The Graduate Diploma in Public Health is an EXIT POINT only course for the Master of Public Health.
Program of study
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Public Health, a student must complete 36 units comprising one core topic and 27 units of electives, with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board, the program must be completed full-time in two consecutive semesters or part-time within six consecutive semesters.
Core - Year 1 topic
PHCA8501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing (9 units)
Plus 27 units of elective topics selected from the follwoin:
MHSC8111 Managing Chronic Conditions - Self-Management Support Approaches (4.5 units)
MHSC8112 Perspectives on Chronic Diseases Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8114 The Persons Experience of Self Management (4.5 units)
HACM9100 Managing People (4.5 units)
HACM9101 Managing Organisations (4.5 units)
HACM9102 Financial Management in Health Care (4.5 units)
HACM9201 Health Law (4.5 units)
HACM9204 Health Economics (4.5 units)
PHCA8502 Qualitative Research Methods (9 units)
PHCA8504 Social Determinants of Indigenous Health (9 units)
PHCA8505 Primary Health Care Practice in Developing Countries (9 units)
PHCA8506 Program Planning and Evaluation in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA8507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA8508 Food Policy for Public Health Practice (4.5 units)
PHCA8509 Public Health Practice Development (9 units)
PHCA8510 Leadership and the New Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA8511 Social Statistics in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA8516 Introduction to Cancer Prevention (4.5 units)
PHCA8517 Undertaking Translational Research in Cancer Prevention (4.5 units)