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MASTER oF ClINICAl EPIDEMIoloGy
This degree focuses on public health
by educating students on how to conceptualise, design and carry out epidemiological research addressing priority health concerns in both clinical and community settings. The course prepares students to work in healthcare service to avoid communicable epidemics or for other career pathways in research, academia or policy advising.
Course duration: 1–2 years (full-time)
Providers: UoN
General admission requirements:
• Applicant should have a relevant degree in health
• In some circumstances, applicants holding acceptable academic or professional qualifications with relevant work experience may be admitted
GRADuATE CERTIFICATE IN HEAlTH CoMMuNICATIoN
This certificate delivers core media skills to help the candidate become an effective communicator across health and medicine, public affairs, public relations, community relations and journalism.
Course duration: 6 months (full-time), 1 year (part-time)
Providers: USYD
General admission requirements:
• Applicant must have a bachelor’s degree from a recognised educational institution with a major in a relevant subject area in the humanities, social sciences or public health, or an equivalent qualification
• Applicants with relevant recent professional qualifications and experience of at least 3 years duration may be assessed as suitable for admission by
the Dean
GRADuATE DIPloMA IN HEAlTH CoMMuNICATIoN
This program is an extension from
the Graduate Certificate in Health Communication. The diploma delivers core media skills to help the candidate become an effective communicator across health and medicine, public affairs, public relations, community relations and journalism.
Course duration: 1 year (full-time), up to 4 years (part-time)
Providers: USYD
General admission requirements:
• Applicant must have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum 60% average calculated over the whole degree, or an equivalent qualification
MASTER oF HEAlTH CoMMuNICATIoN
This course delivers core media skills to
help the candidate become an effective communicator across health and medicine, public affairs, public relations, community relations and journalism. Embedded courses in this degree include: Graduate Certificate in Health Communication and Graduate Diploma in Health Communication.
Course duration: 1.5 years (full-time), up to 6 years (part-time)
Providers: USYD
General admission requirements:
• Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree with a minimum credit (65%) average calculated over the whole degree from the University of Sydney, or an equivalent qualification
• Completion of the requirements for
the embedded Graduate Certificate
or Graduate Diploma in Health Communication with a minimum credit (65%) average, or equivalent qualification
MASTER oF HEAlTH MANAGEMENT
This program provides students with knowledge, skills and attributes required to undertake senior managerial roles in health services. The course focuses on strategic planning, quality and safety improvement and monitoring and policy making. Completing this program qualifies for careers in hospital and community healthcare services, aged care services, Ministries and Departments of Health, government agencies and private organisations.
Course duration: 1 year (full-time)
Providers: UNSW
General admission requirements:
• Applicants are required to have a degree in a health-related or public health-related discipline and ONE of the following:
‐ Honours or postgraduate qualification in a health-related or public health-related discipline OR
‐ Two years full-time professional experience in a health discipline, including as a volunteer or equivalent experience acquired as part of a degree of four or more years duration
• In exceptional circumstances, applications will be considered for entry where the applicant has extensive professional health-related or public health-related experience but does not hold a formal qualification in a relevant discipline
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