PCOL5102
PHAR7823
Medical Devices: Development and Regulation
6 N PCOL5103
PHAR7818
Medical Affairs
6  
PHAR7825
Therapeutic Product Vigilance
6  
HPOL5014
Foundations Health Technology Assessment
6  

General elective units

BETH5209
Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics
6 A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6  
CEPI5215
Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers
6 A Some basic knowledge of summary statistic is assumed
P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011)
N CEPI5214
CEPI5312
Diagnostic and Screening Tests
6 P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002)
N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5311
COMP9208
Artificial Intelligence and Society
6 A Competency in 1st year mathematics. Exposure to computer programming would be useful but not mandatory
FMHU5002
Introductory Biostatistics
6 N PUBH5018
GMED5002
Genomics, Omics and Medical Applications
6 A This unit assumes knowledge equivalent to GMED5001. It is strongly recommended that students who lack a good working knowledge of genomics complete GMED5001 before enrolling in this unit or take it concurrently with GMED5001
HPOL5012
Leadership for Health
6 A Students are expected to have at least 3 years work experience in a health practice, policy or administrative role
HTIN5006
Foundations of Healthcare Data Science
6 N HTIN4006
QBUS5010
Intro to Dashboarding and Data Visualisation
6 A The unit does not assume any prior knowledge of visual analytics.
STAT5002
Introduction to Statistics
6 A HSC Mathematics

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