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SWM5005Supervised professional practice 1

UnitLevel 5|18 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will assist you in developing the essential knowledge and skills necessary for a career in the field of social work. It involves hands-on training in different practice areas and includes a minimum of 500 hours of supervised...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

SWM5103Supervised professional practice 1

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

This unit will facilitate your entry into the social work profession across a range of practice fields. It comprises a minimum of 500 hours of supervised field education during which time you will observe, practice and critically reflect...

Caulfield

SWM5007Supervised professional practice 2

UnitLevel 5|18 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will help you gain foundational knowledge and skills required to practice in the social work profession by providing practical experience in various practice areas. It includes at least 500 hours of supervised field education,...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

SWM5108Supervised professional practice 2

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

This unit will facilitate your entry into the social work profession across a range of practice fields. You will observe, practice, and critically reflect on the role of social work in a health or human services context for a minimum of...

Semester 1Caulfield

MID5010Supporting lactation and infant feeding

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

Developing advanced practice skills and providing leadership makes an important difference to the health and wellbeing of women and babies when there are issues with lactation and infant feeding. In this unit you will examine advanced...

Semester 2Peninsula

MID3202Supporting the newborn infant

UnitLevel 3|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit you will use evidence-based theory to gain knowledge and skills to assess the newborn and to initiate appropriate nursing and midwifery interventions on the postnatal ward or in a Special Care Nursery (SCN). This will be...

Semester 2Peninsula

MPH5239Systematic reviews and meta-analysis

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

Critical appraisal of literature reviews; problem formulation and protocol development; intra-rater agreement for assessment of relevance; validity assessments; data collection forms; variation between study findings, combining the...

Semester 2Alfred Hospital

BRM5012Techniques in medical biotechnology: Genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics

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

In this unit, you will explore recent advances in genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics and systems biology. You will learn about the latest sequencing technologies underlying these fields of research and obtain an...

Semester 1Semester 2ClaytonMalaysiaSuzhou (SEU)

BRM5013Techniques in medical biotechnology: Imaging, iPS cells, cell and gene therapies

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

This unit covers the fundamental techniques and approaches in regenerative medicine and medical biotechnology. You will learn underlying principles and key techniques such as: non-invasive cell and animal imaging methods, image analysis,...

Semester 1Semester 2ClaytonMalaysiaSuzhou (SEU)

AHC5002Technology in human biomechanical analysis

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

This unit aims to provide an advanced level of understanding of human movement from a biomechanical perspective. You will learn about technologies used in human movement analyses and apply them in various scenarios. You will conduct...

Semester 1Semester 2Peninsula

MSM5001Technology transfer and commercialisation

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

The Technology transfer and commercialisation unit explores the processes and strategies involved in transferring biotechnology innovations from research institutions to the market. The course covers key aspects of technology transfer,...

Semester 2Malaysia

SWM5133The Australian welfare state and social policy

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

In this unit you will be introduced to the concept of the modern welfare state and its critics including the ideological positions of the major Australian political parties. You will learn how to apply a critical lens to the examination of...

Semester 1Semester 2Caulfield

SWM5122The child in society: Promoting children’s well-being and responding to abuse and neglect

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

In this unit your attention will be drawn to the changing roles and views of children in our society. You will consider how views of children, social and cultural values and issues of power and authority have influenced laws and policies...

Semester 1Caulfield

MWC5206The diabetes foot

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

In this unit you will have the opportunity to examine the complex factors contributing to diabetes-related foot wound development, including aetiology, pathophysiology and weight bearing functions. Learning opportunities will enable you to...

Semester 2Clayton

PSY3252The history of psychological disorders and disability

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Psychology and psychiatry have long shaped how psychological disorders and disability are defined, studied, and managed. This unit traces the historical development of these concepts, examining their evolving place within psychology,...

Semester 1Clayton

BMS1132The molecular basis of life

UnitLevel 1|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, you will explore the core principles of molecular biology and biochemistry that underpin the flow of genetic information and cellular function. Students will examine how genetic information is stored, replicated, and...

Semester 2Clayton

PSY3280The neuronal basis of consciousness

UnitLevel 3|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

In this unit, we will provide a broad view of interdisciplinary studies of the neuronal basis of consciousness. Throughout the unit, we will emphasize a triangulation approach: A) conscious experience per se (phenomenology), B) clinical...

Semester 1Clayton

MID4000Theory and practice of complex midwifery

UnitLevel 4|12 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This theory and practice unit will introduce you to the complexities of childbearing and emergency birthing challenges that women may experience during pregnancy, labour and birth and the first weeks after birth. Obstetric and medical...

Semester 1Peninsula

BRM5014Therapeutic approaches and biotechnology

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

This unit covers the fundamentals and principles of modern biotechnology-based therapeutic approaches for treating and managing diseases. You will learn about the cellular and molecular basis of drug actions that underpin new drug...

Semester 1ClaytonMalaysiaSuzhou (SEU)

NUR5220Therapeutic medication management

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

This unit will enable you to apply the principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in the therapeutic management of medication in advanced practice settings. By demonstrating an understanding of prescribed medications on major body...

Semester 2Peninsula