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UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course provides a dedicated pathway for mature-aged Indigenous students that prepares them for entry to the postgraduate professional health sciences offered at UWA.Students engage with fundamental principals drawn from the following basic sciences: human biology, physiology, chemistry and biochemistry. In addition, an introduction to the social determinants of Indigenous health provides the contextual understanding for the successful application of contemporary health strategies.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course provides an opportunity for students who have completed a Graduate Diploma in a cognate field to design, conduct, analyse and write up a year long research project relevant to the School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Students develop their understanding of the process of research as well as demonstrating competence at each stage of the research process.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course is a two year Master of Public Health course which enables students to specialise in one of three areas: public health foundations, applied public health and public health methodology. It provides students with a strong grounding in public health knowledge and theory.The course can be undertaken by coursework only (public health foundations), coursework and practicum (applied public health) or coursework and dissertation (public health methodology). Students undertaking the public health foundations specialisation, or the applied public health specialisation can also undertake a project.Only those students meeting the eligibility criteria may undertake the project, dissertation or practicum.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course extends the students' undergraduate learning in the biomedical sciences with a focus on the knowledge and technical skill set required for research or employment in the diagnostic and research environments of clinical pathology. The first half of the course focuses on the six major disciplines of clinical pathology (biochemistry, haematology and transfusion science, immunology, anatomical pathology, genetics and microbiology) as well as key elements of professional practice (e.g. communication skills, occupational health and safety, quality control, ethics, regulatory/legislative frameworks). The course structure allows students to exit the course after the first year with a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Pathology. The second year of the master's degree course provides students with advanced training in two or three of the aforementioned disciplines including relevant laboratory experience.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This is a four-year program for entry to professional practice as a medical doctor. The overall aim of the course is to produce graduates committed to the well-being of the patient, community and society as accountable, responsible, scholarly, capable and caring doctors. The outcomes, content and teaching are based on the six PLACES themes of the program which reflect the roles of a doctor: professional, leader, advocate, clinician, educator and scholar.The teaching consists of approximately 40 weeks of contact time each year. The first year of the program commences with an introduction to the educational aspects of the course, the formation of professional identity, and team and societal aspects of medicine. The preparatory science teaching that follows includes the disciplines of anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, immunology, genetics, anatomical pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, and population health sciences. This learning is integrated with clinical skills and other professional aspects of medical practice. Early clinical experiences, small group learning tutorials and skills workshops are included in the teaching methods together with lectures, laboratories and seminars.In Year 2, students undertake clinical preparation block to assist with their transition to the clinical learning environment, followed by clinical attachments in the WA health system with rotations in the major hospital specialties of Internal Medicine, Geriatrics/Rheumatology, Psychiatry and Surgery as well as a longitudinal attachment in general practice and a centralised teaching stream in advanced clinical skills and clinical reasoning.In Year 3, students will experience clinical attachments in disciplines of Obstetric and Gynecology, Paediatrics, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Gener Practice/Ophthalmology. Twenty five per cent of the student cohort are allocated to the Rural Clinical School and spend their year in a rural site.The 4th year of the program has further clinical attachments in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Rural General Practice, and Anaesthesia/Pain Medicine/Palliative Care/Cancer as well as elective and student selective terms where students have choice for overseas study and more in-depth study in areas of interest. The year concludes with a Preparation for Internship unit aimed at managing the transition to the clinical environment in the role of an intern. .Each student also chooses a scholarly activity in three streams of research, coursework or service learning that is done simultaneously with the core medical rotations in Years 3 and 4. Through selection of specially designed scholarly activity units, students may also choose to specialise in rural or Aboriginal health. Following successful completion of the course, students are eligible to apply for internship as a pre-registration medical practitioner.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course is primarily designed for medical, nursing and allied health professionals who are undergoing advanced training in paediatrics or specialisation in a child health related clinical field and who are interested in incorporating research into their clinical careers, or who are required to do research as part of their training. It is suitable for paraclinical graduates who are specifically interested in clinical science, population or translational research in child health. The course enables students to develop skills in planning and conducting high quality research, analysis and dissemination of research findings. Health professionals completing the course further develop their ability to incorporate evidence-based medicine into clinical practice.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This is a three-year program.The overall aim of the course is to produce socially accountable optometry graduates committed to delivering culturally safe and responsive person-centred care, addressing individual and societal healthcare needs, and improving individual and societal health outcomes.The outcomes, content and teaching are based on the competency standards for optometrists (as set out by the Optometry Council of Australia and New Zealand, under the auspices of AHPRA) which comprise five domains: professional responsibilities; communication; patient examination; diagnosis and management; and health information management.In the first year, students gain a thorough foundation of the vision sciences and begin to develop patient care skills which underpin the development of skills for optometry practice in year two. The program culminates in year three with the application of knowledge, skills and attitudes through work-integrated practice in a range of practice settings and locations.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.In this course students gain comprehensive knowledge of diseases of preterm and term infants including the underlying physiology and management. Students also gain clinical competency in acute resuscitation and all procedures required in the neonatal intensive care unit.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.This course provides graduates with a suitable background and generalist qualification for a career in public health research or practice. In particular, it provides a foundation in the research disciplines of epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics and health promotion, as well as the broader social context in which public health programs are planned, delivered and evaluated.The course can be undertaken by coursework only, coursework and dissertation or coursework and practicum. Students undertaking the course by coursework only can also undertake a 12 point research project. Students must meet the eligibility criteria to undertake the project, dissertation or practicum.

UWA's admission requirements for some postgraduate courses have changed for Semester 2, 2020 to facilitate student access to study during the COVID-19 situation. In many cases, these changes may not be extended beyond 2020. Contact Future Students for more information.In this course students gain comprehensive knowledge of diseases of preterm and term infants including the underlying physiology and management of these diseases.