Metabolic Health
Tables of units of study: Metabolic Health
| 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 must complete 12 credit points of compulsory units of study | |||
| CEPI5100 Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
6 | N PUBH5010 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MBHT5005 Evidence and Ethics in Metabolic Health |
6 | P CEPI5100 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study N BETH5208 or PAED5005 or CRIT5008 |
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. | |||
| 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 |
| MBHT5003 Obesity and Pre-diabetes: Prevention and Care |
6 | A This unit is intended for students who have experience and understanding in clincial care of patients. Most of the subject matter and assessments are based on clinical managment processes. |
Semester 1 |
| MBHT5004 Cardiovascular metabolic management |
6 | Semester 2 |
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General elective units |
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| Graduate Diploma students complete 6 credit points of general elective units of study. | |||
| Master students complete 12 credit points of 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| NTDT5608 Community and Public Health Nutrition |
6 | C NTDT5305 and NTDT5307 NTDT5608 is available as an elective to students in the Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Master of Medicine as well as the Master of Science in Medicine (Metabolic Health). For these students, there are no prerequisites for entry into NTDT5608. However, these students must apply for Special Permission from the unit of study coordinator in order to be enrolled. |
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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| PMED5102 Paediatric Nutrition and Obesity |
6 | C Students who commence after 01 January 2016 are required to complete the Blackboard Academic Honesty Education Module. It is recommended that this is completed as soon as possible after enrolment into your first unit of Study This unit of study is only offered in odd numbered years |
Semester 2 |
| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | N MIPH5014 |
Semester 1 |
| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
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 |