Public Health (Research Methods)
Unit of study table
Master of Public Health - Research Methods - Specialisation |
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| A specialisation requires the completion of 18 credit points chosen from unit of study listed below. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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Unit selections for specialisation |
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| PUBH5125 Environmental Epidemiology |
6 | P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011 |
| PUBH5215 Analysis of Linked Health Data |
6 | A The unit assumes introductory-level programming skills in SAS or R, assumes introductory-level knowledge in epidemiology, e.g., PUBH5010 or CEPI5100, and introductory-level knowledge in biostatistics or statistics, e.g., PUBH5018 or FMHU5002. C (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5211 or PUBH5217 or BSTA5004) |
| PUBH5216 Controlled Clinical Trials |
6 | P PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 N PUBH5206 - Controlled trials (2CP) |
| PUBH5217 Biostatistics: Statistical Modelling |
6 | P PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 N (PUBH5211 or PUBH5212 or PUBH5213) |
| PUBH5218 Advanced Statistical Modelling |
6 | P PUBH5217 N CEPI5310 |
| PUBH5224 Applied Epidemiology |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 or BSTA5002) |
| PUBH5227 Public Health Program Evaluation |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
| PUBH5312 Health Economic Evaluation |
6 | P HPOL5000 or FMHU5001 or BSTA5002 N PUBH5302 |
| PUBH5317 Advanced Economic and Decision Analysis |
6 | P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100 or BSTA5011) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002 or BSTA5002) C PUBH5312 N PUBH5205 or PUBH5307 |
| FMHU5004 Qualitative Analysis and Writing in Health |
6 | A Students should have an understanding of qualitative research as this unit does not cover research design or data collection. Students looking for an introductory level unit should take FMHU5003 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Health. P FMHU5003 or PUBH5505 or QUAL5005 or QUAL5006 or GLOH5201 N PUBH5506 |
| PUBH5610 Public Health Research Project |
12 | A Knowledge gained from a minimum 48 credit points of the Master of Public Health or Master of Global Health is required to successfully undertake the proposed project. Students must have completed any core unit directly related to their project prior to commencing the research project - this will be determined by the Unit of Study Coordinator at the time Departmental permission is considered. N PUBH5611 or PUBH5612 |
| PUBH5611 Public Health Research Project A |
6 | A Knowledge gained from a minimum 48 credit points of the Master of Public Health or Master of Global Health is required to successfully undertake the proposed project. Students must have completed any core unit directly related to their project prior to commencing the research project - this will be determined by the Unit of Study Coordinator at the time Departmental permission is considered. N PUBH5610 |
| PUBH5612 Public Health Research Project B |
6 | A Knowledge gained from a minimum 48 credit points of the Master of Public Health or Master of Global Health is required to successfully undertake the proposed project. Students must have completed any core unit directly related to their project prior to commencing the research project - this will be determined by the Unit of Study Coordinator at the time Departmental permission is considered. N PUBH5610 |
| CEPI5105 Advanced Epidemiology |
6 | P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and (FMHU5002 or PUBH5018 or BSTA5002) C PUBH5217 or BSTA5210 |
| CEPI5205 Doing a Systematic Review |
6 | A (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and (PUBH5018 or FMHU5002) P CEPI5203 or CEPI5314 or CEPI5315 |
| 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 |
| CEPI5315 Systematic Reviews |
6 | C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010 or CLTR5001 N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314 or CLTR5000 |
