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Faculty of Medicine

A Message from the Dean It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales. I would like to focus on who we are and what we stand for. An underlying principle at UNSW, and especially in the Faculty of Medicine, is the link between teaching and research. Our staff tell us that they want to work with us because they have the opportunity to pursue their research and to teach. In addition, many of our staff are doctors and other healthcare professionals who make major contributions to the delivery of clinical care, particularly in the public hospital system. As well as our full-time salaried staff, more than a thousand doctors attached to hospitals and working in the communities have unpaid conjoint appointments with us and make enormous contributions to teaching and research. UNSW Medicine has a strong presence at the Kensington campus. In addition, staff and students are based in teaching hospitals in Sydney, Wollongong and regional and rural areas, especially Albury/Wodonga, Wagga Wagga, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie. The Undergraduate Program in Medicine is a central focus. We also have undergraduate programs in Health and Exercise Science, and in Medical Science. There is a diverse array of postgraduate coursework programs such as the Masters in Public Health. Postgraduate research focuses on research Masters, PhD and MD programs in all of the clinical, basic science and social science disciplines. Our students are another rich resource in the Faculty. There is a broad mix of students from many backgrounds and metropolitan, rural and international students are all represented in large numbers. Our teaching and learning methods encourage a student-centred approach and acknowledgement that our staff and our students are our two richest resources. We remain committed to a learning environment where research and teaching are closely intertwined and where we have close relationships with the healthcare system. Once again, welcome to the Faculty of Medicine. I hope that you will fi nd the information that you need by browsing through these pages. Should you wish to ask a more specifi c question, do not hesitate to come into the Faculty Offi ce or call on 9385-8765. Professor Richard Henry Acting Dean

Master of Medicine (MMed) 206 Contents Master of Surgery (MS) 207

Faculty Information and Assistance School of Public Health and Community Medicine Who Can Help? 197 2960 Master of Health Administration (by Research) 208 Faculty of Medicine Website 197 8900 Master of Health Administration (by Coursework) 209 Course Descriptions 197 8941 Master of Health Services Management The Faculty 197 (Kensington campus) 210 Goals of the Faculty 197 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Management 211 Schools of the Faculty 197 2885 Master of Health Professions Education (by Research) 211 Clinical Schools 197 9050 Master of Clinical Education (by Distance Education) 212 5501 Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education Faculty Units, Centres and Affi liated Institutes 198 (by Distance Education) 213 Admission into Faculty of Medicine 7376 Graduate Certifi cate in Clinical Education Admission to Coursework Programs 199 (by Distance Education) 213 Admission to Research Programs – Doctor of Philosophy, 2845 Master of Public Health (by Research) 214 Masters 200 9045 Master of Public Health (by Coursework) 215 Admission to Research Programs – Doctor of Medicine, 5507 Graduate Diploma in Public Health 216 Masters of Surgery 200 7368 Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health 217 Postgraduate Enrolment Procedures 200 School of Women’s and Children’s Health Advice to Students on Computing Requirements and Email Policy 200 5500 Graduate Diploma in Paediatrics 217 9065 Master of Reproductive Medicine 217 Criminal Record Checks 200 5508 Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine 218 Working with Children 200 7379 Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Medicine 218 Students with Blood-borne Viruses and Immunisation for Students 200 School of Medical Sciences 9055 Master of Sports Medicine 218 Summary of Programs 5503 Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine 219 Postgraduate Programs 200 7376 Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine 219 8049 Master of Science in Biopharmaceuticals 219 Postgraduate Research Programs 201 9060 Master of Medical Science in Drug Development (by Distance Education) 219 Program Rules and Information 5504 Graduate Diploma in Drug Development Doctor of Medicine (MD) 201 (by Distance Education) 220 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) 203 7370 Graduate Certifi cate in Drug Development Master of Science by Research (MSc) 204 (by Distance Education) 221 MEDICINE 197

health, clinical governance, health informatics, indigenous health, Faculty Information and Assistance multicultural health, training and education of health professionals, equity, health promotion and physical fi tness, HIV/AIDS and drugs and alcohol, and ethics, among others. The School staff have both Australian Who Can Help? and international interests and draw on both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Research and teaching draw strongly on one another. If you require advice about enrolment, degree requirements, Partnerships with other groups are actively promoted. Further details are progression within programs or with any other general Faculty available at http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au matter, contact one of the following people located in the Offi ce of the Dean (map reference B27), Faculty of Medicine: School of Medical Sciences Postgraduate The School of Medical Sciences brings together the research and teaching Ms Petrina Choong resources of the Departments of Anatomy, Pathology and Physiology & Postgraduate Student Programs Pharmacology. The School has an outstanding reputation for academic Offi ce of the Dean excellence and provides a highly productive academic environment in Faculty of Medicine which to work. Links with other institutes ensure the School’s position Tel: (02) 9385 2457 at the forefront of international and national research efforts. The School Fax: (02) 9385 1874 enjoys a reputation as one of Australia’s leading medical and research Email: [email protected] facilities. General Enquiries Offi ce of Dean School of Women’s and Children’s Health Faculty of Medicine The School of Women’s and Children’s Health includes the disciplines of Tel: (02) 9385 8765 obstetrics and gynaecology and paediatrics. It is located on a number of Fax: (02) 9385 1874 campuses, namely Sydney Children’s Hospital and The Royal Hospital for Email: [email protected] Women, which are adjacent to the campus of The University of New South Wales, and at St George and Liverpool Hospitals. The School has links with other teaching hospitals of the University as well as with community Faculty of Medicine Website centres in Sydney and rural centres in New South Wales, which enable The Faculty of Medicine website can be found at: it to draw on the expertise of clinicians and community health workers www.med.unsw.edu.au for its teaching and research programs The Faculty of Medicine website provides information about programs, courses, research interests, news and current events. The website also School of Psychiatry contains links to all the schools, units, centres and the affi liated research The School is located at the main Kensington campus (Department of institutes of the Faculty, as well as staff, student and alumni information Human Behaviour); the University’s teaching hospitals at Prince of Wales, resources. St Vincent’s, St George and Liverpool; associated teaching hospitals at Bankstown, Campbelltown and Sutherland; hospitals associated Course Descriptions through the School of Rural Health; and the Corrections Health Service. Course descriptions offered in 2006 can be found in alphabetical order The School has a long-standing tradition of productive and internationally by the course code at the back of this Handbook. A full list of courses highly respected research achievements. Senior academic staff in the offered by the University can be found in the Online Handbook at: School have interests in anxiety and mood disorders, neuropsychiatry, www.handbook.unsw.edu.au psychogeriatrics, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychopharmacology, schizophrenia, liaison psychiatry, post-natal disorders, community The Faculty psychiatry, genetics, brain imaging, forensic psychiatry, refugee The Faculty of Medicine was established when the NSW Government mental health, psycho-immunology, social psychiatry, epidemiology, accepted a proposal of the Murray Committee of Inquiry into the future of and psychiatry in primary practice. Further details are available at http: Australian universities and announced in December 1957, that a second //psych.med.unsw.edu.au/ medical school in New South Wales would be established within the re-named University of New South Wales. Clinical Schools The Faculty’s fi rst students enrolled in 1961 and 25 of these graduated from the six-year program in 1966. A fi ve-year undergraduate curriculum St George Clinical School was introduced in 1974. Although this was a highly successful curriculum, The St George Hospital Clinical School is on the St George Hospital campus a number of changes in both the hospital and health systems indicated and has been affi liated with the University of New South Wales since the need for the Faculty to extend the program to a six-ear curriculum 1964. A major redevelopment program during the 1990s has provided a in 1988. state-of-the-art hospital covering all general areas of medicine (excluding The Faculty of Medicine consists of all members of the academic staff, heart and liver transplants). The St George Hospital has built an enviable both full-time academics as well as conjoint and adjunct appointees from reputation with areas of expertise including oncology, orthopaedics and teaching hospitals, student representatives and other persons nominated women & children’s health as well as a major research enterprise. by the Faculty. The Presiding Member is elected biennially from the professors and associate professors of the Faculty. St Vincent’s Clinical School The Dean is the principal channel of communication between the Faculty St Vincent’s Clinical School is part of the St Vincent’s Hospital Campus, a and the University on administrative matters. The Dean and the Faculty principal campus of the Sisters of Charity Health Care Service. Specialty are supported by a number of committees, some of which perform services at the Hospital include cardiac transplantation, bone marrow administrative tasks, while many assist in maintaining a constant review transplantation, a comprehensive HIV/AIDS service, a cancer service of the curriculum and the objectives of medical education. which provides an integrated approach to the management of malignancy, and a palliative care service in the Sacred Heart Hospice. Extensive Goals of the Faculty primary and secondary care is also provided to meet the needs of the The primary mission of the Faculty is the pursuit of excellence in medical local community and these include medical, surgical, geriatric and drug and biomedical education within a scholarly environment of research and alcohol services. Sophisticated diagnostic departments, which include and discovery. all branches of pathology, radiology and nuclear medicine, support the clinicians of the Hospital. Research is undertaken in a variety of organisations within the Hospital, including the professorial departments, Schools of the Faculty the Centre for Immunology, the Department of Clinical Pharmacology and the Anxiety Disorders Unit. St Vincent’s Hospital is affi liated with School of Public Health and Community Medicine the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, the Victor Chang Cardiac This dynamic and multidisciplinary school covers all aspects of public Research Institute and the National Centre for HIV Epidemiology and health and health systems. It contains research groups focusing on primary Clinical Research. Further information is available on the website http: care and community medicine, aged and extended care, international //stvcs.med.unsw.edu.au/ 198 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

The South Western Sydney Clinical School • Home Telecare uses information, communications, measurement and monitoring technologies to evaluate health status and deliver health The South Western Sydney Clinical School was established in 1990. care services to patients at home to improve clinical outcomes and The School has access to hospital and community health centres allow the elderly and the chronically ill to stay at home longer. serving approximately 800,000 people living in the south-west of Sydney – Sydney’s fastest growing area of population. The School is Postgraduate courses in Health Informatics are offered within the Masters centred at Liverpool Hospital (600 beds), a principal tertiary referral degrees in the School of Public Health & Community Medicine. The hospital for the South Western Sydney Area Health Service (SWSAHS). courses are designed to provide graduates with a theoretical and practical Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital (400 beds) is the other principal referral understanding of the role of information and communication technologies hospital in SWSAHS. The Clinical School has a presence in the fi elds of in health care to develop the skills needed for the successful integration medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, pathology, microbiology, of such technologies into the health system. Further information can be anaesthetics, intensive care, adolescent health, mental health, population obtained at: www.chi.unsw.edu.au health, community medicine, health promotion, general practice, rehabilitation, aged care, drug and alcohol services, epidemiology and Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health nursing research. Since 1991, the Centre for Clinical Governance Research in Health has undertaken research and evaluation projects on health sector issues. Its Prince of Wales Clinical School core interest is to investigate issues of policy, governance and leadership Prince of Wales Clinical School is located at the Prince of Wales Hospital, in the health sector. The Centre is involved in conducting original research adjacent to the University of New South Wales, and provides a unique into clinical governance issues, providing a scholarly capability by which clinical and scientifi c environment. The Prince of Wales Hospital currently to evaluate health sector policies, programs and projects, and contributing covers all specialties and sub-specialties. In addition, statewide services to undergraduate medical, postgraduate health services management, and provided include: Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Spinal Injuries, Lithotripsy, public health and doctoral education. Further information is available at HIV Special Unit and the Albion Street Centre. Research strengths include www.med.unsw.edu.au/clingov brain sciences, cancer, diabetes and stem cells. Centre for Vascular Research (CVR) UNSW Rural Clinical School The Centre for Vascular Research is a multidisciplinary organisation The School of Rural Health was the fi rst rura-based clinical school in focused on the causation and treatment of occlusive vascular disease Australia, established by UNSW in 1999 under a funding agreement with and other pathologies with vascular components. This includes projects the Commonwealth Government through the Department of Health and on angiogenesis in tumour growth and infl ammation. The Centre has Ageing. This agreement stipulated that 25% of all undergraduate medical laboratories in the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the ANU students (HECS/Commonwealth supported students) are required to spend and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash half their clinical training in a rural or regional centre. University in addition to UNSW on campus and at Prince of Wales Hospital and St George Clinical Schools. Details of the Centre, structure, It has two divisions – Greater Murray and Mid North Coast. The School group leaders, research directions and opportunities for postgraduate and is centred in Wagga Wagga with other campuses in Albury/Wodonga, undergraduate students are available at www.cvr.net.au Griffi th, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey and Port Macquarie. The School aims to provide a community and regional hospital-based learning environment, Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical offering diversifi ed educational experience in rural health and medical practice. The School operates within the syllabus of the Faculty and Research provides a supportive medical academic environment which will enable Children’s Cancer Institute Australia for Medical Research is an its students to follow any career they may eventually select. independent institute affi liated with the Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales. The Institute was established in 1976 and occupies a Faculty Units, Centres and Affi liated Institutes fi ve-storey complex at the southern end of the Sydney Children’s Hospital as well as a number of labs and offi ces in a nearby building. Staff work The Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility in close collaboration with members of the Centre for Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders in the Hospital. With staff numbers exceeding The Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility (BMSF) is a UNSW beach- 120, including Honours and postgraduate scholars of the University, head facility providing research support to investigators on this campus the Institute undertakes laboratory research on malignant disease in and affi liated teaching hospitals. The BMSF is a major facility for molecular children. Research work is organised into seven programs: experimental characterisation for the faculties of Medicine, Science and Engineering therapeutics, molecular diagnostics, molecular carcinogenesis, leukaemia at UNSW. The facility is equipped to world class standards enabling all biology, stem cell biology, iron metabolism and chelation and the types of mass spectrometry to help answer questions posed by researchers Australian Cancer Research Foundation Drug Discovery Program. The and clinicians to otherwise intractable problems. The BMSF has recently Institute is the only independent medical research institute in the country been evaluated as an Australian Major Research Facility following a recent focusing solely on research into the nature, origin, cause and treatment of survey commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Industry, childhood cancers (particularly leukaemia and neuroblastoma). Science and Resources (now DEST). The BMSF also acts as a node of the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility under a Major National Research Garvan Institute of Medical Research Facility Grant. The BMSF is both a research and research-support facility engaged in several areas of study. There are three main overlapping areas The Garvan Institute of Medical Research has a staff of 280 including 45 of research: large molecule analysis including proteomics, small molecule PhD and MD scholars. The Institute is structured into six major research biomarker research including the monitoring of damage, repair and the programs – arthritis and asthma, bone and mineral, cancer, neurobiology, cellular changes associated with ageing and infl ammatory disease, and metabolism and diabetes, and pituitary disorders – which are funded development of instrumentation and technology for mass spectrometry. through program and project grants from the National Health and Medical The facility offers an analytical service and delivers courses on mass Research Council. Located on the St Vincent’s Hospital Campus, the spectrometry and allied topics. More information on the BMSF can be Garvan Institute focuses on the molecular basis of health and disease, obtained at www.bmsf.unsw.edu.au integrating a range of basic laboratory based research approaches together with extensive clinical research. Further information is available at Centre for Health Informatics www.garvan.org.au The Centre for Health Informatics (CHI) conducts research and National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical development in 4 broad areas: Research • Evidence-based Decision Support examines methods and technologies for providing clinicians with up-to-date information online. The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) is recognised worldwide as a leader in HIV/AIDS research. The NCHECR • Clinical Communications seeks to understand how information undertakes research into HIV/AIDS that focuses on epidemiology, clinical is disseminated, and how communication, and communication research and clinical trials, in collaboration with other research centres, pathways, may be improved. government departments, the pharmaceutical industry, community • The Evaluation team offers evaluation services for information groups, health clinics and general practitioners. The priorities of the and communication technology projects in health, assessing the NCHECR include surveillance and monitoring of HIV infection and effectiveness of new information and communication technologies in AIDS, epidemiological studies of transmission and disease progression, improving health outcomes and delivery. identifi cation of social and behavioural factors affecting HIV disease and MEDICINE 199 the establishment of Australia as a primary site for clinical trials of HIV the main centre for dermatological surgery. Both community education therapy. As an extension of its role in HIV/AIDS, the Centre also carries and dermatological research are pursued at both centres. out epidemiological and clinical research into other blood borne viruses, particularly Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted infections. Another Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute signifi cant area is the NCHECR’s contribution to international clinical The VCCRI was established in 1994 to honour the vision and memory research and provision of research expertise and training to countries of of the late Dr Victor Chang. It is a member of the St Vincent’s Hospital the Asia-Pacifi c region. Recently the Centre has increased its role in the Campus, affi liated with the University of NSW and accredited by the development and testing of novel vaccines for HIV. More information can National Health and Medical Research Council. It aims to conduct the be obtained from the Centre’s website www.med.unsw.edu.au/nchecr highest quality fundamental research into cardiovascular diseases, with a major emphasis on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of heart National Perinatal Statistics Unit muscle diseases. It currently has active research programs in molecular The National Perinatal Statistics Unit (NPSU) is a collaborating unit of the cardiology relating to the mechanisms of cardiac hypertrophy and signal Australian Institute of Health and Welfare based at the University of NSW. transduction; the genetics of cardiovascular diseases; cardiac arrhythmias The NPSU is located on the Randwick Hospital Campus within the School and mechanics; transplantation biology; vascular bioengineering, and the of Women’s and Children’s Health. The NPSU maintains national perinatal pathophysiology of cardiac ischaemia and coronary restenosis. and reproductive health data collections based upon data supplied by the states and territories. An assisted conception data collection is also The Rural Health Unit held based upon data supplied by IVF and GIFT Units from Australia and The Rural Health Unit was established in 1995 to help address the chronic New Zealand. The NPSU in collaboration with states and territories and shortage of doctors in rural areas. Since this time the Unit has seen a rapid various professional, government, non-government and consumer groups growth in personnel and student activities. are involved in the continuing development of national reproductive and The principal areas of responsibility of the Rural Health Unit are: perinatal health data systems. The NPSU’s objectives are to monitor and interpret national reproductive and perinatal health data and to conduct • administration of special entry schemes, such as the Rural Students teaching and research in perinatal and reproductive health. Entry Scheme (RSES); • promoting Medicine and allied health to rural students; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre • supporting rural students in Medicine; The National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre (NDARC) was established • encouraging and supporting students who are interested in pursuing as a Centre of Excellence at the University of New South Wales in May a career in rural health; 1986. It is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. The overall mission of NDARC is to undertake research • promoting rural health through various avenues, e.g. the media and and related activities that contribute to a more effective and effi cient lobbying to the government; scholarships, cadetships, bursaries; Australian treatment response to alcohol and other drug-related problems. • promoting rural health as a viable alternative to urban based medical It undertakes this work in collaboration with the Schools of Public Health practice; & Community Medicine and Psychology in the University, with centres • providing a forum for communication between metropolitan and rural in other States and Territories, and through international collaboration. health professionals, e.g. workshops; Further information is available at http://ndarc.med.unsw.edu.au • overseeing rural curriculum development. Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute For more information please visit the Rural Health Unit website http: //rural.med.unsw.edu.au The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute is an independent institute affi liated with the University. Since its opening in 1993, it has grown to become one of the largest aggregates of research nationally on the Indigenous Health Unit functions and disorders of the brain and nervous system. It has a staff of The Indigenous Health Unit works in close collaboration with the Rural more than 100, including nine at professor or associate professor level, Health Unit to: and attracts more than $4M p.a. in peer-reviewed funding. In 2003 it • promote Medicine to school-age and mature Indigenous students; established the Mayne Clinical Research Imaging Centre based on a • administer the Indigenous Entry Into Medicine scheme, including the 3.0T MRI System. Major lines of research include human sensation Pre-Medicine program, a preparation to the medical course; and motor cortex function; balance and movement; autonomic nervous system; nervous system morphology (brain “atlases”); Alzheimer’s, • select students; Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases; macular degeneration • support students throughout their course; and blindness; clinical neurophysiology; nerve and spinal cord injury; • develop appropriate curricula (in consultation with Indigenous child injury; chronic pain; and role of steroids in maintaining or altering communities); functions of the nervous system. For further information visit our website at www.powmri.edu.au • develop partnerships with Indigenous communities; • coordinate teaching in Indigenous Health to all students within The Simpson Centre for Health Services Research Medicine; The Simpson Centre is a NSW Government funded research centre with • conduct research into Indigenous Health and assist in building the a strong history of applied research and health service innovation. The capacity of others to undertake such research. genesis of the Simpson Centre was in response to increasing pressure for practical solutions to improve acute services. This has now expanded to include research across traditional boundaries linking acute medical Admission into the Faculty of Medicine and community based health care delivery. The principal objectives of Admission to Coursework Programs – Masters, the Simpson Centre are: to innovate and evaluate research and develop health service systems; disseminate research results and facilitate Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certifi cate implementation of validated service innovation. This approach also (a) For Masters by coursework and Graduate Diplomas requiring a medical incorporates examination of cultural and psychosocial factors infl uencing degree (MMed, MSpMed, MPM, Graduate Diplomas in Sports Medicine, service delivery and utilisation. Geriatric Medicine, Paediatrics), a candidate for the degree shall have been awarded a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the Skin and Cancer Foundation Australia University of New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent The Skin and Cancer Foundation was established in 1978 and is affi liated from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the with St Vincent’s Hospital. The Foundation has fi ve dermatology registrars Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine AND shall have and a research fellow as well as undergraduate students who attend the had at least one year’s full-time experience in the practice of medicine. dermatology clinics. A broad range of clinics are devoted to the diagnosis Additional prerequisites may be specifi ed by the program authority. and treatment of skin cancer, psoriasis, contact dermatitis, vitiligo and (b) For other Masters by coursework and Graduate Diploma programs, a pigmented skin lesions. There is a large dermatopathology service. Clinical candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate degree trials as well as research in occupational dermatoses and histopathology of Bachelor of four full-time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) are pursued. The Foundation also has a Westmead branch, which provides from the University of New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered sunscreen testing and irritancy testing for new products as well as being equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level 200 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK acceptable to the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine your UNSW email account can be obtained from www.disconnect.un OR shall have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of three sw.edu.au full-time years’ duration (or the part-time equivalent) and have had at least three years’ relevant experience. Additional prerequisites may be Criminal Record Checks specifi ed by the program authority. The NSW Department of Health has a policy that all students who require (c) For Graduate Certifi cates requiring a medical degree (Sports Medicine access in any capacity to facilities operated by the Department must and Geriatric Medicine), a candidate for the degree shall have been undergo a criminal record check prior to employment or placement in awarded a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the any capacity in the NSW Health System. The check is conducted by the University of New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent NSW Police Service and is coordinated by the Department of Health from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to and the University. Further details are available on the Faculty’s website the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine. Additional at www.med.unsw.edu.au prerequisites may be specifi ed by the program authority. Students who fail to satisfy the requirements of this check at any point (d) For other Graduate Certifi cate programs, a candidate for the degree during their enrolment in postgraduate programs accessing NSW Health shall have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of three full- facilities will be excluded from the program. Depending upon the time years’ duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of circumstances at the time, students may be eligible to transfer to another New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another program at the University. university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine. Additional prerequisites may be Working with Children specifi ed by the program authority. Under the Commission for Children and Young People Act 1998 and the Child Protection (Prohibited Employment) Act 1998, students who as part Admission to Research Programs – Doctor of of their enrolment are required to have direct contact with children must Philosophy, Masters declare whether they are a ‘prohibited person’, that is whether they have For detailed information about individual programs, please refer to been convicted of a serious sex offence. It is an offence for a ‘prohibited the relevant entry under ‘Program Rules and Information’. Eligibility person’ to work with children. for admission to postgraduate research programs is determined by the Any student who is a ‘prohibited person’ at any point during their Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine. enrolment in a postgraduate program will be excluded from the program. (a) Candidates with an Honours degree (at least Class 2 Division 1) Depending upon the circumstances at the time, students may be eligible in a relevant discipline, or with an MB BS from an Australian or New to transfer to another program at the University. Zealand university, are in general considered eligible for admission to a PhD program. Students with Blood-borne Viruses and Immunisation (b) Candidates with Honours below Class 2 Division 1, or who have for Students not been awarded an Honours degree, need to demonstrate appropriate In order to be enrolled in a UNSW Faculty of Medicine postgraduate research experience and are in general considered eligible for admission program, students must agree to comply with the Faculty’s Immunisation to a PhD program if able to provide evidence of fi rst authorship on at least and Blood-borne Viruses Policy, which aims to minimise the risk of one refereed paper in a journal of suffi cient standing. The eligibility of all students contracting or spreading an infectious disease or blood-borne such candidates is determined on a case-by-case basis. virus, such as HIV, and Hepatitis B or C. Students who undertake or could reasonably be expected to undertake exposure-prone procedures (c) Candidates with an MB BS or other medical degree from another have a professional responsibility to take appropriate steps to know their country need to demonstrate outstanding academic performance, relevant infective status in relation to blood-borne viruses. A student who is aware experience or other qualifi cations to enrol in a PhD, but are in general he or she has a blood-borne virus infection must not undertake exposure- considered to be eligible to enrol in a Masters by research. prone procedures. (d) Candidates with a Bachelor degree (not an Honours degree) and Any infective student who knowingly undertakes an exposure-prone experience in a research laboratory, but no fi rst author publications in procedure or any student who in any other way endangers the health refereed journals of suffi cient standing, are in the fi rst instance considered of patients will be reported to the Medical Board’s Impaired Practitioner to be eligible to enrol in a qualifying program, subject to availability of Program. This may result in registration being withdrawn, which will a place. Those applying for a PhD will usually be advised to enrol for an result in expulsion from the postgraduate program. Such a student would MSc, with later upgrade to a PhD if appropriate. also be subject to the University’s Student Misconduct procedures and Admission to Research Programs – Doctor of Medicine, may further be liable to criminal prosecution if a blood-borne virus is knowingly transmitted. Master of Surgery The Immunisation and Blood-borne Viruses policy of the Faculty of For detailed information about individual programs, please refer to the Medicine can be found on the website at www.med.unsw.edu.au. relevant entry under ‘Program Rules and Information’. Students could be required to sign a statement indicating that they have read and agree to comply with this policy at the time of enrolment. Postgraduate Enrolment Procedures All students enrolling or re-enrolling in postgraduate programs should contact their School Office for information on enrolment. School Summary of Programs offi ces will provide detailed information on enrolment procedures and fees, enrolment in miscellaneous courses, locations and hours of Postgraduate Programs cashiers and late enrolment details. Students interested in undertaking a The Faculty of Medicine offers the following postgraduate programs: postgraduate program should consult the appropriate Head of School or Doctorates the Postgraduate Administrative Offi cer, Offi ce of the Dean. Doctor of Medicine (MD) Advice to Students on Computing Requirements and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Email Policy Masters For details on computer recommendations and specifi cations see the Master of Clinical Education (MClinEd) IT Requirements for UNSW Students policy at: www.its.unsw.edu.au/ Master of Medical Science in Drug Development (MMedSc) policies/policies_home.html Master of Health Administration (MHA) Master of Health Services Management (MHSM) The Faculty of Medicine provides support for computers owned by UNSW Master of Health Professions Education (MHPEd) that are being used by graduate students. To access support, graduate Master of Medicine (MMed) students must obtain approval from their supervisor and then call the IT Master of Medicine in Geriatrics (MMed) Service Desk on (02) 9385 1333. Master of Public Health (MPH) All offi cial email from the Faculty of Medicine will be sent to students’ Master of Reproductive Medicine (MRMed) UNSW email accounts. It is expected at all UNSW students will either Master of Science (MSc) routinely check their UNSW email account or have their UNSW email Master of Sports Medicine (MSpMed) account forwarded to another email address. Information about managing Master of Surgery (MS) MEDICINE 201

