Master of Child and Family Health (Karitane)

Western Sydney University

About

The Master of Child and Family Health (Karitane) aims to provide Registered Nurses and Registered Midwives with theoretical knowledge and associated skills that prepare them to work autonomously and across a variety of clinical settings with children and families.

Graduates will be able to apply advanced practice, concepts and analysis and lead practice to promote optimal health outcomes for children and families.

This will involve among other things, design, implementation and evaluation of advanced clinical care systems, analysis and synthesis of concepts leading to a basis for advanced practice and the facilitation of change.

Opportunities will be provided for students to undertake in-depth study into aspects of child and family health relevant to their specific areas of practice.Candidature for admission to the Master of Child and Family Health (Karitane) is based on the following requirements

Structure

Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 120 credit points including the units listed below.

Code	Name
400971	Child and Family Health: Professional Practice and Frameworks

Code	Name
400972	Child and Family Health Practice: Supporting Growth and Development

Code	Name
400830	Clinical Practice: Infant and Child Nutrition and Feeding

Code	Name
401375	Perinatal, Infant and Child Mental Health

Code	Name
400831	Healthy Families and Communities

Code	Name
401082	Cultural and Social Diversity in Health Care

Code	Name
401168	Evidence Based Health Care

And choose 50 credit points of units from

Code	Name
401085	Scholarship for Practice Change in Health Care

Code	Name
401086	Writing for Publication

Code	Name
401167	Applied Research in Health Care

Code	Name
400975	Ethics in Health Research

Code	Name
400835	Infant Mental Health

Code	Name
401083	Capstone Experience in Health Care

Code	Name
401084	Research Project in Health Care

Note: 401083 and 401084 are 20 credit point units

Institution