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Clinical Epidemiology

Errata
item Errata Date
1 The following unit is only offered in Semester 2 -
CEPI5215: Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers
17/01/2017
2 CEPI5102 Literature Searching is no longer available in the Part A Electives for the 2017 cohort of Clinical Epidemiology students. It will only be available to the pre-2017 cohort of Clinical Epidemiology students in order for them to complete the core requirements of their degree. 13/02/2017
3 The following unit is cancelled for 2017:
QUAL5002: Qualitative Methodologies and Study Design
02/03/2017
4 The following unit has been cancelled for 2017:
BETH5201 Ethics and Biotechnology
24/03/2017

Table of units of study: Clinical Epidemiology

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Core units

CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6    N PUBH5010
Semester 1
Semester 2
PUBH5018
Introductory Biostatistics
6      Semester 1

Capstone Units (these units are also found in Part A Electives)

Students taking a Master award course must take a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units.
CEPI5205
Doing a Systematic Review
6    A (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
P CEPI5203 or CEPI5314 or CEPI5315


Please speak to the Unit Coordinator if you have not successfully completed the assumed knowledge units prior to enrolling in CEPI5205
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5207
Advanced Teaching Clinical Epidemiology

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    P CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
C CEPI5311 and CEPI5203
N : CEPI5206
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5215
Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers
6    P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100). Students without the pre-requisites are encouraged to contact the unit coordinator to discuss their motivation and experience.
N CEPI5214
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5300
Research Grants: theory and practice
6    C (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5505
Semester 1
CEPI5505
Clinical Epidemiology Project 1
2    P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5300
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5506
Clinical Epidemiology Project 2
4    P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
C CEPI5300 or CEPI5505
Semester 1
Semester 2

Part A Electives

Graduate Certificate students must select 12 credit points from Part A. Graduate Diploma students must select a minimum of 18 credit points from Part A. Master students must select a minimum of 18 credit points from Part A, in addition to their 6 credit points of capstone units. For further information, check the course requirements for award.
CEPI5102
Literature Searching
2    N CEPI5315

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
From 2017, CEPI5102 is no longer a core unit in the Clinical Epidemiology program. It will only be available to the pre-2017 cohort of Clinical Epidemiology students in order for them to complete the core requirements of their degree. Alternatively, all pre-2017 students will be offered the option to transfer to the revised (2017 onwards) coursework resolutions so that they do not have to complete the core CEPI5102 requirement, but they are under no obligation to do so.
Semester 1
CEPI5200
Quality and Safety in Health Care
6    A clinical experience strongly recommended
Semester 1
CEPI5315
Introduction to Systematic Reviews
6    C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314
Semester 1
CEPI5314
Introduction to Systematic Reviews (TAV)
4    P CEPI5102
C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
N CEPI5203, CEPI5315


For pre-2017 students only
Semester 1
CEPI5204
Advanced Systematic Reviews
2    P PUBH5211
C CEPI5203 or CEPI5314 or CEPI5315
Semester 2b
CEPI5205
Doing a Systematic Review
6    A (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
P CEPI5203 or CEPI5314 or CEPI5315


Please speak to the Unit Coordinator if you have not successfully completed the assumed knowledge units prior to enrolling in CEPI5205
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5206
Intro Teaching Clinical Epidemiology

This unit of study is not available in 2017

2    P CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
C CEPI5311 and CEPI5203
N : CEPI5207
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5207
Advanced Teaching Clinical Epidemiology

This unit of study is not available in 2017

6    P CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
C CEPI5311 and CEPI5203
N : CEPI5206
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5211
Introduction to Genetic Epidemiology

This unit of study is not available in 2017

2      Semester 2a
CEPI5215
Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers
6    P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100). Students without the pre-requisites are encouraged to contact the unit coordinator to discuss their motivation and experience.
N CEPI5214
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5300
Research Grants: theory and practice
6    C (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5505
Semester 1
CEPI5305
Translating Research Into Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2017

2    P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
Intensive May
CEPI5306
Clinical Practice Guidelines
2    A clinical experience strongly recommended
Semester 2a
CEPI5308
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement
2      Semester 1b
CEPI5310
Advanced Statistical Modelling
4    P PUBH5212
Semester 1
CEPI5311
Diagnostic and Screening Tests (Part 1)
2    P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100
N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5312
Semester 2
CEPI5312
Diagnostic and Screening Tests (1 and 2)
6    P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100
N PUBH5208 or CEPI5202 or CEPI5311
Semester 2
CEPI5505
Clinical Epidemiology Project 1
2    P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5300
Semester 1
Semester 2
CEPI5506
Clinical Epidemiology Project 2
4    P (CEPI5100 or PUBH5010) and PUBH5018
C CEPI5300 or CEPI5505
Semester 1
Semester 2
INFO9003
IT for Health Professionals
6    N INFO5003
Semester 2
PUBH5205
Decision Analysis
2    A PUBH5302 Health Economic Evaluation
P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100)
Semester 2b
PUBH5206
Controlled Trials
2    P PUBH5018
Semester 2a
PUBH5211
Multiple Regression and Stats Computing
4    P PUBH5018


The statistical software package we shall be using in this unit is web-based. There is no cost/fee to use this software.
Semester 2
PUBH5212
Categorical Data Analysis
2    P PUBH5018
C PUBH5211
Semester 2b
PUBH5213
Survival Analysis
2    C PUBH5211
Semester 2b
PUBH5215
Introductory Analysis of Linked Data
6    P (PUBH5010 or BSTA5011 or CEPI5100) and (PUBH5211 or BSTA5004)
Intensive June
Intensive November
PUBH5224
Advanced Epidemiology
6    P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100)
Semester 2
PUBH5302
Health Economic Evaluation
4    P ((PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018) or (HPOL5001 as a prerequisite and HPOL5003 as a co-requisite)
Intensive September
PUBH5307
Advanced Health Economic Evaluation
2    P PUBH5018 and (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100)
C PUBH5205 and PUBH5302

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Intensive October
PUBH5500
Advanced Qualitative Health Research
6    N QUAL5005
Semester 1
Semester 2
QUAL5002
Qualitative Methodologies and Study Design
6    A Basic understanding of the nature of qualitative knowledge and the processes of qualitative research.
C PUBH5500

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Departmental permission is required for students who have not completed PUBH5500.
Intensive May
Semester 1

Part B Electives

Graduate Certificate students may not select any units of study from Part B. Graduate Diploma students can select up to a maximum 6 credit points from Part B. Master students can select up to a maximum of 12 credit points from Part B.
PUBH5019
Cancer Prevention and Control
6    P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 2
PUBH5020
Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
6    P PUBH5010 or CEPI5100

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
PUBH5032
Making Decisions in Public Health
2      Semester 2
PUBH5309
Translational Health

This unit of study is not available in 2017

2      Semester 2a
Semester 2b
PUBH5417
Injury Epidemiology Prevention and Control
4      Semester 2
PUBH5422
Health and Risk Communication
6      Semester 2
BETH5201
Ethics and Biotechnology
6      Semester 1
BETH5202
Human and Animal Research Ethics
6    N BETH5208


If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs.
Semester 2
BETH5203
Ethics and Public Health
6    N BETH5206
Semester 2
BETH5204
Clinical Ethics
6   

If an insufficient number of students opt to attend seminars on campus, the co-ordinator may choose to teach this Unit of Study in online mode only. Students will be contacted if this occurs.
Semester 1
BETH5208
Introduction to Human Research Ethics
2    N BETH5202
Semester 2a