Graduate Diplomas 0400 Surgery (POW Clinical School) Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education (GradDipClinEd) 0402 Surgery (St George Clinical School) Graduate Diploma in Drug Development (GradDipDD) 0403 Surgery (St Vincent’s Clinical School) Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (GradDip) 0401 Surgery (SWS Clinical School) Graduate Diploma in Paediatrics (DipPaed) Typical Duration Graduate Diploma in Public Health (GradDipPH) 3 years Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine (GradDip) Minimum UOC for Award Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine (GradDipSpMed) 144 units of credit Graduate Certifi cates Typical UOC per Session Graduate Certifi cate in Clinical Education (GradCert) 24 units of credit Graduate Certifi cate in Drug Development (GradCertDD) Graduate Certifi cate in Geriatric Medicine (GradCert) Program Description Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Management (GradCertHSM) The Doctor of Medicine (MD) program is recognition of successful Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health (GradCertPH) research experience. Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Medicine (GradCert) Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine (GradCertSpMed) Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes Graduate Certifi cate in University Learning and Teaching (GradCert) This degree requires an original and signifi cant contribution to knowledge Postgraduate Research Programs in an approved area and requires the preparation of a thesis or published Doctor of Medicine (MD) work. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Master of Science (MSc) Program Structure Master of Medicine (MMed) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation on a Master of Surgery (MS) topic approved by the Committee and may also be required to undergo Full details of the conditions of the award of research degrees are shown such examination and perform such other work as may be prescribed by later in this Faculty section under ‘Program Rules and Information’. the Committee. The work shall be carried out under the direction of a supervisor appointed by the Committee from the academic staff of the Other research degrees may be offered by schools of the Faculty, please University. refer to the relevant school section. Location of Research Doctor of Medicine MD The approved applicant may undertake their enrolment with a part-time This degree is a research program requiring a candidate to make an or full-time load at the University, at one of its teaching hospitals or a original and meritorious contribution to some branch of medicine. The research facility with which the University is associated; the Committee program may be completed by: may permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another • thesis with supervision, or institution or elsewhere away from the University if it is satisfi ed that this • published work. is necessary to the research program and provided that the work can be supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. Doctor of Philosophy PhD If the candidate’s research work is based externally, there must be a This is a degree requiring an original and signifi cant contribution to minimum acceptable level of supervision that will be determined by knowledge in an approved area. the Committee. Master of Science MSc Enrolment Requirement This is the main Masters level research program for postgraduate students A student is only permitted to submit only after 144 units of credits (UOC) in the Faculty of Medicine. Candidates must demonstrate ability to have been undertaken. A full-time load during one Session is worth 24 undertake research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. of an original investigation. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degrees of Bachelor Master of Medicine MMed of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours or who has had This is a Masters level research program for postgraduate medical students previous research experience, the Committee may approve remission of in the Faculty of Medicine. Candidates must demonstrate ability to up to two sessions for a full-time candidate and four sessions for a part- undertake research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results time or external candidate. of an original investigation. The program may be undertaken either with Candidates should not exceed the upper enrolment-limit of 192UOC. or without supervision. Financial penalties may occur as a result. Master of Surgery MS This is a Masters level research program for postgraduate medical Academic Rules students in the Faculty of Medicine. The degree of Master of Surgery If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by an may be awarded to a candidate who has made an original contribution applicant, the Committee may recommend enrolment into an alternative to knowledge in some fi eld related to surgery. program so that the candidate may be allowed to demonstrate the qualities required for progression to the MD by thesis. Program Rules and Information If progression to the MD by thesis is approved, the candidate shall not submit a thesis for the degree until such period of time has elapsed as Doctor of Medicine per approval of the Committee. MD Conditions for the Award of the Degree Doctor of The degree of Doctor of Medicine (MD) is offered in the Faculty of Medicine (MD) by published work* Medicine in the following programs: 1. The degree of Doctor of Medicine by published work may be awarded 0420 Anatomy by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee 0430 Community Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to 0350 Medicine (POW Clinical School) a candidate who has made an original and meritorious contribution to 0352 Medicine (St George Clinical School) some branch of medicine. 0353 Medicine (St Vincent’s Clinical School) Qualifi cation 0351 Medicine (SWS Clinical School) 2. A candidate for the degree shall: 0380 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 0410 Paediatrics (1) hold the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from 0360 Pathology the University of New South Wales of at least fi ve years standing;or 0370 Physiology and Pharmacology (2) hold the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery 0390 Psychiatry or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from a university other than the 0375 Rural Health University of New South Wales with at least fi ve years’ standing and have 202 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK been associated with the University of New South Wales or one of its at least one calendar month before the commencement of the session in teaching hospitals for a period of at least four years. which enrolment is to begin. Enrolment and Progression (2) In every case, before permitting a candidate to enrol, the Committee 3. A candidate for the degree on the basis of published work shall lodge shall be satisfi ed that initial agreement has been reached between the with the Registrar an application together with: school** and the applicant on the topic area, supervision arrangements, provision of adequate facilities and any coursework to be prescribed (1) four copies (if possible) of the published work; and that these are in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines (2) any additional work, published or unpublished, that a candidate may for promoting postgraduate study within the University. wish to submit in support of the application; (3) An approved applicant shall be enrolled in one of the following (3) a declaration indicating those sections of the work, if any, that categories: have been submitted previously for a university degree or other similar (a) full-time candidature: a candidate who is fully engaged in advanced award. study and research at the University, at one of its teaching hospitals or a 4. Every candidate in submitting published work and such unpublished research facility with which the University is associated; the Committee work as is deemed appropriate shall submit a short discourse describing may permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another the research activities embodied in the submission and the ways in institution or elsewhere away from the University if it is satisfi ed that this which the work relates to a central theme or themes. The discourse shall is necessary to the research program and provided that the work can be make clear the extent of the originality of the work and the candidate’s supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. part in any collaborative effort including hypothesis generation, design and execution of experiments, supervision of others doing experiments, (b) part-time candidature: a candidate whose occupation leaves the analysis of results, and contribution to meetings of the research team. candidate substantially free to pursue a program of advanced study and research at a campus or research facility of the University. Examination (c) external candidature: a candidate who is engaged in advanced study 5. There shall normally be three examiners of the work, appointed by the and research away from the University, and under such supervision, as Committee, at least two of whom shall be external to the University. determined by the Committee. 6. Before the work referred to in 3. (1), (2) above is submitted to the (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation on examiners the head of the appropriate school** shall certify that it is a topic approved by the Committee. The candidate may also be required prima facie worthy of examination. to undergo such examination and perform such other work as may be 7. At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit a prescribed by the Committee. concise report to the Committee on the merits of the published work and (5) The work shall be carried out under the direction of a supervisor a recommendation as to whether the degree should be awarded. The appointed by the Committee from the academic staff of the University. examiners may require the candidate to answer orally or in writing any questions concerning the work. (6) The progress of a candidate shall be considered by the Committee following a report from the School in accordance with the procedures Fees established within the School and previously noted by the Committee. 8. A candidate shall be required to pay such fees as may be determined (i) The research proposal will be reviewed as soon as feasible after from time to time by the Council. enrolment. For a full-time student, this will normally be during the fi rst * In these rules, the term ‘published work’ shall mean printed as a book or in a year of study, or immediately following a period of prescribed coursework. periodical or as a pamphlet readily available to the public. The purpose of requiring The review will focus on the viability of the research proposal. publication is to ensure that the work submitted has been available for criticism. (ii) Progress will then be reviewed within twelve months of the fi rst review. The examiners may disregard any of the work submitted if, in their opinion, it has As a result of either review, the Committee may cancel enrolment or take not been available for criticism. such other action as it considers appropriate. Thereafter, the progress of Conditions for the Award of the Degree Doctor of the candidate will be reviewed annually. Medicine (MD) by thesis (7) No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of six academic sessions in the case of a full-time candidate or eight academic 1. The degree of Doctor of Medicine by thesis may be awarded by the sessions in the case of a part-time or external candidate from the date of Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a enrolment. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degrees candidate who has made an original and meritorious contribution to of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours or who has some branch of medicine. had previous research experience, the Committee may approve remission of up to two sessions for a full-time candidate and four sessions for a Qualifi cations part-time or external candidate. 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall: (8) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination (a) hold the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery not later than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part- from the University of New South Wales at a level acceptable to the time or external candidate shall present for examination not later than Committee; or twelve academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases an (b) hold the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from a university other than the Thesis University of New South Wales at a level acceptable to the Committee; or 4. (1) A candidate shall submit a thesis embodying the results of the investigation. (c) in exceptional cases, submit such evidence of academic and professional attainments in support of the candidature as may be approved (2) A candidate shall give in writing to the Registrar two months notice by the Committee. of intention to submit the thesis. (2) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by (3) The thesis shall comply with the following requirements. an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such (a) it must be an original and meritorious contribution to knowledge of examination or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, the subject; before permitting enrolment. (b) it must be written in English and reach a satisfactory standard of (3) A candidate enrolled under 2. (1)(a) or (b) above shall not submit a expression and presentation; thesis for the degree until the lapse of fi ve years from the date of the award (c) it must consist of the candidate’s own account of the research; in of the degrees mentioned therein. special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted (4) A candidate enrolled under 2. (1)(c) above shall not submit a thesis for provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s the degree until such period of time has elapsed since enrolment as the part in the joint research. Committee shall decide at the time of approving enrolment. (4) A candidate may not submit as the main content of the thesis any work Enrolment and Progression or material which has previously been submitted for a university degree 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree by thesis shall or other similar award but may submit any work otherwise previously be made on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar published, whether or not it is related to the thesis. MEDICINE 203

(5) The thesis shall contain a certifi cate signed by the candidate indicating Typical Duration specifi cally the extent to which the work embodied in the thesis is directly 3 years attributable to the candidate’s own research and the extent to which Minimum UOC for Award the thesis has benefi ted from collaboration with persons other than the 144 units of credit supervisor. Typical UOC per Session (6) Four copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies 24 units of credit with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission of higher degree theses. Program Description (7)) It shall be understood that the University retains the four copies of The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program is recognition of successful the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be research experience. This degree requires an original and signifi cant consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, contribution to knowledge in an approved area. The degree requires a 1968, the University may issue the thesis, in whole or in part, in photostat minimum of 3 years full-time study and preparation of a thesis. or microfi lm or other copying medium. Examination Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes 5. (1) There shall be not fewer than three examiners of the thesis, The degree of Doctor of Philosophy may be awarded by the Council on appointed by the Committee, at least two of whom shall be external to the recommendation of the Research Committee of the appropriate faculty the University. or board (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate who has made an original and signifi cant contribution to knowledge. (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit to the Committee a concise report on the thesis and shall recommend to The length of a doctoral thesis normally should not exceed 100,000 the Committee that; words of text and should be submitted for examination within 3 years of full-time study. (a) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination; or Program Structure (b) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination Location subject to minor corrections as listed being made to the satisfaction of The candidate may undertake the research as an internal student i.e. at the Head of School; or a campus, teaching hospital, or other research facility with which the (c) the candidate be awarded the degree subject to a further examination University is associated, or as an external student not in attendance at the on questions posed in the report, performance in this further examination University except for periods as may be prescribed by the Committee. being to the satisfaction of the Committee; or The approved applicant may undertake their enrolment with a part-time (d) the candidate be not awarded the degree but be permitted to resubmit or full-time load at the University, at one of its teaching hospitals or a the thesis in a revised form after a further period of study and/or research; research facility with which the University is associated; the Committee or may permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another (e) the candidate be not awarded the degree and be not permitted to institution or elsewhere away from the University if it is satisfi ed that this resubmit the thesis. is necessary to the research program and provided that the work can be supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. (3) if the performance at the further examination recommended under (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee it may permit the If the candidate’s research work is based externally, there must be a candidate to submit the thesis for further examination as determined by minimum acceptable level of supervision that will be determined by the the Committee within a period specifi ed by it but not exceeding eighteen Committee. Normally an external candidate within another organisation months. or institution will have a co-supervisor at that institution. (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and Candidature the results of any further examination, recommend whether or not the A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation on a candidate may be awarded the degree. topic approved by the Committee and may also be required to undergo Fees such examination and perform such other work as may be prescribed by the Committee. The work shall be carried out under the direction of a 6. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to supervisor appointed by the Committee from the academic staff of the time by the Council. University. **‘School’ is used here and elsewhere in these conditions to mean any teaching A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 144 units of credit (UOC) unit authorised to enrol research students and includes a department where that and up to a maximum of 192 UOC. A full-time load during one session department is not within a school, or schools or departments where the research is is worth 24 UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. being undertaken in more than one school or department; a centre given approval by the Academic Board to enrol students; and an interdisciplinary unit within a Academic Rules faculty and under the control of the Dean of the Faculty. Enrolment is permitted in more than one such teaching unit. Conditions for the Award of the Degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Doctor of Philosophy 1. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy may be awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the appropriate PhD faculty or board (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate The degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is offered in the Faculty of who has made an original and signifi cant contribution to knowledge. Medicine in the following programs: Qualifi cations 1750 Anatomy 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate 1770 Medicine (Prince Henry/POW) degree of Bachelor with Honours from the University of New South Wales 1772 Medicine (St George Clinical School) or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another university or tertiary 1773 Medicine (St Vincent’s Clinical School) institution at a level acceptable to the Committee. 1771 Medicine (SWS Clinical School) (2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other 1820 Obstetrics and Gynecology academic and professional qualifi cations as may be approved by the 1780 Pathology Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. 1830 Pediatrics 1790 Physiology and Pharmacology (3) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by 1800 Psychiatry an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such 1835 Public Health & Community Medicine assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, before 1795 Rural Health permitting enrolment as a candidate for the degree. 1810 Surgery (POW Clinical School) Enrolment 1812 Surgery (St George Clinical School) 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be 1813 Surgery (St Vincent’s Clinical School) lodged with the Registrar at least one month prior to the date at which 1811 Surgery (SWS Clinical School) enrolment is to begin. 204 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

