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MASTER oF PuBlIC HEAlTH
This course takes a comprehensive assessment of all determinants of health and aims to improve the health of populations through knowledge, values, actions and outcomes. Students will be exposed to public health values, decision-making, practice and policy studies. There is a variety of specialisations available for focus in the units of study list for this course. Graduates from this degree can work in public health research to examine health trends or focus towards educating health information. Embedded courses: Graduate Diploma in Public Health
Course duration: 1 year (full-time)/up to
6 years (part-time) (USYD), 1 year (full-time) (UNSW), 2 years (full-time)/4 years (part-time) (UWS)
Providers: USYD, UNSW, UWS, UoN General admission requirements:
• Applicants must have completed a bachelor’s degree in public health, medicine, medical science, nursing, allied health, dentistry, veterinary science, education, communication, science, policy analysis, government, law, commerce and many others for admission
• In exceptional circumstances, the Dean may admit applicants without these qualifications who have other evidence of experience and achievement sufficient to successfully undertake the award
MASTER oF HEAlTH lAW
This degree is a specialist postgraduate qualification providing wide-ranging interdisciplinary coverage of contemporary legal and social issues in healthcare.
The course may be of interest to lawyers with a health/professional liability service, as well as other eligible healthcare professionals. The program is an opportunity to utilise dialogue between legal and health professions about legislative and ethical issues of relevance to both practice and administration. Embedded courses include: Graduate Diploma in Health Law and Graduate Diploma in Public Health Law.
Course duration: 1 year (full-time), 2 years (part-time)
Providers: USYD
General admission requirements:
• Applicant requires a bachelor’s degree with a minimum credit average from
the University of Sydney in law, medical science, medicine, nursing or other appropriate discipline as determined by the Faculty, or an equivalent qualification
• Applicant may be considered if they have a completion of the requirements of an embedded graduate diploma with a minimum credit average or equivalent qualification
FoR MoRE INFoRMATIoN FRoM CouRSE PRovIDERS
Asthma Australia
www.asthmaaustralia.org.au
Australian Association of Consultative Pharmacists (AACP) www.aacp.com.au
Australian College of Pharmacy (ACP)
www.acp.edu.au
Australian National University (ANU)
www.anu.edu.au
Charles Sturt University (CSU)
www.csu.edu.au
Macquarie University (MQ)
www.mq.edu.au
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)
www.psa.org.au
Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA)
www.guild.org.au
Premium Health
www.premiumhealth.com.au
Professional Compounding Chemists of Australia (PCCA)
www.pccarx.vom
University of Newcastle (UoN)
www.newcastle.edu.au
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
www.unsw.edu.au
University of Queensland (UQ)
www.uq.edu.au/study
University of Sydney (USYD)
www.sydney.edu.au
University of Technology (UTS)
www.uts.edu.au
University of Western Sydney (UWS)
www.uws.edu.au
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