Graduate Diploma in Public Health

As a public health specialist, you will have the knowledge and tools to investigate, critique, manage and respond to complex health and social issues in both local and global contexts.

This course builds up skills in interpreting health information, including epidemiology, statistical analysis, quantitative and qualitative research methods.

Specialising in either public health practice, Indigenous health or global health, you will focus on designing and evaluating public health interventions, aimed at prevention, protection and promotion of health in the community.

Compulsory Core(4 units) - 40

Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below:

PHM516

(new title from 2018)

PHM552

(new title from 2018)

PHM567

(new title from 2016)

PHM588

Specialist Elective Units(4 units) - 40

Four units totalling 40 credit points selected from ANY of the following three streams Public Health Practice PHM526 Research Design PHM527 Health Research Skills PHM529 Sexual and Reproductive Health PHM536 Health Systems, Planning and Evaluation (new title from 2020) PHM553 Biostatistics (new title from 2018) PHM554 Public Health Economics and Decision Making (new title from 2020) PHM559 Health Policy

Indigenous Health PHM517 Public Health Anthropology PHM523 Health Promotion PHM524 Clinical Trials PHM525 Indigenous Health Research PHM528 Community Development and Public Health (not offered 2017 or 2018)

Global Health PHM566 Chronic Conditions Control PHM570 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases PHM592 Global Health PHM593 Tropical Child and Adolescent Health (new title from 2020)

- 80

Total Credit Points

Successful completion of a recognised bachelor degree or equivalent. Registered nurses who are graduates of a hospital-based program are also eligible for entry.