Critical Care Medicine
Table of units of study: Critical Care Medicine
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Compulsory units |
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Graduate Diploma students |
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| Graduate Diploma students must complete 6 credit points of compulsory units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Master students |
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| Master students must complete 12 credit points of compulsory units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CRIT5008 Evidence and Ethics in Critical Care |
6 | P CEPI5100 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study N BETH5208 or PAED5005 or MBHT5005 |
Semester 2 |
Stream specific units |
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| Graduate Certificate students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Graduate Diploma students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| Master students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study. | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CRIT5001 Anatomy for Critical Care |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CRIT5002 Pathology for Critical Care |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CRIT5003 Pharmacology for Critical Care |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CRIT5004 Physiology for Critical Care |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CRIT5005 Clinical Communication and Decision Making |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| CRIT5006 Retrieval Med - Operational Environment |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CRIT5007 Clinical Retrieval Medicine |
6 | P CRIT5006 |
Semester 2 |
| CRIT5009 Teaching Clinical Skills by Simulation |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Enrolments in this unit are limited. |
Semester 1 |
| CLNP5001 Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| CLNP5005 Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia |
6 | C CLNP5001 |
Semester 2 |
| PAIN5002 Pain Mechanisms and Contributors |
6 | Semester 1b Semester 2b |
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| PAIN5003 Pain Treatment and Management Principles |
6 | Semester 1a Semester 2a |
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| PAIN5021 Acute Pain |
6 | Semester 1 |
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General elective units |
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| Graduate Diploma students complete 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| Master students complete 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| BETH5104 Bioethics, Law and Society |
6 |
Prerequisites: A three-year undergraduate degree in science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, law, history, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care |
6 | A clinical experience strongly recommended |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5300 Research Grants: theory and practice |
6 | C (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018 N CEPI5505 |
Semester 1 |
| CLNP5002 Diagnostic Electroencephalography |
6 | C CLNP5001 |
Semester 1 |
| CLNP5006 Intraoperative Monitoring I |
6 | C CLNP5001 |
Semester 1 |
| MBHT5001 Diabetes Management |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| MBHT5002 Advanced Diabetes Management |
6 | A A reasonable working knowledge of how to approach assessment and management of diabetes mellitus in a variety of clinical settings. P MBHT5001 Departmental permission required unless MBHT5001 satisfactorily completed beforehand. |
Semester 2 |
| MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment |
6 |
This unit is designed for health professionals working and teaching in a clinical environment. The requirements and composition of the portfolio of evidence of learning is negotiated by each student with the unit coordinator and will vary depending on individual learning goals and situation. |
Semester 2 |
| PAIN5018 Pain in Children |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SEXH5409 Medical Management of Interpersonal Violence |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SURG5011 Imaging Surgical Patients |
6 | Semester 2 |
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Project units of study |
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| Students accepted into the Master (Advanced) program must complete 12 credit points of project units of study. Students must re-enrol every semester, with the associated financial cost, until they submit their project report or dissertation. | |||
| MEDF5301 Project (Advanced Masters) |
12 |
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the course coordinator. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF5302 Project (Advanced Masters) (Part A) |
6 |
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the course coordinator. |
Semester 1 |
| MEDF5303 Project (Advanced Masters) (Part B) |
6 |
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the course coordinator. |
Semester 2 |
Double degree research units - international candidates only |
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| **Please note that the Double Degree progam is not available in 2017** | |||
| International candidates enrolled in the double degree must complete the following four units over the two years of the program. Specific enrolment patterns are shown below. If the candidate is not able to submit the thesis for the Master of Philosophy after two years of enrolment, they must enrol in both MEDF4003 and MEDF4004 for further semesters, with the associated cost of enrolment, until they are able to submit. | |||
| MEDF4001 Medicine Research A |
12 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF4002 Medicine Research B |
12 | C MEDF4001 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF4003 Medicine Research C |
12 | C MEDF4002 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF4004 Medicine Research D |
12 | C MEDF4003 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |