Graduate Diploma in Indigenous and Remote Child Health

The Graduate Diploma in Indigenous and Remote Child Health is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences.

The course is delivered jointly with Menzies School of Health Research and/or Centre for Remote Health incorporating both core and elective topics from the Menzies Master in Public Health and from the CRH Master of Remote Health Practice.

• Admission requirements
• Course aims
• Learning outcomes
• Program of study

Admission requirements

Applicants must:

• hold a recognised Medical degree and have full or conditional registration as a medical practitioner within Australia or in their home country
• have completed an internship recognised within Australia or their home country.
  

Course aims

The Graduate Diploma aims to provide students with the opportunity to acquire advanced paediatric clinical knowledge/skills as well as an understanding of community child health principles, values and practices that contribute to improving health care access for Indigenous children as well as all children living in rural and remote areas.

Learning outcomes

At the completion of the course, students are expected to be able to

• Confidently and competently treat and manage common paediatric problems within their own practice
• Organise, manage and implement community Child Health Programs within their local district
• Identify more complex paediatric problems, institute initial management and refer on to the major centres
• Build their own network of support/resource people for consultations and know when to use them
• Impart paediatric knowledge to fellow workers (e.g. medical students, nurses, health workers etc.) and also to the community (e.g. in community education)
  

Program of study

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board:

• no topic may be attempted more than twice;
• the program must be completed within six consecutive semesters.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in the same topic on more than one occasion will constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University&##39;s Policy on Student Progress.

A student who withdraws from the course or fails to renew enrolment may re-enrol only with the Board&##39;s approval.

Core - Year 1 topics

 HLTH8301  Indigenous and Remote Clinical Paediatrics 1  (9 units)
 HLTH8302  Indigenous and Remote Clinical Paediatrics 2  (9 units)

plus one of

 REMH8013  Public Health Principles for Remote & Indigenous Practice  (4.5 units)
 PHM567 Introduction to Public Health*  (4.5 units)

Elective - Year 1 topics

Students choose 13.5 units from the following:

 REMH8014  Ethics Power and Practice  (4.5 units)
 REMH8015  Research and Evidence Based Decision Making  (4.5 units)
 PHM570  Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases*  (4.5 units)
 PHM593  Tropical Child Health*  (4.5 units)
 PHM592  International Health and Global Economy*  (4.5 units) OR
 REMH8019  Health Economics  (4.5 units)
 PHM553  An Introduction to Biostatistics*  (4.5 units) OR
 PHM552  Introduction to Epidemiology*  (4.5 units)

* Menzies School of Health Research Topic