(2) In every case before making the offer of a place the Committee shall Examination be satisfi ed that initial agreement has been reached between the *School 6. (1) There shall be not fewer than three examiners of the thesis, and the applicant on the topic area, supervision arrangements, provision appointed by the Committee, at least two of whom shall be external to of adequate facilities and any coursework to be prescribed and that these the University. are in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines for promoting postgraduate study within the University. (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit to the Committee a concise report on the thesis and shall recommend to (3) The candidate shall be enrolled either as a full-time or a part-time the Committee that one of the following: student. (a) The thesis merits the award of the degree. (4) A full-time candidate will present the thesis for examination no earlier than three years and no later than fi ve years from the date of enrolment (b) The thesis merits the award of the degree subject to minor corrections and a part-time candidate will present the thesis for examination no earlier as listed being made to the satisfaction of the head of school. than four years and no later than six years from the date of enrolment, (c) The thesis requires further work on matters detailed in my report. Should except with the approval of the Committee. performance in this further work be to the satisfaction of the higher degree (5) The candidate may undertake the research as an internal student i.e. Committee, the thesis would merit the award of the degree. at a campus, teaching hospital, or other research facility with which the (d) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree in its present form University is associated, or as an external student not in attendance at the and further work as described in my report is required. The revised thesis University except for periods as may be prescribed by the Committee. should be subject to re-examination. (6) An internal candidate will normally carry out the research on a (e) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree and does not campus or at a teaching or research facility of the University except demonstrate that resubmission would be likely to achieve that merit. that the Committee may permit a candidate to spend a period in the (3) If the performance in the further work recommended under (2)(c) fi eld, within another institution or elsewhere away from the University above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee may provided that the work can be supervised in a manner satisfactory to the permit the candidate to submit the thesis for re-examination as determined Committee. In such instances the Committee shall be satisfi ed that the by the Committee within a period determined by it but not exceeding location and period of time away from the University are necessary to eighteen months. the research program. (4) After consideration of the examiners’ reports and the results of any (7) The research shall be supervised by a supervisor and where possible further examination of the thesis, the Committee may require the candidate a co-supervisor who are members of the academic staff of the School to submit to written or oral examination before recommending whether or under other appropriate supervision arrangements approved by the or not the candidate be awarded the degree. If it is decided that the Committee. Normally an external candidate within another organisation candidate be not awarded the degree, the Committee shall determine or institution will have a co-supervisor at that institution. whether or not the candidate be permitted to resubmit the thesis after a Progression further period of study and/or research. 4. The progress of the candidate shall be considered by the Committee Fees following report from the School in accordance with the procedures 7. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to established within the School and previously noted by the Committee. time by the Council. (i) The research proposal will be reviewed as soon as feasible after *’School’ is used here and elsewhere in these conditions to mean any teaching enrolment. For a full-time student this will normally be during the fi rst unit authorised to enrol research students and includes a department where that year of study, or immediately following a period of prescribed coursework. department is not within a school, a centre given approval by the Academic Board This review will focus on the viability of the research proposal. to enrol students, and an interdisciplinary unit within a faculty and under the (ii) Progress in the course will be reviewed within twelve months of control of the Dean of the Faculty. Enrolment is permitted in more than one such the fi rst review. As a result of either review the Committee may cancel teaching unit. enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate. Thereafter, the progress of the candidate will be reviewed annually. Qualifi cation Requirements for Application 1. Candidates with an Honours degree (at least Class 2 Division 1) in a Thesis relevant discipline, or with an MBBS from an Australian or New Zealand 5. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a university, are in general considered eligible for admission to a PhD thesis embodying the results of the investigation. program, or (2) The candidate shall give in writing to the Registrar two months notice 2. Candidates with Honours below Class 2 Division 1, or who have not of intention to submit the thesis. been awarded an Honours degree, need to demonstrate appropriate (3) The thesis shall comply with the following requirements: research experience and are in general considered eligible for admission to a PhD program if able to provide evidence of fi rst authorship on at (a) it must be an original and signifi cant contribution to knowledge of least one refereed paper in a journal of suffi cient standing. However, the subject; fi rst authorship on a publication is not an absolute prerequisite and the (b) the greater proportion of the work described must have been completed eligibility of all such candidates is determined on a case-by-case basis, subsequent to enrolment for the degree; or (c) it must be written in English except that a candidate in the Faculty of 3. Candidates with an MBBS or other medical degree from another country Arts and Social Sciences may be required by the Committee to write a are in the fi rst instance considered to be eligible to enrol for a research thesis in an appropriate foreign language; Masters program, with later upgrade to a PhD if appropriate. Direct (d) it must reach a satisfactory standard of expression and presentation; enrolment for a PhD may be approved on the basis of strong support (e) it must consist of an account of the candidate’s own research but in from the proposed supervisor and the relevant Head of School, or special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted 4. Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (not an Honours degree) and provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s relevant experience, but no fi rst author publications in refereed journals of part in the joint research. suffi cient standing, may be eligible to enrol in a research Masters program (4) The candidate may not submit as the main content of the thesis any on the basis of support from the proposed supervisor and the relevant Head work or material which has previously been submitted for a university of School, with later upgrade to a PhD if appropriate. Uncommonly, direct degree or other similar award, but may submit any work previously enrolment for a PhD may be approved on the basis of strong support from published whether or not such work is related to the thesis. the proposed supervisor and the relevant Head of School. (5) Four copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission Master of Science by Research of theses for higher degrees. MSc (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the four copies of the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be The degree of Master of Science by Research (MSc) is offered in the Faculty consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, of Medicine in the following programs: 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat 2800 Anatomy or microfi lm or other copying medium. 2810 Community Medicine MEDICINE 205

2820 Medicine (POW Clinical School) one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which 2822 Medicine (St George Clinical School) enrolment is to begin. 2823 Medicine (St Vincent’s Clinical School) (2) In every case, before permitting a candidate to enrol, the Head of the 2821 Medicine (SWS Clinical School) School* in which the candidate intents to enrol shall be satisfi ed that 2830 Obstetrics and Gynaecology adequate supervision and facilities are available. 2805 Paediatrics 2840 Pathology (3) An approved candidate shall be enrolled in one of the following 2850 Physiology and Pharmacology categories: 2880 Psychiatry (a) full-time attendance at the University; 2835 Rural Health (b) part-time attendance at the University; 2875 Surgery (POW Clinical School) (c) external not in regular attendance at the University and using research 2877 Surgery (St George Clinical School) facilities external to the University. 2878 Surgery (St Vincent’s Clinical School) 2876 Surgery (SWS Clinical School) (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required to undergo Typical Duration such examination and perform such other work as may be prescribed 2 years by the Committee. Minimum UOC for Award (5) The work shall be carried out under the direction of a supervisor 96 units of credit appointed from the full-time members of the University staff. Typical UOC per Session (6) The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed annually by the 24 units of credit Committee following a report by the candidate, the supervisor and the Program Description Head of the School in which the candidate is enrolled and as a result of such review the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other This is the main Masters level research program for postgraduate students action as it considers appropriate. in the Faculty of Medicine. Candidates must demonstrate ability to undertake research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results (7) No candidate shall be granted the degree until the lapse of three of an original investigation. The program may be undertaken either with academic sessions in the case of a full-time candidate or four academic or without supervision. sessions in the case of a part-time or external candidate from the date of enrolment. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degree Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes of Bachelor with Honours or who has had previous research experience The degree of Master of Science by research may be awarded by the the Committee may approve remission of up to one session for a full-time Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the candidate and two sessions for a part-time or external candidate appropriate faculty (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate (8) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not who has demonstrated ability to undertake research by the submission of later than six academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation. or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases Program Structure an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. Candidature Thesis A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 96 units of credit (UOC) and up to a maximum of 144 UOC. A full-time load during one session 4. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a is worth 24 UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. thesis embodying the results of the original investigation. (2) The candidate shall give in writing two months notice of intention to Academic Rules submit the thesis. Progression (3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In After commencement, the candidate will be reviewed by the School. special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, 1. For a full-time student, the review will conducted six months after provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s commencement. The review will focus on the viability of the research part in the joint research. proposal. (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether 2. Progress will then be reviewed within twelve months of the fi rst review. or not such work is related to the thesis. If a candidate’s progress during either review is found to be dissatisfactory, (5) Three copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies the Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action as it with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission considers appropriate. of higher degree theses. Thereafter, the progress of the candidate will be reviewed annually. (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the three copies of the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, Science (MSc) 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat 1. The degree of Master of Science by research may be awarded by the or microfi lm or other copying medium. Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the Examination appropriate faculty (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake research by the submission of 5. (1) There shall be not fewer than two examiners of the thesis, appointed a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation. by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be external to the University unless the Committee is satisfi ed that this is not practicable. Qualifi cations 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded an appropriate (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit degree of Bachelor from the University of New South Wales or a to the Committee a concise report on the merits of the thesis and shall qualifi cation considered equivalent from another university or tertiary recommend to the Committee that: institution at a level acceptable to the Committee. (a) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination; (2) An applicant who submits evidence of such other academic or or professional attainments as may be approved by the Committee may be (b) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination permitted to enrol for the degree. subject to minor corrections as listed being made to the satisfaction of (3) When the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted the Head of the School*; or by an applicant the Committee may require the applicant, before being (c) the candidate be awarded the degree subject to a further examination permitted to enrol, to undergo such examination or carry out such work on questions posed in the report, performance in this further examination as the Committee may prescribe. being to the satisfaction of the Committee; or Enrolment and Progression (d) the candidate be not awarded the degree but be permitted to resubmit 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made the thesis in a revised form after a further period of study and/or research; on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least or 206 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

(e) the candidate be not awarded the degree and be not permitted to is intended for postgraduates who have medical degrees registrable in resubmit the thesis. Australia and who are able to secure an appropriate appointment, salaried (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under or otherwise, in a teaching hospital recognised by the University of New (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee South Wales. may permit the candidate to represent the same thesis and submit to a (2) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted further oral, practical or written examination within a period specifi ed by an applicant the Committee may require the applicant, before being by it but not exceeding eighteen months. permitted to enrol, to undergo such examination or carry out such work (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and as the Committee may prescribe. the reports of any oral or written or practical examination, recommend Enrolment and Progression whether or not the candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided that the candidate be not awarded the degree the Committee shall 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made determine whether or not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least further period of study and/or research. one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which enrolment is to begin. Fees (2) In every case, before permitting a candidate to enrol, the Head of 6. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to School shall be satisfi ed that adequate supervision and facilities are time by the Council. available. * ‘School’ is used here and elsewhere in these conditions to mean any teaching (3) An approved candidate shall be enrolled in one of the following unit authorised to enrol research students and includes a department where that categories: department is not within a school, or schools or departments where the research is (a) full-time attendance at the University; being undertaken in more than one school or department; a centre given approval by the Academic Board to enrol students; and an interdisciplinary unit within a (b) part-time attendance at the University; faculty and under the control of the Dean of the Faculty. Enrolment is permitted in (c) external not in regular attendance at the University and using research more than one such teaching unit. facilities external to the University (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation Master of Medicine on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required to undergo MMed such examination and perform such other work as may be prescribed by the Committee. The degree of Master of Medicine is offered in the Faculty of Medicine (5) The work shall be carried out under the direction of a supervisor in the following program: appointed from the full-time members of the University staff. 2515 Medicine (6) The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed annually by the Typical Duration Committee following a report by the candidate, the supervisor and the 2 years Head of School or his/her delegate and as a result of such review the Minimum UOC for Award Committee may cancel enrolment or take such other action as it considers 96 units of credit appropriate. Typical UOC per Session (7) No candidate shall be granted the degree until the lapse of three 24 units of credit academic sessions in the case of a full-time candidate or four academic sessions in the case of a part-time or external candidate from the date of Program Description enrolment. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degree This is a Masters level research program for postgraduate medical students of Bachelor with Honours or who has had previous research experience in the Faculty of Medicine. Candidates must demonstrate ability to the Committee may approve remission of up to one session for a full-time undertake research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results candidate and two sessions for a part-time or external candidate. of an original investigation. Candidates must have at least three years (8) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not experience of in the practice of medicine and be currently so engaged. later than six academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases, The degree of Master of Medicine by research may be awarded by the an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee Thesis of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake research 4. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original thesis embodying the results of the original investigation. investigation. (2) The candidate shall give, in writing, two months notice of intention to submit the thesis. Program Structure (3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In Candidature special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 96 units of credit (UOC) provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s and up to a maximum of 144 UOC. A full-time load during one Session part in the joint research. is worth 24 UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether or not such work is related to the thesis. Academic Rules (5) Three copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission Medicine (MMed) by Research with supervision of higher degree theses. (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the three copies of 1. The degree of Master of Medicine by research may be awarded by the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake research or microfi lm or other copying medium. by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation. Examination Qualifi cations 5. (1) There shall be not fewer than two examiners of the thesis, appointed 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded Bachelor of by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be external to the University Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of New South unless the Committee is satisfi ed that this is not practicable. Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another university or (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Higher Degree Committee to the Committee a concise report on the merits of the thesis and shall of the Faculty of Medicine. It must be noted that the Master of Medicine recommend to the Committee that: MEDICINE 207

(a) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination; New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another or university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee. (b) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination It must be noted that the Master of Surgery is intended for postgraduates subject to minor corrections as listed being made to the satisfaction of who have medical degrees registrable in Australia and who are able to the Head of the School; or secure an appropriate appointment, salaried or otherwise, in a teaching hospital recognised by the University of New South Wales. (c) the candidate be awarded the degree subject to a further examination on questions posed in the report, performance in this further examination (2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other being to the satisfaction of the Committee; or academic and professional qualifi cations as may be approved by the Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. (d) the candidate be not awarded the degree but be permitted to resubmit the thesis in a revised form after a further period of study and/or research; (3) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by or an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, (e) the candidate be not awarded the degree and be not permitted to before permitting enrolment. resubmit the thesis. (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under Enrolment (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made may permit the candidate to re-present the same thesis and submit to a on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least further oral, practical or written examination within a period specifi ed one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which by it but not exceeding eighteen months. enrolment is to begin. (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and (2) In every case before making the offer of a place the Committee shall the reports of any oral or written or practical examination, recommend be satisfi ed that initial agreement has been reached between the School whether or not the candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided and the applicant on the topic area, supervision arrangements, provision that the candidate be not awarded the degree the Committee shall of adequate facilities and any coursework to be prescribed and that these determine whether or not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a are in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines for promoting further period of study and/or research. postgraduate study within the University. Fees (3) An approved candidate shall be enrolled in one of the following 6. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to categories: time by the Council. (a) full-time candidature: a candidate who is fully engaged in advanced study and research at the University or at one of its teaching hospitals; Master of Surgery (b) part-time candidate: a candidate whose occupation leaves the candidate substantially free to pursue a program of advanced study and MS research at the University or at one of its teaching hospitals; The degree of Master of Surgery is offered in the Faculty of Medicine in (c) external candidature: a candidate who is engaged in advanced study the following programs: and research away from the University or one of its teaching hospitals. 2860 Surgery (Prince Henry/POW) (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation 2861 Surgery (SWS Clinical School) on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required to undergo 2862 Surgery (St George Clinical School) such assessment and perform such other work as may be prescribed by 2863 Surgery (St Vincent’s Clinical School) the Committee. Typical Duration (5) The research shall be supervised by a supervisor or supervisors who are 2 years members of the academic staff of the School or under other appropriate Minimum UOC for Award supervision arrangements approved by the Committee. Normally an 96 units of credit external candidate within another organisation or institution will have a Typical UOC per Session co-supervisor at that institution. 24 units of credit (6) No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of four academic sessions from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time Program Description candidate or six academic sessions in the case of a part-time or external The Master of Surgery (MS) program requires an original contribution to candidate. In the case of a candidate who has had previous research knowledge in some fi eld related to surgery. experience the Committee may approve remission of up to two sessions for a full-time candidate and three sessions for a part-time or external Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes candidate. Generally, candidates must have at least three years experience of (7) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not surgical training and there should be a lapse of fi ve years before the later than eight academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time thesis is submitted from the date of the award of the undergraduate or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later medical degree. than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. Program Structure Progression Candidature 4. The progress of the candidate shall be considered by the Committee A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 96 units of credit (UOC) following report from the School in accordance with the procedures and up to a maximum of 144 UOC. A full-time load during one Session established within the School and previously noted by the Committee. is worth 24 UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. (i) The research proposal will be reviewed as soon as feasible after Academic Rules enrolment. For a full-time student this will normally be during the fi rst year of study, or immediately following a period of prescribed coursework. Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of This review will focus on the viability of the research proposal. Surgery (MS) (ii) Progress in the course will be reviewed within twelve months of the fi rst review. As a result of either review the Committee may cancel 1. The degree of Master of Surgery by research may be awarded by the enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate. Thereafter, Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the progress of the candidate will be reviewed annually. the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to a candidate who has made an original contribution to knowledge in some Thesis fi eld related to surgery. 5. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a Qualifi cations thesis embodying the results of the investigation. 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall have been awarded the degrees (2) The candidate shall give in writing to the Registrar two months notice of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of of intention to submit the thesis. 208 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

(3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, 2960 Master of Health Administration (by provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s Research) part in the joint research. (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether MHA or not such work is related to the thesis. Typical Duration (5) Four copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies 2 years with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission Minimum UOC for Award of theses for higher degrees. 96 units of credit (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the four copies of Typical UOC per Session the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be 24 units of credit consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat Program Description or microfi lm or other copying medium. Facilities are available in the School for students to undertake research Examination studies leading to the degree of Master of Health Administration, as either full-time internal students, part-time internal students, or part-time students 6. (1) There shall be not fewer than three examiners of the thesis, external to the University. It is designed primarily as training in advanced appointed by the Committee, at least two of whom shall be external to work. Candidates must demonstrate ability to undertake research by the the University. submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit to or design. Candidates are required to have a suitable fi rst degree and are the Committee a concise report on the thesis and shall recommend to normally expected to have a minimum of three years’ experience in their the Committee that: proposed fi eld of study within the health or hospital services. (a) The thesis merits the award of the degree. (b) The thesis merits the award of the degree subject to minor corrections Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes as listed being made to the satisfaction of the Head of School. The Master of Health Administration (MHA) is designed primarily as (c) The thesis requires further work on matters detailed in the report. Should training in advanced work. Candidates must demonstrate ability to performance in this further work be to the satisfaction of the Higher Degree undertake research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation or design. Candidates must have at least three Committee, the thesis would merit the award of the degree. years experience in health services. (d) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree in its present form and further work as described in the examiner’s report is required. The Program Structure revised thesis should be subject to reexamination. The degree of Master of Health Administration by research may be (e) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree and does not awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree demonstrate that resubmission would be likely to achieve that merit. Committee of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under Committee) to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee may research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original permit the candidate to represent the same thesis and submit to further investigation or design. examination as determined by the Committee within a period specifi ed by it but not exceeding eighteen months. Academic Rules (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and Enrolment Requirements the results of any further examination, recommend whether or not the A student is only permitted to submit only after 144 units of credits (UOC) candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided that the candidate have been undertaken. A full-time load during one Session is worth 24 be not awarded the degree the Committee shall determine whether or UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a further period of study In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degrees of Bachelor and/or research. of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours or who has had Fees previous research experience, the Committee may approve remission of 7. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to up to two sessions for a full-time candidate and four sessions for a part- time by the Council. time or external candidate. Candidates should not exceed the upper enrolment-limit of 192 UOC. School of Public Health and Community Financial penalties may occur as a result. Medicine Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of The School offers programs of study leading to the award of the following Health Administration (MHA) by Research degrees: 1. The degree of Master of Health Administration by research may be 2960 Master of Health Administration by Research awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree 8900 Master of Health Administration by Coursework Committee of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as the 8941 Master of Health Services Management Committee) to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Management research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation or design. 2885 Master of Health Professions Education by Research Qualifi cations 1835 PhD in Public Health and Community Medicine 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall: 9050 Master of Clinical Education by Distance Education 5501 Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education by Distance Education (a) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of four full- 7376 Graduate Certifi cate in Clinical Education by Distance time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of Education New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee; 7375 Graduate Certifi cate in University Learning and Teaching or (UNSW staff only) (b)(i) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of three full- 2845 Master of Public Health by Research time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of 9045 Master of Public Health by Coursework New South Wales or qualifi cation considered equivalent from another 5507 Graduate Diploma in Public Health university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee, 7368 Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health and Our programs undergo continuous quality improvement. Please check the School’s (ii) have had at least three years experience in the health services of a website (http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au) for current information. kind acceptable to the Committee. MEDICINE 209

(2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other (b) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination academic and professional qualifi cations as may be approved by the subject to minor corrections as listed being made to the satisfaction of Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. the Head of the School; or (3) When the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted (c) the candidate be awarded the degree subject to a further examination by an applicant the Committee may require the applicant, before being on questions posed in the report, performance in this further examination permitted to enrol, to undergo such examination or carry out such work being to the satisfaction of the Committee; or as the Committee may prescribe. (d) the candidate be not awarded the degree but be permitted to resubmit Enrolment and Progression the thesis in a revised form after a further period of study and/or research; 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made or on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least (e) the candidate be not awarded the degree and be not permitted to one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which resubmit the thesis. enrolment is to begin. (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under (2) In every case, before permitting a candidate to enrol, the Head of the (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee School of Public Health and Community Medicine (hereinafter referred may permit the candidate to represent the same thesis and submit to a to as the Head of the School) shall be satisfi ed that adequate supervision further oral, practical or written examination within a period specifi ed and facilities are available. by it but not exceeding eighteen months. (3) An approved candidate shall be enrolled in one of the following (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and categories: the reports of any oral or written or practical examination, recommend (a) full-time attendance at the University; whether or not the candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided (b) part-time attendance at the University; that the candidate be not awarded the degree the Committee shall determine whether or not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a (c) external – not in regular attendance at the University and using research further period of study and/or research. facilities external to the University. Fees (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation or design on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required 6. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to to undergo such examination and perform such other work as may be time by the Council. prescribed by the Committee. (5) The work shall be carried out under the direction of a supervisor 8900 Master of Health Administration (by appointed from the full-time members of the University staff. Coursework) (6) The progress of a candidate shall be reviewed annually by the MHA Committee following a report by the candidate, the supervisor and the Head of the School and as a result of such review the Committee may Typical Duration cancel enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate. 1 year (7) No candidate shall be granted the degree until the lapse of three Minimum UOC for Award academic sessions in the case of a full-time candidate or four academic 48 units of credit sessions in the case of a part-time or external candidate from the date of Typical UOC per Session enrolment. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degree 24 units of credit of Bachelor with Honours or who has had previous research experience the Committee may approve remission of up to one session for a full-time Program Description candidate and two sessions for a part-time or external candidate. This degree is awarded on the successful completion of the program (8) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not outlined below. The program may be taken on a full-time or part-time later than six academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time basis, internal basis or external basis (including compulsory residential or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later schools) or on a distributed basis (mixture of full-time, part-time and than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases external). an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. Applicants are required to have completed a minimum three-year degree Thesis and to have a minimum of three years postgraduate experience preferably 4. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a thesis in a health-related fi eld. embodying the results of the original investigation or design. Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes (2) The candidate shall give in writing two months notice of intention to The program has been designed to provide students with the essential submit the thesis. knowledge required for senior managerial and planning work in the (3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In health services. The objectives of the program are to develop graduates special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, who are: competent general and fi nancial managers, competent planners, provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s knowledgeable about public health (the health status of the Australian part in the joint research. and other communities) and the structure, organisation and fi nancing of (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether health care systems, knowledgeable about society, law and ethics, and or not such work is related to the thesis. competent in quantitative skills. (5) Three copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission Program Structure of higher degree theses. The program is divided into two components, for a total of 48 units of (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the three copies of credit. These components are: the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be Core Courses (36 units of credit) consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, This compulsory component comprises the six core courses of 6 units of 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat credit each. Students must successfully complete the following six courses or microfi lm or other copying medium. as a requirement for graduation. Examination PHCM9041 Health Care Systems (6 UOC) 5. (1) There shall be not fewer than two examiners of the thesis, appointed PHCM9071 Health Care Financial Management 1 (6 UOC) by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be external to the University PHCM9351 Health Economics (6 UOC) unless the Committee is satisfi ed that this is not practicable. PHCM9421 Public Health, Statistics and Epidemiology (6 UOC) (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit PHCM9701 Managing Human Resources in Health (6 UOC) to the Committee a concise report on the merits of the thesis and shall PHCM9711 Management of Organisations (6 UOC) recommend to the Committee that: PLUS 12 units of credit of electives offered by the School. (a) the candidate be awarded the degree without further examination; PHCM9010 Community Development (4 UOC) or PHCM9012 Health Promotion (4 UOC) 210 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

