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

Compulsory units

Graduate Diploma students

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

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
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

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.
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6    N PUBH5010
Semester 1
Semester 2
CRIT5001
Anatomy for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
CRIT5002
Pathology for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
CRIT5003
Pharmacology for Critical Care
6      Semester 2
CRIT5004
Physiology for Critical Care
6      Semester 2
CRIT5005
Clinical Reasoning and Communication
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Places in this unit are limited and departmental permission is required.
Semester 2
CRIT5006
Retrieval Med - Operational Environment
6      Semester 1
CRIT5007
Clinical Retrieval Medicine
6    P CRIT5006
Semester 2
CRIT5009
Teaching with Simulation
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Enrolments in this unit are limited and departmental permission is required.
Semester 1
CRIT5010
Point of Care Ultrasound
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Students must have access to an ultrasound machine as well as live patients to complete scans. Enrolments in this unit of study are limited and departmental permission is required.
Semester 1
Semester 2
CLNP5001
Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology
6   

Students can apply for a waiver if they have completed equivalent study within the last 5 years. Evidence of previous study will be required and completion of an RPL examination.
Semester 1
CLNP5005
Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia
6    C CLNP5001


Critical Care students must request special permission to enrol in this unit of study.
Semester 2
INTM5014
Cardiology
6    A Theoretical and practical knowledge of cardiology at least at the level of a registered medical practitioner


This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates working in an Australian clinical setting.
Semester 1
PAIN5002
Pain Mechanisms and Contributors
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
PAIN5003
Pain Treatment and Management Principles
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
PAIN5021
Acute Pain
6      Semester 1
IMAG5042
Essential Imaging for Clinicians
6      Semester 2

General elective units

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
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
CEPI5300
Research Grants: theory and practice
6    P (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5505
Semester 1
CEPI5315
Introduction to Systematic Reviews
6    C CEPI5100 or PUBH5010
N CEPI5203 or CEPI5102 or CEPI5314
Semester 1
CLNP5002
Diagnostic Electroencephalography
6    C CLNP5001


Critical Care and Internal Medicine students must request special permission to enrol in this unit of study.
Semester 1
CLNP5006
Intraoperative Monitoring I
6    C CLNP5001


Critical Care students must request special permission to enrol in this unit of study.
Semester 1
DERM5001
Essential Dermatology
6      Semester 2
INTM5004
Basic Respiratory Medicine
3   

This unit of study is available only to registered medical graduates working in an Australian clinical setting.
Semester 2
INTM5009
Basic Infectious Diseases
3      Semester 1
Semester 2
MBHT5001
Diabetes Management
6      Semester 1
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
MEDF5002
Teaching in the Clinical Environment
6      Semester 2
PAIN5018
Pain in Children
6      Semester 2
PUBH5018
Introductory Biostatistics
6      Semester 1
SEXH5200
Advanced STIs
6   

Note: For students who are not enrolled in one of the Sexual and Reproductive Health degrees or Internal Medicine must apply to the Unit of Study Coordinator for permission to enrol in this unit of study.
Semester 1
SEXH5409
Medical Management of Interpersonal Violence
6      Semester 1
SURG5011
Imaging Surgical Patients
6      Semester 2

Project units of study

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

Double degree research units - international candidates only

**Please note that the Double Degree progam is not available in 2018**
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