RURAL AND REMOTE MEDICINE
Rural and Remote Medicine studies are offered at Postgraduate Diploma and Masters levels.
Full details of the courses are outlined in the Award Requirements.
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA OF RURAL AND REMOTE MEDICINE
Schedule A
| CORE | |
| MD8001:03 | Foundations of Rural or Remote Medicine: Reflections on Practice |
| MD8002:03 | Rural and Remote Medicine |
| ELECTIVES | |
| MD8003:03 | Clinical Supervision for Rural Medical Practitioners |
| MD8007:09 | Independent Study: Dissertation |
| MD8008:18 | Independent Project and Thesis |
| TM5002:03 | Infectious Diseases |
| TM5501:03 | Tropical Medicine |
| TM5502:03 | Tropical Public Health |
| TM5503:03 | Human Parasitology |
| TM5505:03 | Introduction to the Principles of Research for Public Health |
| TM5506:03 | Applied Social Sciences in Tropical Medicine |
| TM5507:03 | Primary Health Care |
| TM5508:03 | Tropical Marine and Diving Medicine |
| TM5510:03 | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health |
| TM5512:03 | Travel Medicine |
| TM5513:03 | Public Health Management |
| TM5514:03 | Environmental Health |
| TM5515:03 | Epidemiology for Public Health |
| TM5516:03 | Biostatistics for Public Health |
| TM5517:03 | Technical Proficiency Skills for Public Health |
| TM5519:03 | Training Primary Healthcare Workers |
| TM5522:03 | Advanced Biostatistics for Public Health |
| TM5524:03 | Qualitative Research Methods |
| TM5525:03 | Disease Control |
| TM5526:03 | Public Health Economics |
| TM5527:03 | Special Topic/Independent Project |
| TM5528:03 | Health Promotion |
| TM5534:03 | Tropical Paediatrics |
| TM5536:03 | Refugee Health |
MASTER OF RURAL AND REMOTE MEDICINE
To qualify for the award of the Master of Rural and Remote Medicine the student must have:
- completed the Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine, or equivalent, as determined by the Executive Dean on the advice of the Dean of the School of Medicine; and
- completed and passed a minimum of eight subjects selected from Schedule A to a minimum of 24 units. These subjects must include all core subjects as listed and at least five elective subjects as listed.
If the student has completed and passed any of the core subjects as part of the Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine, then another elective subject must be chosen to replace that subject.