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's 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's 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 It is recommended that students first complete MBHT5001 (Diabetes Management) unless they have 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. |
Semester 2 |
| MBHT5003 Obesity and Pre-diabetes: Prevention and Care |
6 | A This unit is intended for students who have experience in clinical care of patients. Most of the subject matter and assessments are based on clinical management processes. |
Semester 1 |
| MBHT5004 Cardiovascular Metabolic Management |
6 | A This unit is intended for students who have experience in clinical care of patients and includes a significant Pharmacology component. |
Semester 2 |
| NURS5012 Assessment and Clinical Judgement |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PMED5102 Paediatric Nutrition and Obesity This unit of study is not available in 2018 |
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 |
General elective units |
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| Graduate Diploma students complete 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study. | |||
| Master's 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 |
| 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 |
| BETH5209 Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics |
6 | A A degree in science, medicine, pharmacy, nursing, allied health, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, history, law, communications, public policy, business, economics, commerce, organisation studies, or other relevant field, or by special permission. |
Semester 2 |
| CEPI5200 Quality and Safety in Health Care |
6 |
People working in health care will benefit from this course. |
Semester 1 |
| CEPI5215 Writing and Reviewing Medical Papers |
6 | A Some basic knowledge of summary statistic is assumed P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) N CEPI5214 Students without the pre-requisites are encouraged to contact the unit coordinator to discuss their motivation and experience. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| CEPI5315 Introduction to Systematic Reviews |
6 | C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010 N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314 |
Semester 1 |
| MEDF5002 Teaching in the Clinical Environment |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| 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 1 Semester 2 |
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| PAIN5003 Pain Treatment and Management Principles |
6 | Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5033 Disease Prevention and Health Promotion |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| PUBH5422 Health and Risk Communication |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| PUBH5555 Lifestyle and Chronic Disease Prevention |
6 | P PUBH5033 |
Semester 2 |
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 enrol in a minimum of 12 credit points of project units of study in order to submit their final written work. | |||
| MEDF5301 Project (Advanced Masters) |
12 |
Approval of the project and supervisor by the course coordinator must be confirmed prior to commencing the project. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF5302 Project (Advanced Masters) (Part A) |
6 |
Approval of the project and supervisor by the course coordinator must be confirmed prior to commencing the project. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| MEDF5303 Project (Advanced Masters) (Part B) |
6 |
Approval of the project and supervisor by the course coordinator must be confirmed prior to commencing the project. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |