This is a 54-unit coursework program offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificates offered within the discipline of Public Health and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the awards.
Students who hold one of these Graduate Certificates receive credit for topics already taken.
Applicants must normally have completed:
The Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The Master of Public Health aims to provide students with the ability to apply knowledge and skills in relation to public health principles, values and practices that reduce inequity in health care access and health outcomes, and improve population health status.
At the completion of the course it is expected that graduates will be able to:
demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills:
apply an advanced level of knowledge and skills:
Students will receive a maximum of 18 units credit for topics already undertaken in the Flinders University Graduate Certificate courses listed above and may be eligible to complete the Masters award with 36 units of additional study.
36 units comprising:
PHCA9501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
PHCA9502A Qualitative Research Methods - Part A (4.5 units)
PHCA9504 First Nations Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
PHCA9507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9509 Public Health Practice Development (9 units)
PHCA9522 Introduction to Epidemiological Research Methods (4.5 units)
PHCA9523 Introductory Biostatistics (4.5 units)
plus 18 units selected from*:
ENVH9712 Environmental Health Policy, Management and Administration (4.5 units)
HACM9200 Health and Aged Care Systems and Policy (4.5 units)
HACM9201 Health Law and Ethics (4.5 units)
MHSC8111 Managing Chronic Conditions - Self-Management Support Approaches (4.5 units)
MHSC8112 Implementing Change in Healthcare Systems Supporting Chronic Condition Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8114 The Person's Experience of Self-Management (4.5 units)
MMED9104 Advanced Epidemiology (4.5 units)
NURS9124 Advanced Thinking, Communicating and Problem Solving for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
NUTD9226 Public Health and Community Nutrition (4.5 units)
PHCA9502B Qualitative Research Methods - Part B (4.5 units)
PHCA9503 Research Methods in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA9505 Primary Health Care in Developing Countries (9 units)
PHCA9506 Program Planning and Evaluation in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA9510 Leadership and the New Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9514 Professional Practice in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9519 Economic Evidence for Health Care Decision Making (4.5 units)
PHCA9520 Epidemiology for Practice (4.5 units)
PHCA9521 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (4.5 units)
PHCA9524 Advanced Biostatistics (4.5 units)
*Students may, in consultation with the Course Coordinator, select alternative option topics for up to 9 units of study.
27 units comprising:
PHCA9501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
PHCA9502A Qualitative Research Methods - Part A (4.5 units)
PHCA9504 First Nations Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
PHCA9507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9522 Introduction to Epidemiological Methods (4.5 units)
PHCA9523 Introductory Biostatistics (4.5 units)
plus 18 units selected from the following topics:
PHCA9512 Public Health Research Dissertation (18 units)
PHCA9512A Public Health Research Dissertation (9/18 units)
PHCA9512B Public Health Research Dissertation (9/18 units)
plus 9 units selected from*:
ENVH9712 Environmental Health Policy, Management and Administration (4.5 units)
HACM9200 Health and Aged Care Systems and Policy (4.5 units)
HACM9201 Health Law and Ethics (4.5 units)
MHSC8111 Managing Chronic Conditions - Self-Management Support Approaches (4.5 units)
MHSC8112 Implementing Change in Healthcare Systems Supporting Chronic Condition Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8114 The Person's Experience of Self-Management (4.5 units)
MMED9104 Advanced Epidemiology (4.5 units)
NURS9124 Advanced Thinking, Communicating and Problem Solving for Health Professionals (4.5 units)
NUTD9226 Public Health and Community Nutrition (4.5 units)
PHCA9502B Qualitative Research Methods - Part B (4.5 units)
PHCA9503 Research Methods in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA9505 Primary Health Care in Developing Countries (9 units)
PHCA9506 Program Planning and Evaluation in Public Health (9 units)
PHCA9510 Leadership and the New Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9514 Professional Practice in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9519 Economic Evidence for Health Care Decision Making (4.5 units)
PHCA9520 Epidemiology for Practice (4.5 units)
PHCA9521 Critical Perspectives on Global Health and Development (4.5 units)
PHCA9524 Advanced Biostatistics (4.5 units)
*Students may, in consultation with the Course Coordinator, select alternative option topics for up to 4.5 units of study.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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