PHCM9081 Health Care Financial Management 2 (4 UOC) academic sessions. The normal time for completion of the program for PHCM9101 Independent Study (2 UOC) (2 UOC) part-time internal and external students is four academic sessions (two PHCM9102 Independent Study (4 UOC) (4 UOC) calendar years). PHCM9103 Independent Study (6 UOC) (6 UOC) Students must complete 9 courses, or the equivalent, to a total of 48 PHCM9104 Independent Study (8 UOC) (8 UOC) units of credit. PHCM9108 Program Evaluation and Planned Change (4 UOC) PHCM9111 Quality and Clinical Practice Improvement (4 UOC) PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (4 UOC) Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes PHCM9121 Measurement of Quality of Life and Patient The program is designed to provide students from countries with Satisfaction (4 UOC) developing economies and health systems with the knowledge and skills PHCM9122 Primary Health Care: Policies, Programs & to be competent health service planners, policy makers and managers. For Perspectives (4 UOC) students from developed health systems involved in international health, PHCM9125 Designing Short Courses and Workshops (4 UOC) this program will enable them to focus and develop relevant planning and PHCM9133 Learning, Teaching and Assessment (4 UOC) management knowledge from within a development framework. PHCM9136 Culture, Health and Illness (4UOC) PHCM9140 Project Design and Monitoring in International Health (4 UOC) Program Structure PHCM9361 Physical Planning and Design (4 UOC) Program 8941, plan PHCMKS8941 – Kensington campus PHCM9381 Policy Studies (4 UOC) The program is divided into two components, for a total of 48 units of PHCM9391 Health Services Strategic Management and credit. These components are: Planning (4 UOC) PHCM9431 Interpersonal Communications in Organisations (4 UOC) Core Courses (36 units of credit): PHCM9501 Computing Techniques for Health Services This compulsory component comprises six core courses of 6 units of Management (4 UOC) credit each: PHCM9604 Alcohol and Other Drug Issues (4 UOC) PHCM9015 Health Services Development and PHCM9605 Health in Developing Countries (4 UOC) Implementation (6 UOC) PHCM9608 Rural Health Studies 1 (4 UOC) PHCM9422 Population Health, Epidemiology and Statistics (6 UOC) PHCM9610 Food & Nutrition Policy Studies (4 UOC) PHCM9441 Healthcare Economics and Financial PHCM9611 Health of the Elderly (4 UOC) Management (6 UOC) PHCM9612 Environmental Health (4 UOC) PHCM9442 Health Resources Planning and Development (6 UOC) PHCM9614 Researching Marginalised Groups (4 UOC) PHCM9471 Comparative Health Care Systems (6 UOC) PHCM9615 Delivery of Primary Health Services in the PHCM9711 Management of Organisations (6 UOC) Community (4 UOC) PHCM9621 HIV/AIDS: Australian and International PLUS 12 units of credit of electives offered by the School. Responses (4 UOC) In selecting elective courses students can choose from a wide range of PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (4 UOC) courses relating to their expected fi eld of work, a particular focus or PHCM9630 Indigenous Health in Australia (4 UOC) discipline and/or relevant to their own interests and needs. PHCM9633 International Tobacco Control (4 UOC) PHCM9661 Current Issues in Health (4 UOC) Program 8941, plan PHCMHS8941 – Hong Kong PHCM9741 Management of Change (4 UOC) This program is available in Hong Kong in distance learning mode on PHCM9748 Clinical Governance (6 UOC) a part-time basis over 2 years. Entry requirements, learning objectives, PHCM9761 Public Mental Health in Australia (4 UOC) assessment and fees for the Hong Kong program are the same as the PHCM9781 Evidence-Based Clinical Management (4 UOC) Kensington MHSM. However, case studies and examples used in course PHCM9901 Health Systems Simulation (6 UOC) materials are relevant to Asian health systems. Compulsory residential PHCM9911 Health Informatics Principles (6 UOC) workshops are conducted in Hong Kong in February and July. The MHSM PHCM9922 Decision Support Systems (4 UOC) is a quotable degree under the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Please check the School’s website (http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au) for The MHSM and GradCertHSM programs are registered in Hong Kong current information and the Medical Council of Hong Kong recognises the UNSW MHSM Articulation degree. The program articulates with the Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Students studying in Hong Kong enrol in part-time distant learning Management 7360. Credit for courses completed in the GradCert may mode. Students attend a one-week residential school each session after be transferred to the Master’s program, in accordance with the UNSW which they work through the distance learning material the University policy on credit transfer. provides. Enquiries should be directed to the Hong Kong Program Director Dr Mary- Academic Rules Louise McLaws, tel: +61(2) 9385 2586, email: [email protected] Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School of or Australian Education Council Ltd, email: [email protected] Public Health & Community Medicine for further information. Articulation The program articulates with the Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services 8941 Master of Health Services Management Management 7360. Credit for courses completed in the GradCert may be transferred to the Master’s program, in accordance with the UNSW MHSM policy on credit transfer. Typical Duration 1 year Additional Course Requirement for International Students Minimum UOC for Award International students from non-English speaking countries enrolled in 48 units of credit the full time program in Sydney (Kensington campus) are required to take the following additional core course in their fi rst session. This course is Typical UOC per Session available for all students to assist to gain maximum benefi t from their 24 units of credit study and contributes 4 units of credit towards the total of 48 units of Program Description credit for the program. The degree is awarded on the successful completion of the program PHCM9100 Academic Skills (4 UOC) outlined below. The program may be taken full-time or part-time on an internal basis. Academic Rules The normal time for completion of the full-time program is two academic Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School of sessions. The maximum time for completion of the program is eight Public Health & Community Medicine for further information. MEDICINE 211

Enquiries should be directed to the Hong Kong Program Director Dr Mary- 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Louise McLaws, tel: (+61 2) 9385 2591, email: [email protected] Management or Australian Education Council Ltd, email: [email protected] GradCertHSM Academic Rules Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce Typical Duration for further information. 0.4 years Minimum UOC for Award Admission Requirements 24 units of credit Candidates will have: Typical UOC per Session • a Bachelor degree in an appropriate discipline from a recognised 24 units of credit tertiary institution, and Program Description • a minimum of three years’ experience in health services. The Graduate Certifi cate provides recognition to students who are limited In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such to study for one session or one year only. It will be awarded to a candidate other academic and professional qualifi cations may be admitted. No who has satisfactorily completed the program of study outlined below. The credits, exemptions or advanced standing are granted for the Graduate GradCert articulates with the Master of Health Administration, Master of Certifi cate. Health Services Management or Master of Public Health programs. Credit for courses completed in the GradCert may be transferred to the Masterâ’s programs, in accordance with the UNSW policy on credit 2885 Master of Health Professions Education transfer, provided students demonstrate adequate academic performance (by Research) (minimum Credit average). MHPEd Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes Typical Duration This program is designed to provide training for senior managerial and 2 years planning professionals in health services. Minimum UOC for Award 96 units of credit Program Structure Typical UOC per Session The Graduate Certifi cate program may be taken on a full-time or part- 24 units of credit time basis, internal or external basis (including compulsory residential schools). Program Description Candidates are required to successfully complete a total of 24 units This program is designed for teachers and/or educational administrators of credit from the courses offered by the School of Public Health & in the health professions who wish to develop their research skills by Community Medicine. The Graduate Certifi cate program may be tailored undertaking studies leading to the award of the degree of Master of Health to suit individual interests. Further information on groupings of courses Professions Education, either as full-time or part-time internal students or is available from the School. as students external to the University. The latter are required to spend a Plans (Areas of Specialisation) minimum of 14 weeks in the School during the program. The following specialisations (plans) are now also available in the Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Management: An original investigation under the direction of a supervisor for a minimum 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in HSM in Hospital Epidemiology - period of three academic sessions in the case of a full-time candidate, Kensington Campus or a minimum of four academic sessions in the case of a part-time or 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in HSM in Hospital Epidemiology - Hong external candidate, is required. Kong The candidate is required to submit a thesis embodying the results of this 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in HSM in Hospital Epidemiology - original investigation. Kensington Campus Program Structure Staff responsible for infection control are required to have an understanding of statistics, epidemiology and research methods to assist them in their The candidate may undertake the research as an internal student i.e. at efforts to survey, prevent and contain the transmission of hospital-acquired a campus, teaching hospital, or other research facility with which the infections. This Graduate Certifi cate will introduce students to those University is associated, or as an external student not in attendance at the statistical and epidemiological skills required to interpret or perform University except for periods as may be prescribed by the Committee. surveillance and outbreak investigation. Students will understand how The approved applicant may undertake their enrolment with a part-time to evaluate prevention strategies and to critically appraise medical and or full-time load at the University, at one of its teaching hospitals or a nursing literature. research facility with which the University is associated; the Committee Students are required to complete a total of 24 units of credit comprising may permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another the following 4 courses: institution or elsewhere away from the University if it is satisfi ed that this is necessary to the research program and provided that the work can be PHCM9011 Statistics & Epidemiology (6 UOC) supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. PHCM9411 Hospital Epidemiology (6 UOC) PHCM9731 SARS and Crisis Outbreak Management (6 UOC) If the candidate’s research work is based externally, there must be a PHCM9732 Clinical Practice in Infection Control (6 UOC) minimum acceptable level of supervision that will be determined by the Committee. Normally an external candidate within another organisation 7360 Graduate Certifi cate in HSM in Hospital Epidemiology - Hong or institution will have a co-supervisor at that institution. Kong This program is available in Hong Kong in distance learning mode over 12 Academic Rules months. Case studies and examples used in course materials have been Candidature written to make them relevant to Asian health systems. Entry requirements, A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation on a learning objectives, assessment and fees for the Hong Kong program are topic approved by the Committee and may also be required to undergo the same as the Kensington GradCert. such examination and perform such other work as may be prescribed by The MHSM and GradCert programs are registered in Hong Kong and the the Committee. The work shall be carried out under the direction of a Medical Council of Hong Kong recognises the UNSW MHSM degree. supervisor appointed by the Committee from the academic staff of the Students studying in Hong Kong enrol in part-time distant learning University. mode. Students attend a one-week residential school each session after A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 96 units of credit (UOC) which they work through the distance learning material the University and up to a maximum of 144UOC. A full-time load during one session provides. is worth 24UOC and a part-time load is worth 12UOC. 212 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of (i) The research proposal will be reviewed as soon as feasible after Health Professions Education (MHPEd) by Research enrolment. For a full-time student this will normally be during the fi rst year of study, or immediately following a period of prescribed coursework. 1. The degree of Master of Health Professions Education by research This review will focus on the viability of the research proposal. may be awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee of the Faculty of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as (ii) Progress in the course will be reviewed within twelve months of the Committee) to a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake the fi rst review. As a result of either review the Committee may cancel research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate. Thereafter, investigation. the progress of the candidate will be reviewed annually. Qualifi cations Thesis 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall: 5. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a thesis embodying the results of the investigation. (a) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of four full- time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of (2) The candidate shall give in writing to the Registrar two months notice New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another of intention to submit the thesis. university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee, (3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In and special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, (b) have had the equivalent of at least two years full-time teaching and/or provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s administrative experience of a kind acceptable to the Committee. part in the joint research. (2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether academic and professional qualifi cations as may be approved by the or not such work is related to the thesis. Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. (5) Three copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies (3) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such of theses for higher degrees. assessment or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the three copies of before permitting enrolment. the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be Enrolment consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made 1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least or microfi lm or other copying medium. one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which Examination enrolment is to begin. 6. (1) There shall be not fewer than two examiners of the thesis, appointed (2) In every case before making the offer of a place the Committee shall by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be external to the University be satisfi ed that initial agreement has been reached between the School unless the Committee is satisfi ed that this is not practicable. of Medical Education and the applicant on the topic area, supervision arrangements, provision of adequate facilities and any coursework to be (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit to prescribed and that these are in accordance with the provisions of the the Committee a concise report on the thesis and shall recommend to guidelines for promoting postgraduate study within the University. the Committee that: (3) The candidate shall be enrolled as either a full-time or part-time (a) The thesis merits the award of the degree. student. (b) The thesis merits the award of the degree subject to minor corrections (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation as listed being made to the satisfaction of the Head of School. on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required to undergo (c) The thesis requires further work on matters detailed in the report. Should such assessment and perform such other work as may be prescribed by performance in this further work be to the satisfaction of the Higher Degree the Committee. Committee, the thesis would merit the award of the degree. (5) The candidate may undertake the research as an internal student i.e. (d) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree in its present form at a campus, teaching hospital, or other research facility with which the and further work as described in the examiner’s report is required. The University is associated, or as an external student not in attendance at the revised thesis should be subject to reexamination. University except for periods as may be prescribed by the Committee. (e) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree and does not (6) An internal candidate will normally carry out the research on a campus demonstrate that resubmission would be likely to achieve that merit. or at a teaching or research facility of the University. The Committee may (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another institution (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee may or elsewhere away from the University provided that the work can be permit the candidate to represent the same thesis and submit to further supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. In such instances examination as determined by the Committee within a period specifi ed the Committee shall be satisfi ed that the location and period of time away by it but not exceeding eighteen months. from the University are necessary to the research program. (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and (7) The research shall be supervised by a supervisor or supervisors who are the results of any further examination, recommend whether or not the members of the academic staff of the School or under other appropriate candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided that the candidate supervision arrangements approved by the Committee. Normally an be not awarded the degree the Committee shall determine whether or external candidate within another organisation or institution will have a not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a further period of study co-supervisor at that institution. and/or research. (8) No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of three Fees academic sessions from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or four academic sessions in the case of a part-time or external 7. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to candidate. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degree time by the Council. of Bachelor with Honours or who has had previous research experience the Committee may approve remission of up to one session for a full-time candidate and two sessions for a part-time or external candidate. 9050 Master of Clinical Education (by (9) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not Distance Education) later than six academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later MClinEd than eight academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases Typical Duration an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. 1.5 years Progression Minimum UOC for Award 4. The progress of the candidate shall be considered by the Committee 72 units of credit following report from the School in accordance with the procedures Typical UOC per Session established within the School and previously noted by the Committee. 24 units of credit MEDICINE 213

