Master of Rural and Remote Medicine
Information valid for students commencing in 2013.
Course Code | 74504 |
Version | 5 |
Faculty | Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences |
Award Requirements
Admission Requirements
Course pre-requisites | Applicants must be registered medical practitioners with AHPRA; and
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Minimum English Language Proficiency Requirements | Students of non English speaking backgrounds must have an adequate English language capacity assessed under the Australian International English Language Testing System (IELTS). The IELTS score required for admission to this course can be found in Schedule I of the JCU Admissions policy. |
Additional selection requirements | Nil |
Special admission requirements | Nil |
Academic Requirements for Course Completion
Credit points | 36 credit points |
Additional course rules | Nil |
Additional completion requirements | Nil |
Course Structure
Core Subjects
MD8001:03 Foundations of Rural or Remote Medicine: Reflections on Practice
MD8002:03 Rural and Remote Medicine
HS5405:03 Teaching for Learning in the Health Professions
Options
Select a major or no specified major
No specified major
Select 27 credit points of specified HS, MD and TM subjects
HS5001:03 Population Health for Clinicians 1
HS5002:03 Population Health for Clinicians 2
HS5003:03 Population Health for Clinicians 3
HS5004:03 Population Health for Clinicians 4
HS5005:03 Infection Control in Health Care Settings
HS5101:03 Contemporary Issues in Primary Health Care Research
HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals
HS5406:03 Strategies for Clinical Teaching
HS5410:03 Health Professional Education through Action Research
MD8003:03 Clinical Supervision for Rural Medical Practitioners
MD8007:09 Independent Study: Dissertation
MD8009:03 Independent Project: Writing for Publication
MD8010:03 Developing Continuing Medical Educational Programs
MD8011:09 Independent Project and Dissertation
MD8012:03 Clinical Knowledge and Skills for Rural and Remote Practice
MD8014:03 Extended Clinical Practice Internal Medicine Part 1
MD8015:03 Extended Clinical Practice Internal Medicine Part 2
MD8016:03 Extended Clinical Practice Emergency Medicine Part 1
MD8017:03 Extended Clinical Practice Emergency Medicine Part 2
MD8018:03 Extended Clinical Practice Mental Health Part 1
MD8019:03 Extended Clinical Practice Mental Health Part 2
MD8020:03 Extended Clinical Practice Paediatrics Part 1
MD8021:03 Extended Clinical Practice Paediatrics Part 2
MD8022:03 Independent Study Project
MD8023:03 Advanced Clinical Knowledge and Skills for Rural and Remote Practice
TM5002:03 Infectious Diseases
TM5501:03 Tropical Medicine
TM5502:03 Tropical Public Health
TM5503:03 Human Parasitology
TM5506:03 Social Science in Public Health
TM5508:03 Diving and Marine Medicine
TM5510:03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
TM5512:03 Travel Medicine
TM5513:03 Public Health Management
TM5514:03 Human Health and Environmental Change
TM5515:03 Epidemiology for Public Health
TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health
TM5518:03 Public Health Entomology
TM5519:03 Training Primary Health Care Workers
TM5524:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Tropical Communities
TM5525:03 Communicable Disease Control
TM5526:03 Public Health Economics
TM5528:03 Health Promotion
TM5534:03 Tropical Paediatrics
TM5536:03 Refugee Health
TM5540:03 Public Health and Workplace
TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs
TM5542:03 Clinical Travel Medicine
TM5552:03 Global Health and Development
TM5554:03 Theory and Practice of Public Health
TM5556:03 Public Health Aspects of Chronic Diseases
TM5557:03 Disaster Health Management
TM5559:03 Clinical Tropical Paediatrics
TM5560:03 Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval
TM5562:03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries
TM5563:03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management
TM5564:03 Acute Care in the Resource Poor Environment
TM5565:03 Clinical Review of Aeromedical Retrieval Activity
TM5566:03 Essential Skills in Aeromedical Retrievals
TM5567:03 Flight Crew Skills in Aeromedical Retrievals
TM5575:03 Substance Abuse Prevention
TM5576:03 Adult Secondary Retrievals
TM5577:03 Paediatric and Neonatal Retrievals
TM5578:03 Emerging Public Health Threats
TM5579:03 Human Health Rights
TM5580:03 Public Health Nutrition
TM5581:03 Expedition and Wilderness Medicine
Majors
Type of major | Optional |
Credit points in major | 27 credit points |
Special requirements |
MAJOR | AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville |
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Townsville |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 18 months full-time or equivalent part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 6 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 2 years |
Progression
Course progression requisites | Nil |
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s) | No |
Special assessment requirements | Nil |
Accreditation requirements | Nil |
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade | Nil |
Supplementary exam for final subject | Not applicable |
Advanced Standing
Eligibility | Candidates may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Advanced Standing for Previous Studies and Recognised Prior Learning policy associated procedures. |
Maximum allowed | 12 credit points |
Currency | Advanced standing will be granted only for studies completed in the 6 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the candidate has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree. |
Other restrictions | Candidates who are granted advanced standing for the Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine will be required to surrender that award prior to graduating with the Master of Rural and Remote Medicine. |
Award Details
Inclusion of majors on testamur | No major shall appear on the testamur |
Exit with lesser award | Candidates who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed 24 credit points of study, may be eligible to receive the award of Postgraduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine. |
Course articulation | Not applicable |