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Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development

Unit of study table

This page was first published on 21 November 2022 and was last amended on 16 December 2022.
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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

CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

6  
PHAR7817
Pharmaceuticals: development and regulation
6 N PCOL5101
PCOL5102
Modern Therapeutics and Medical Devices
6  
PHAR7823
Medical devices: development and regulation

6 N PCOL5103
PCOL5105
Commercialising MedTech and Pharma
6  
PHAR7815
Regulation of Complementary Medicines
6 A Students will be expected to have a relevant health care, health science or science related undergraduate qualification or experience working in this sector

General elective units

BETH5104
Bioethics, Law and Policy
6  
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
BMSC5002
Advances in Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
6  
BSTA5003
Health Indicators and Health Surveys (HIS)
6 C BSTA5100 or BSTA5001
CEPI5200
Quality and Safety in Health Care
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 (1 and 2)
6 P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002)
N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5311
CEPI5315
Introduction to Systematic Reviews
6 C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010 or CLTR5001
N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314
CLTR5001
Introduction to Clinical Trials
6  
CLTR5004
Advanced Trial Design
6 P CLTR5001 and CLTR5007
FMHU5002
Introductory Biostatistics
6 N PUBH5018
HPOL5001
Health Systems and Financing
6 N GLOH5135
HPOL5006
Business of Health
6 N SMBA6122
HPOL5012
Leadership in Health
6 A Students are expected to have at least 1 year work experience in a health practice, policy or administrative role

Project units of study

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

Post-publication amendments

Date Original publication Post-publication amendment
07/12/2022 Co-requisites (C) for PHAR7824 published as:
C PHAR7816 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study from (CEPI5100 or PCOL5101 or PHAR7817) and (PCOL5102 or PCOL5103 or PHAR7823) and (PCOL5105 or PHAR7815)
Co-requisites (C) for PHAR7824 amended to:
PHAR7816 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study from (CEPI5100 or (PCOL5101 or PHAR7817) or PCOL5102 or (PCOL5103 or PHAR7823) or PCOL5105 or PHAR7815)
16/12/2022 Co-requisites (C) for PHAR7824 was published post-publication as:
C PHAR7816 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study from (CEPI5100 or (PCOL5101 or PHAR7817) or PCOL5102 or (PCOL5103 or PHAR7823) or PCOL5105 or PHAR7815)
Co-requisites (C) for PHAR7824 amended to:
C 18 credit points of stream specific units of study