Program Description Program Structure The degree of Master of Clinical Education will be awarded after The Diploma program has the same course options as the Master of Clinical satisfactory completion of a program of advanced study of 48 units of Education program. Candidates may choose their own combination of credit and submission of a satisfactory major project based on at least one courses amounting to 40 units of credit and are not required to submit session of applied development or research in clinical education. a major project. This is an external program which includes a small number of intensive PHCM9101 Independent Study (2 UOC) (2 UOC) workshops. PHCM9102 Independent Study (4 UOC) (4 UOC) PHCM9103 Independent Study (6 UOC) (6 UOC) Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes PHCM9104 Independent Study (8 UOC) (8 UOC) PHCM9125* Designing Short Courses and Workshops* (4 UOC) The program aims to provide a multidisciplinary program of study of PHCM9302 Learning in Small Groups (4 UOC) clinical education for practicing clinicians with teaching responsibilities. PHCM9304 Learning Clinical Reasoning (6 UOC) The program requires clinical educators to study the knowledge, reasoning, PHCM9306 Clinical Supervision (4 UOC) practical activities and skills within the environment of the ward and other PHCM9307 Exploring and Managing Ethical and Moral clinical settings, to observe and document clinical teaching and learning, Dilemmas (4 UOC) and to undertake action research in its improvement. PHCM9308 Learning Clinical Decision Making (4 UOC) The program also aims to foster a rational and rigorous approach to PHCM9309 Assessment of Clinical Performance (4 UOC) understanding clinical reasoning and decision making, and to ensure its PHCM9312 Research Into Clinical Education (6 UOC) effective learning. Three levels of attainment are proposed to accommodate PHCM9315 Clinical Teaching (6 UOC) the differing needs among clinical teachers. PHCM9316 Learning Consulting Skills (6 UOC) *PHCM9125 is available only as an intensive workshop Program Structure Courses offered within the program are: Academic Rules PHCM9101 Independent Study (2 UOC) (2 UOC) Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce PHCM9102 Independent Study (4 UOC) (4 UOC) for further information. PHCM9103 Independent Study (6 UOC) (6 UOC) PHCM9104 Independent Study (8 UOC) (8 UOC) PHCM9125* Designing Short Courses and Workshops* (4 UOC) 7376 Graduate Certifi cate in Clinical PHCM9302 Learning in Small Groups (4 UOC) Education (by Distance Education) PHCM9304 Learning Clinical Reasoning (6 UOC) PHCM9306 Clinical Supervision (4 UOC) GradCert PHCM9307 Exploring and Managing Ethical and Moral Typical Duration Dilemmas (4 UOC) 0.4 years PHCM9308 Learning Clinical Decision Making (4 UOC) PHCM9309 Assessment of Clinical Performance (4 UOC) Minimum UOC for Award PHCM9312 Research Into Clinical Education (6 UOC) 20 units of credit PHCM9315 Clinical Teaching (6 UOC) Typical UOC per Session PHCM9316 Learning Consulting Skills (6 UOC) 24 units of credit PHCM9360 Major Project (Clinical Education) (12 UOC) *PHCM9125 is available only as an intensive workshop Program Description The Graduate Certifi cate in Clinical Education will be awarded after Academic Rules satisfactory completion of advanced study of 20 units of credit. Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School of This is an external program which includes a small number of intensive Public Health & Community Medicine for further information. workshops. Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes 5501 Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education The program is a multidisciplinary study of clinical education for (by Distance Education) practicing clinicians with teaching responsibilities. Clinical educators study the knowledge, reasoning, practical activities and skills within the GradDipClinEd environment of the ward and other clinical settings and also observe and Typical Duration document clinical teaching and learning. 0.8 years This Graduate Certifi cate program is suitable for those clinical teachers Minimum UOC for Award who wish to upgrade their educational skills and obtain recognition for 40 units of credit their Faculty and professional development, but who do not wish to engage in a full masters program. Typical UOC per Session 24 units of credit Program Structure Program Description A total of 20 units of credit (UOC) is required, consisting of 16 UOC of core courses and a 4 UOC elective. The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education will be awarded after satisfactory completion of advanced study of 40 units of credit together Core Courses with 100 hours of clinical teaching practice. PHCM9302 Learning in Small Groups (4 UOC) This is an external program which includes a small number of intensive PHCM9315 Clinical Teaching (6 UOC) workshops. PHCM9316 Learning Consulting Skills (6 UOC) Elective Courses Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes Choose one elective from: The program is a multidisciplinary study of clinical education for PHCM9125* Designing Short Courses and Workshops* (4 UOC) practicing clinicians with teaching responsibilities. Clinical educators PHCM9304 Learning Clinical Reasoning (6 UOC) study the knowledge, reasoning, practical activities and skills within the PHCM9306 Clinical Supervision (4 UOC) environment of the ward and other clinical settings. They are required PHCM9307 Exploring and Managing Ethical and Moral to observe and document clinical teaching and learning, and undertake Dilemmas (4 UOC) action research with the aim of improving the clinical teaching and PHCM9308 Learning Clinical Decision Making (4 UOC) learning in these settings. PHCM9309 Assessment of Clinical Performance (4 UOC) The program also aims to foster a rational and rigorous approach to PHCM9312 Research Into Clinical Education (6 UOC) understanding clinical reasoning and decision making. *PHCM9125 is available only as an intensive workshop 214 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

Academic Rules one calendar month before the commencement of the session in which enrolment is to begin. Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce for further information. (2) In every case before making the offer of a place the Committee shall be satisfi ed that initial agreement has been reached between the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the applicant on the 2845 Master of Public Health (by Research) topic area, supervision arrangements, provision of adequate facilities MPH and any coursework to be prescribed and that these are in accordance with the provisions of the guidelines for promoting postgraduate study Typical Duration within the University. 2 years (3) The candidate shall be enrolled as either a full-time or part-time Minimum UOC for Award student. 96 units of credit (4) A candidate shall be required to undertake an original investigation Typical UOC per Session or design on an approved topic. The candidate may also be required 24 units of credit to undergo such examination and perform such other work as may be Program Description prescribed by the Committee. The Master of Public Health (MPH) is designed primarily as training (5) The candidate may undertake the research as an internal student i.e. in advanced work. Candidates must demonstrate ability to undertake at a campus, teaching hospital, or other research facility with which the research by the submission of a thesis embodying the results of an University is associated, or as an external student not in attendance at the original investigation or design. Candidates must have at least three University except for periods as may be prescribed by the Committee. years experience of in health services. (6) An internal candidate will normally carry out the research on a campus Students applying for admission to the MPH by research are required to or at a teaching or research facility of the University. The Committee may have a suitable fi rst degree and are normally expected to have considerable permit a candidate to spend a period in the fi eld, within another institution experience in their proposed fi eld of study within the health or hospital or elsewhere away from the University provided that the work can be services. The program can be undertaken full-time or part-time; through supervised in a manner satisfactory to the Committee. In such instances internal or external mode. the Committee shall be satisfi ed that the location and period of time away from the University are necessary to the research program. Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes (7) The research shall be supervised by a supervisor or supervisors who are The degree of Master of Public Health by Research may be awarded by members of the academic staff of the School or under other appropriate the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee supervision arrangements approved by the Committee. Normally an of the appropriate faculty (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to external candidate within another organisation or institution will have a a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake research by the co-supervisor at that institution. submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation (8) No candidate shall be awarded the degree until the lapse of three or design. academic sessions from the date of enrolment in the case of a full-time candidate or four academic sessions in the case of a part-time or external Program Structure candidate. In the case of a candidate who has been awarded the degree A candidate shall be enrolled for a minimum of 96 units of credit (UOC) of Bachelor with Honours or who has had previous research experience and up to a maximum of 144 UOC. A full-time load during one Session the Committees may approve remission of up to one session for a full-time is worth 24 UOC and a part-time load is worth 12 UOC. candidate and two sessions for a part-time or external candidate. Academic Rules (9) A full-time candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later than six academic sessions from the date of enrolment. A part-time Conditions for the Award of the Degree Master of or external candidate for the degree shall present for examination not later by Research than ten academic sessions from the date of enrolment. In special cases, Public Health (MPH) an extension of these times may be granted by the Committee. 1. The degree of Master of Public Health by Research may be awarded by the Council on the recommendation of the Higher Degree Committee Progression of the appropriate faculty (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) to 4. The progress of the candidate shall be considered by the Committee a candidate who has demonstrated ability to undertake research by the following report from the School in accordance with the procedures submission of a thesis embodying the results of an original investigation established within the School and previously noted by the Committee. or design. (i) The research proposal will be reviewed as soon as feasible after Qualifi cations enrolment. For a full-time student this will normally be during the fi rst year of study, or immediately following a period of prescribed coursework. 2. (1) A candidate for the degree shall: This review will focus on the viability of the research proposal. (a) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of four full- (ii) Progress in the course will be reviewed within twelve months of time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of the fi rst review. As a result of either review the Committee may cancel New South Wales or a qualifi cation considered equivalent from another enrolment or take such other action as it considers appropriate. Thereafter, university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee, the progress of the candidate will be reviewed annually. or (b)(i) have been awarded an appropriate degree of Bachelor of three full- Thesis time years duration (or the part-time equivalent) from the University of 5. (1) On completing the program of study a candidate shall submit a New South Wales or qualifi cations considered equivalent from another thesis embodying the results of the investigation or design. university or tertiary institution at a level acceptable to the Committee (2) The candidate shall give in writing to the Registrar two months notice and of intention to submit the thesis. (ii) have had the equivalent of at least three years experience in the health (3) The thesis shall present an account of the candidate’s own research. In services of a kind acceptable to the Committee special cases work done conjointly with other persons may be accepted, (2) In exceptional cases an applicant who submits evidence of such other provided the Committee is satisfi ed about the extent of the candidate’s academic and professional qualifi cations as may be approved by the part in the joint research. Committee may be permitted to enrol for the degree. (4) The candidate may also submit any work previously published whether (3) If the Committee is not satisfi ed with the qualifi cations submitted by or not such work is related to the thesis. an applicant the Committee may require the applicant to undergo such (5) Three copies of the thesis shall be presented in a form which complies examination or carry out such work as the Committee may prescribe, with the requirements of the University for the preparation and submission before permitting enrolment. of theses for higher degrees. Enrolment (6) It shall be understood that the University retains the three copies of 3. (1) An application to enrol as a candidate for the degree shall be made the thesis submitted for examination and is free to allow the thesis to be on the prescribed form which shall be lodged with the Registrar at least consulted or borrowed. Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act, MEDICINE 215

