M7Y Master of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements: See entry requirements

Duration: Minimum 1.5 Years, up to a maximum of 5 Years
Duration
Duration refers to the minimum and maximum amounts of time in which this course can be completed. It will be affected by whether you choose to study full or part time, noting that some programs are only available part time.

Location

Distance Hobart: Semester 1, Semester 2

This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students

New for 2020! – Study a Master of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments.

Working in healthcare in remote and extreme environments is a great challenge, even for the most seasoned professional. You need to have the right knowledge and skills underpinning your actions and that’s why we offer the Master of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

Study Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

This course is ideally suited to doctors, nurses and paramedics of diverse backgrounds looking to expand their skills and knowledge to include the ability to provide healthcare in remote and extreme environments. You’ll further enhance your knowledge and skills to plan, organise and deliver healthcare in these environments while having the opportunity to complete the course flexibly, online and part-time. We also offer the opportunity to enhance learning outcomes by undertaking units with residential and practical components while you study.

The final Masters year is intended to allow students to either develop expertise in a specific area of study through the completion of a research project or to demonstrate their mastery of the subject through a workplace and portfolio-based assessment process.

Students will have completed the coursework required for the Diploma and will then choose either the Research Pathway or the Professional Pathway

Course structure

Core Units

CAM503

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2

Location	Study period	Attendance options		Available to
Hobart	Semester 1
Hobart	Semester 2
Rozelle - Sydney	Semester 2

Courses & Units

Master of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments (M7Y)

Overview 2020

Entry Requirements

Duration

Duration

Location

Study Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

Course structure

Operational Aspects of Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

Medicine in Extreme Environments

Health Research Methods

Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Out of Hospital Practice

Practical Skills for Remote Health Care

Expedition Medicine

Humans in Space

Extreme Sports Medicine

Medical Care on Offshore and Inland Waters

Human Behaviour in Extreme Environments

Select the Professional Placement Pathway or Research Pathway

Professional Practice A

Professional Practice B

Major Project Part A

Major Project Part B

Advanced Clinical Reasoning in Out of Hospital Practice

Global Health Systems

Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Public Health

Systems Thinking in Public Health

Leadership in Health and Human Services

Evaluating Health Interventions

Risk Management and Governance

Introduction to Biostatistics

Extended Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Life Course Epidemiology

Practical Skills for Remote Health Care

Expedition Medicine

Humans in Space

Public Health Intervention Practice

Extreme Sports Medicine

Medical Care on Offshore and Inland Waters

Leading and Managing Change in Health and Human Services

Human Behaviour in Extreme Environments

Entry requirements

Fees & scholarships

Domestic students

International students

Scholarships

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