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MPH5241Introduction to occupational health and safety

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

The effects and human cost of occupational disease and injury, occupational health and safety law, worker's compensation, negligence, occupational rehabilitation, historical achievements and challenges, international and national...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

MPH5041Introductory biostatistics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit introduces you to biostatistics as applied to public health and management studies. Biostatistics is the science of describing, summarising, and analysing health-related data. It is essential to understand biostatistics in order...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MPH6041Introductory biostatistics

UnitLevel 6|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit introduces you to biostatistics as applied to public health and management studies. Biostatistics is the science of describing, summarising, and analysing health-related data. It is essential to understand biostatistics in order...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MPH5040Introductory epidemiology

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit is taken concurrently with MPH5041, as together they are prerequisites for clinical epidemiology elective units. Upon completion of this unit you will be able to measure frequencies of disease i.e. incidence, prevalence,...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MPH6040Introductory epidemiology

UnitLevel 6|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

To be taken concurrently with MPH6041 together they are prerequisites for clinical epidemiology elective units. Upon completion of this unit you will be able to measure frequencies of disease i.e. incidence, prevalence, "population at...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MPH5220Introductory health economics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit provides an introduction to health economics. For many of you, this will be the first time you may have studied economics so we have developed the course with this in mind. We will cover topics including - Why is the discipline...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

MPH5265Law for health systems

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Review of legal management principles related to health care by examining common law principles and statutes. Examination of the Australian legal system, including the Coroner's court, with an emphasis on Victorian and Commonwealth cases...

Semester 2Alfred Hospital

EPM5008Longitudinal and correlated data analysis

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will develop statistical models for longitudinal and correlated data in medical research. The concept of hierarchical data structures will be developed, together with simple numerical and analytical demonstrations of the...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

EPM5017Machine learning for biostatistics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Recent years have brought a rapid growth in the amount and complexity of health data captured. Among others, data collected in imaging, genomic, health registries and personal devices call for new statistical techniques in both predictive...

Semester 2Alfred Hospital

EPM5026Mathematical foundations for biostatistics

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit covers the foundational mathematical methods and probability distribution concepts necessary for an in depth understanding of biostatistical methods. The unit commences with an introduction to mathematical expressions, followed...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MAP5002Minor thesis

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

MAP5002 concludes a three-unit sequence (MAP5000, MAP5001 and MAP5002) which provides students with research experience. In MAP5000 students developed a research proposal and protocol. MAP5001 focussed on collection and analysis of data...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred HospitalClaytonPeninsula

POM5101Perioperative medicine and cardiorespiratory disease

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Cardiorespiratory disease is increasing in prevalence and creates a number of perioperative diagnostic and management dilemmas. This unit aims to consolidate and extend your knowledge of the pathophysiology of cardiac disease, and review...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

POM5103Perioperative medicine and co-existing conditions

UnitLevel 5|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

You will gain knowledge of the pathogenesis and perioperative management of patients with endocrine, hepatic, neurological, psychiatric and musculoskeletal dysfunction. You will explore the perioperative implications of cancer, infectious...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

POM5106Perioperative medicine capstone project

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit is designed to enable you to successfully complete a small - scale research informed project identified and approved in the unit POM5105 and intended to resolve an issue within the practice of perioperative medicine. The unit...

Semester 1Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MPH5042Planetary health

UnitLevel 5|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will examine the health impacts of climate change, and the relevance of this to the principles and practices of public health. Informed by an understanding of the fundamental role of climate stability for sustained population...

Semester 2Alfred Hospital

MRU0039Postgraduate research in ambulance and paramedic studies

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Ambulance and paramedic studies investigate emergency medical services, pre-hospital medical care and paramedic education. This detailed field may include aeromedical retrieval, emergency preparedness and disaster medicine, and mobile...

Alfred HospitalCaulfieldClaytonPeninsula

MRU0001Postgraduate research in anaesthesia

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Anaesthesiology is the study of the medical specialisation concerned with the administration of drugs and other substances to achieve lack of sensation with or without loss of consciousness. This detailed field may include administering...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical ResearchPeninsula

MRU0002Postgraduate research in biochemistry and cell biology

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Biochemistry and Cell Biology is the study of the chemistry of living organisms and the structure and function of cells. Examples include biosynthesis, cellular regulation, cytology, molecular biology, and metabolism. This unit is 100%...

Alfred HospitalBaker InstituteBurnet InstituteClaytonHudson Institute of Medical Research+4 more

MRU0003Postgraduate research in community health

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Community Health is the study of health practices in the community which support and assist the management of disabilities and illness. This detailed field may include current issues in Australian community health, and disabilities and...

Alfred HospitalBendigoBox HillCaulfieldClayton+6 more

MRU0004Postgraduate research in environmental health

UnitLevel 9|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Environmental health is the study of the health impact of the interaction between humans and the environment. This detailed field may include the effect of environmental pollution on health. This unit is 100% research with a view to...

Alfred HospitalClaytonGippslandHudson Institute of Medical Research