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AHC5004Business management in health

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

This unit introduces you to the business, marketing and management principles required for the successful operation of a health business, and applies these concepts to health contexts. The influence and requirements of funding models will...

Semester 1Peninsula

BMS5012Cancer biology and therapeutics

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

The aim of this unit is to introduce and develop your understanding of cancer biology, including the molecular mechanisms underpinning human cancers and targeted therapeutics used to treat patients with this disease. Three main themes will...

Semester 1Clayton

NUR5016Cancer nursing 1

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

Cancer nursing requires specialised skills and knowledge to provide care to the complex needs of patients with cancer. This unit introduces the advanced knowledge and skills required of specialist cancer nurses, enabling you to implement...

Semester 1Clayton

NUR5017Cancer nursing 2

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

This unit builds upon the foundations established in unit NUR5016 and extends your knowledge of advanced cancer nursing care using an evidence-based approach. This unit will prepare you to provide advanced care to cancer patients, symptom...

Semester 2Clayton

PTY5109Cardiorespiratory physiotherapy

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

This unit will focus on the knowledge and skills required for physiotherapy assessment and management of clients with cardiorespiratory conditions. Person-centred and evidence based approaches to cardiorespiratory physiotherapy are...

Peninsula

BMS5006Cardiovascular biology and disease

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

This unit is part of the Master of Biomedical and Health Sciences. It aims to develop your knowledge and understanding of emerging concepts on the function of the cardiovascular system in health and in disease. The pathophysiological...

Semester 1Clayton

HSC2400Career skills for health professionals

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

You will capitalise on contemporary career information and materials within the health sector to enhance your employability and career preparedness for graduate-level employment in health-related careers. You will focus on developing key...

Semester 2Caulfield

NUR2010Caring for children and young people in nursing practice

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit introduces you to a range of concepts related to the care of children and young people in a variety of clinical and community settings. You will explore the key differences in the, anatomy, physiology, growth and development that...

Semester 2ClaytonPeninsula

MPD0046Caring for older people: Nutrition and mental health essentials

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

You will gain essential skills and knowledge to support the nutritional and mental health needs of older adults in community and aged care settings. You will explore the physical, psychological, and social aspects of normal ageing. This...

Clayton

MPH5273Case study in health services management

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

The unit is designed to consolidate the theoretical and practical skills acquired in the Master of Health Management or the Masters of Public Health by exploring in detail a complex problem within their workplace or within a health care...

Semester 1Semester 2Full yearAlfred Hospital

EPM5018Causal inference

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

This unit covers modern statistical methods for assessing the causal effect of a treatment or exposure from randomised or observational studies. The unit begins by explaining the fundamental concept of counterfactual or potential outcomes...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

BMS1021Cells, tissues and organisms

UnitLevel 1|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will introduce you to the fundamental units of life (the cells) and explores how cells come together to form primary tissues which subsequently combine to form the organ systems and ultimately the living organism. Cellular...

Semester 1Clayton

PIT5006Child and adolescent psychiatry

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

This unit will introduce and prepare you in essentials of the psychiatric care of children, adolescents and their families such as introduction to, epidemiology, aetiology, neurobiology, and principles of diagnostic paradigms, assessment...

Semester 1Semester 2Clayton

FOR5012Child and adolescent sexual abuse

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

Paediatric forensic medicine encompasses the medico-legal issues arising from the provision of a medical service to children. The unit will largely focus on the medical assessment of cases of suspected child sexual abuse. The aim of this...

Semester 2SouthbankUniversity of the Philippines

PSY2243Child and youth mental health: Empowering parents and carers

UnitLevel 2|6 credit points|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit will focus on developing your knowledge of child and youth mental health, and developing your skills to support their parents and families. You will learn about common mental disorders impacting children, youth, and...

Semester 2Clayton

MPH5207Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention

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

Chronic non-communicable diseases represent a major global public health challenge. They affect lives of people, their families and communities. This unit provides learners with an overview of surveillance of chronic diseases, social...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

PHI5207Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention

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

Chronic non-communicable diseases represent a major global public health challenge. They affect lives of people, their families and communities. This unit provides learners with an overview of surveillance of chronic diseases, social...

Indonesia

PBH3009Chronic disease prevention and control

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

This unit will extend on upon your foundational knowledge in epidemiology and disease prevention. You will focus on the burden of chronic disease, examining both the Australian context and global perspectives. You will apply techniques for...

Semester 2Caulfield

TRM5006Clinical and translational bioinformatics

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

This unit equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to apply bioinformatics in key areas such as genomics and transcriptomics, with a strong focus on translational research. You will build foundational coding skills and learn how...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital

TRM6006Clinical and translational bioinformatics

UnitLevel 6|Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

This unit equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to apply bioinformatics in key areas such as genomics and transcriptomics, with a strong focus on translational research. You will build foundational coding skills and learn how...

Semester 1Alfred Hospital