1968, the University may issue the thesis in whole or in part, in photostat The program articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Public Health or microfi lm or other copying medium. (GradDipPH 5507), the Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health (GradCertPH 7368) and the Graduate Certifi cate in Health Services Management. Credit Examination for courses completed as part of the GradDipPH, the GradCertPH and 6. (1) There shall be not fewer than two examiners of the thesis, appointed GradCertHSM may be transferred to the Master’s program. by the Committee, at least one of whom shall be external to the University Core Courses unless the Committee is satisfi ed that this is not practicable. PHCM9012 Health Promotion (4 UOC) (2) At the conclusion of the examination each examiner shall submit PHCM9131 Research Skills for Public Health (4 UOC) to the Committee a concise report on the merits of the thesis and shall PHCM9499 Epidemiology for Public Health (4 UOC) recommend to the Committee that: PHCM9503 Statistics for Public Health (4 UOC) (a) The thesis merits the award of the degree. PHCM9516 Introduction to Public Health (4 UOC) (b) The thesis merits the award of the degree subject to minor corrections PHCM9751 Management for Public Health (4 UOC) as listed being made to the satisfaction of the Head of School. Additional Course Requirement for International Students: (c) The thesis requires further work on matters detailed in the report. Should International students from non-English speaking countries enrolled in performance in this further work be to the satisfaction of the Higher Degree the full time program in Sydney (Kensington campus) are required to take Committee, the thesis would merit the award of the degree. the following additional core course in their fi rst session. This course is (d) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree in its present form available for all students to assist to gain maximum benefi t from their and further work as described in the examiner’s report is required. The study and contributes 4 units of credit towards the total of 48 units of revised thesis should be subject to reexamination. credit for the program. (e) The thesis does not merit the award of the degree and does not PHCM9100 Academic Skills (4 UOC) demonstrate that resubmission would be likely to achieve that merit. Electives (3) If the performance at the further examination recommended under A large variety of electives are offered, enabling students to focus on (2)(c) above is not to the satisfaction of the Committee, the Committee may areas of interest and professional relevance. In addition, students may permit the candidate to represent the same thesis and submit to further enrol in electives which are offered by other schools and academic units examination as determined by the Committee within a period specifi ed within the University of New South Wales, as well as courses offered by it but not exceeding eighteen months. in the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at the (4) The Committee shall, after consideration of the examiners’ reports and University of Sydney. Students may elect to undertake independent studies the results of any further examination, recommend whether or not the across selected areas of concentration, to learn about a particular area candidate may be awarded the degree. If it is decided that the candidate or course matter of special interest which is not offered in the formal be not awarded the degree the Committee shall determine whether or program (PHCM9101/2/3/4). not the candidate may resubmit the thesis after a further period of study The following electives are offered in 2006 and/or research. PHCM9010 Community Development (4 UOC) Fees PHCM9015 Health Services Development and 7. A candidate shall pay such fees as may be determined from time to Implementation (6 UOC) time by the Council PHCM9041 Health Care Systems (6 UOC) PHCM9071 Health Care Financial Management 1 (6 UOC) PHCM9081 Health Care Financial Management 2 (4 UOC) 9045 Master of Public Health (by Coursework) PHCM9101 Independent Study (2 UOC) (2 UOC) PHCM9102 Independent Study (4 UOC) (4 UOC) MPH PHCM9103 Independent Study (6 UOC) (6 UOC) Typical Duration PHCM9104 Independent Study (8 UOC) (8 UOC) 1 year PHCM9108 Program Evaluation and Planned Change (4 UOC) PHCM9111 Quality and Clinical Practice Improvement (4 UOC) Minimum UOC for Award PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (4 UOC) 48 units of credit PHCM9121 Measurement of Quality of Life and Typical UOC per Session Patient Satisfaction (4 UOC) 24 units of credit PHCM9122 Primary Health Care: Policies, Programs & Perspectives (4 UOC) Program Description PHCM9125 Designing Short Courses and Workshops (4 UOC) The Master of Public Health (MPH) is widely recognised as essential PHCM9133 Learning, Teaching and Assessment (4 UOC) for a career in population health, including health promotion, primary PHCM9136 Culture, Health and Illness (4UOC) health care, policy formulation, research, and management of health PHCM9140 Project Design and Monitoring in programs. Many of our graduates occupy key positions in health services International Health (4 UOC) and universities in the Western Pacifi c and Asian regions. PHCM9331 Ethics & Law: Public Health & Administration (4 UOC) PHCM9351 Health Economics (6 UOC) Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes PHCM9431 Interpersonal Communications in Organisations (4 UOC) PHCM9441 Healthcare Economics and Financial The Master of Public Health program provides preparation for education, Management (6 UOC) research and service in all aspects of public health. The program includes PHCM9442 Health Resources Planning and Development (6 UOC) study in epidemiology, quantitative and qualitative research methods, PHCM9471 Comparative Health Care Systems (6 UOC) health services management, health promotion, development and PHCM9501 Computing Techniques for Health Services education in health, as well as a systematic review of topical public Management (4 UOC) health issues. It is designed to address the continuing education needs PHCM9517 Advanced Biostatistics and statistical computing (4 UOC) of specialists in public health as well as providing a general orientation PHCM9518 Case Studies in Epidemiology (4 UOC) to public health issues and methods for the health professions. PHCM9604 Alcohol and Other Drug Issues (4 UOC) PHCM9605 Health in Developing Countries (4 UOC) Program Structure PHCM9608 Rural Health Studies 1 (4 UOC) The MPH program is offered in full-time, part-time and external modes. PHCM9610 Food & Nutrition Policy Studies (4 UOC) For most external courses, students must attend compulsory residential PHCM9611 Health of the Elderly (4 UOC) school workshops at the Kensington campus twice a year, once before PHCM9612 Environmental Health (4 UOC) each semester of study. The program comprises the following components, PHCM9614 Researching Marginalised Groups (4 UOC) for a total of 48 units of credit: PHCM9615 Delivery of Primary Health Services in the Community (4 UOC) 1. Core courses 24 units of credit PHCM9621 HIV/AIDS: Australian and International 2. Elective courses 16 units of credit Responses (4 UOC) 3. Project (PHCM9147) or Electives 8 units of credit PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (4 UOC) 216 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

PHCM9630 Indigenous Health in Australia (4 UOC) issues in their home countries, as well as enabling local students to PHCM9633 International Tobacco Control (4 UOC) contribute effectively to international health development. Students PHCM9661 Current Issues in Health (4 UOC) must complete 48 units of credit as follows: PHCM9701 Managing Human Resources in Health (6 UOC) A. MPH core courses (24 units of credit) PHCM9711 Management of Organisations (6 UOC) PHCM9741 Management of Change (4 UOC) B. The following two courses (8 units of credit) PHCM9748 Clinical Governance (6 UOC) PHCM9122 Primary Health Care 1 (4 UOC) PHCM9761 Public Mental Health in Australia (4 UOC) PHCM9605 Health in Developing Countries (4 UOC) PHCM9901 Health Systems Simulation (6 UOC) C. 8 units of credit of electives PHCM9911 Health Informatics Principles (6 UOC) D. A project in an international health-related topic: PHCM9922 Decision Support Systems (4 UOC) PHCM9147 Major Project (8 UOC) Many electives are also available in Distance Education mode. Please check the School’s website (http://sphcm.med.unsw.edu.au) for Primary Health Care - Plan PHCMPS9045 current information The MPH in Primary Health Care is designed for students who wish to Project specialise in primary health care. Students must complete 48 units of credit as follows: The project comprises an in-depth study of a contemporary public health issue. Students are expected to demonstrate their ability to apply A. MPH core courses (24 units of credit) knowledge and skills gained in the program. The project may be in the B. Three courses (12 units of credit) from: form of a small-scale research study, a case study, a program evaluation or PHCM9010 Community Development (4 UOC) a report on a fi eld placement. It is normally undertaken after completion PHCM9108 Program Evaluation (4 UOC) of all core and elective courses. Provisional topics for the project will be PHCM9122 Primary Health Care 1 (4 UOC) determined in consultation with an academic adviser from the School PHCM9608 Rural Health Studies 1 (4 UOC) early in the program and refi ned in PHM9131 Research Skills in Public PHCM9615 Delivery of Health Services (4 UOC) Health. C. 8 units of credit including a project in a primary health care-related PHCM9147 Major Project (8 UOC) (8 UOC) topic: Plans (Areas of Specialisation) PHCM9147 Major Project (8 UOC) The following specialisations (plans) are now available in the Master of or Public Health. These allow students to focus their studies on areas where one 4 unit of credit elective and the School has considerable expertise, and incorporate fi eld studies and PHCM9531 Field Placement (4 UOC) project work: D. Elective (4 units of credit) Health Promotion – plan PHCMJS9045 Education - plan PHCMES9045 Academic Rules International Health and Development - plan PHCMIS9045 Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School of Primary Health Care - plan PHCMPS9045 Public Health and Community Medicine for further information. Health Promotion - Plan PHCMJS9045 The MPH in Health Promotion is designed for students who wish to Admission Requirements specialise in health promotion. This specialisation is refl ected in their Applicants are required to have completed a Bachelor degree in a health- testamur. Students must complete 48 units of credit as follows: related discipline and to have at least three years’ experience in a health A. MPH core courses (24 units of credit) or health-related fi eld. B. Two courses (8 units of credit) from: PHCM9010 Community Development (4 UOC) 5507 Graduate Diploma in Public Health PHCM9108 Program Evaluation (4 UOC) PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (4 UOC) GradDipPH PHCM9381 Policy Studies (4 UOC) Typical Duration C. 8 units of credit including a project in a health promotion-related 0.8 years topic: Minimum UOC for Award PHCM9147 Major Project (8 UOC) 36 units of credit or Typical UOC per Session one 4 unit of credit elective and 24 units of credit PHCM9531 Field Placement (4 UOC) D. 8 units of credit of electives Program Description Education - Plan PHCMES9045 A Public Health degree is widely recognised as essential for a career in population health, including health promotion, primary health care, policy The MPH in Education introduces health and related professionals to formulation, research, and management of health programs. essential skills and knowledge in adult education, relevant to public health. Students must complete 48 units of credit as follows: The Master of Public Health articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Public Health (GradDip) and the Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health A. MPH core courses (24 units of credit) (GradCert). B. The following two courses (8 units of credit) PHCM9133 Learning, Teaching & Assessment (4 UOC) Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes PHCM9302 Learning in Small Groups (4 UOC) The Public Health programs provide preparation for education, research C. One of the following (4 units of credit) and service in all aspects of public health. The program includes study in epidemiology, quantitative and qualitative research methods, health PHCM9125 Design Short Courses & Workshops (4 UOC) services management, health promotion, development and education in PHCM9306 Clinical Supervision (4 UOC) health, as well as a systematic review of topical public health issues. It PHCM9307 Exploring Ethical Dilemmas (4 UOC) is designed to address the continuing education needs of specialists in PHCM9309 Assessing Clinical Performance (4 UOC) public health as well as providing a general orientation to public health D. Elective (4 units of credit) issues and methods for the health professions. E. A project in an education-related topic: Program Structure PHCM9147 Major Project (8 UOC) The Graduate Diploma in Public Health is offered in full-time, part-time International Health and Development- Plan PHCMIS9045 and external modes. For most courses, external students must attend The MPH in International Health Development provides students from compulsory residential school workshops at the Kensington campus twice developing countries with skills and knowledge to address key health a year, once before each semester of study. MEDICINE 217

The program is offered as a 36 unit of credit (UOC) program comprising The Graduate Diploma is awarded after satisfying the examiners in written nine courses from the Masters program, including 6 core courses and and clinical examinations at the end of the program. 12 UOC of electives. It must be noted that the Graduate Diploma of Paediatrics is intended Core Courses for postgraduates who have medical degrees registrable in Australia and PHCM9012 Health Promotion (4 UOC) who are able to secure a paediatric appointment, salaried or otherwise, PHCM9131 Research Skills (4 UOC) in a teaching hospital recognised by the University of New South Wales. PHCM9499 Epidemiology for Public Health (4 UOC) The School of Women’s and Children’s Health takes no responsibility for PHCM9503 Statistics for Public Health (4 UOC) making such arrangements. PHCM9516 Introduction to Public Health (4 UOC) PHCM9751 Management for Pub Health (4 UOC) Program Structure PAED9111 General Paediatrics and Child Health 1 (6 UOC) PLUS Electives (12 units of credit) from the elective offerings for the Master PAED9112 General Paediatrics and Child Health 2 (6 UOC) of Public Health program (9045). PAED9116 Clinical and Technical Skills 1 (3 UOC) Academic Rules PAED9117 Clinical and Technical Skills 2 (3 UOC) PAED9118 Clinical Experience 1 (3 UOC) Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce PAED9119 Clinical Experience 2 (3 UOC) for further information. Students should note that if they have to repeat the year due to failure in one or more course, they must re-enrol in and satisfactorily complete all 7368 Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health courses in order to qualify for the Graduate Diploma. GradCertPH Academic Rules Typical Duration Please refer to the information above and contact the School Offi ce for 0.5 years further information. Minimum UOC for Award 24 units of credit 9065 Master of Reproductive Medicine Typical UOC per Session 24 units of credit MRMed Typical Duration Program Description 1 year The Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health provides preparation for Minimum UOC for Award education, research, and service in aspects of public health. 48 units of credit Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes Typical UOC per Session 24 units of credit The Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health provides recognition to students who are limited to one semester of study Program Description Program Structure Reproductive medicine is an expanding fi eld. It is at the forefront of emerging medico-scientifi c technology offering hope to many needy The Graduate Certifi cate in Public Health comprises the following couples, and career opportunities to those with demonstrable skills and courses: knowledge. Increasing numbers of medical practitioners are developing PHCM9516 Introduction to Public Health (4 UOC) special interests in this area – particularly GPs, family planning PLUS Electives (20 units of credit) from the elective offerings for the practitioners and specialist gynaecologists working in menopause and Master of Public Health program (9045). infertility. In addition there are similar specialisations emerging in nursing and counselling, and amongst biological scientists. This program offers an Student can also choose to enrol in the Plan (Specialisation): entirely web-based alternative where practitioners are able to integrate Academic Rules their study program into their daily professional life without the costly disruption a face-to-face coursework entails. Please refer to the Program Structure above and view the school website for further information. Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes The program will provide a more detailed knowledge of reproductive School of Women’s and Children’s Health medicine and a qualification that will clearly demonstrate their expertise. The School offers programs of study leading to the award of the following degrees: Program Structure Graduate Diploma in Paediatrics The MRMed is designed to be completed part-time over two (2) years. Master of Reproductive Medicine However, a signifi cant degree of fl exibility is allowed in completing Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine the program to suit the student and his/her time commitments. Basic Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Medicine Reproductive Physiology must be completed before undertaking the clinical courses (SWCH9003/4/5). Students may then select any 5500 Graduate Diploma in Paediatrics combination of electives to make a total of 48 UoC for the program. Students may undertake up to 12 UoC in courses from outside the School, DipPaed with approval from the Program Coordinator. Assessment is all done on-line with electronically-marked MCQs, on-line discussion sessions Typical Duration and scheduled assignments. For each course students should allow 12 0.5 years hours per week over the 14 week semester for reading, research, on-line Minimum UOC for Award chatroom, assessments and assignments. 24 units of credit Core course Typical UOC per Session SWCH9001 Basic Reproductive Physiology (6 UOC) 24 units of credit Elective courses Program Description SWCH9002 Contraception (6 UOC) The program is taken over one year on a part-time basis. It is an externally SWCH9003 Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology* (6 UOC) run program conducted at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. SWCH9004 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 1 (6 UOC) Candidates attend a program of lectures and grand rounds (approximately SWCH9005 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 2* (6 UOC) four and one-half hours per week). This degree is likely to appeal to doctors SWCH9006 Laboratory Aspects of ART* (6 UOC) interested in a career in general practice or who are in the early stages of SWCH9007 Menopause (6 UOC) training for a specialty career in paediatrics. SWCH9008 Psychosocial Issues in Reproductive Health* (6 UOC) 218 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK

SWCH9009 Ethics & Law in RM* (6 UOC) SWCH9005 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 2* (6 UOC) SWCH9010 Management for RM* (6 UOC) SWCH9006 Laboratory Aspects of ART* (6 UOC) PHCM9499 Epidemiology (4 UOC) SWCH9007 Menopause (6 UOC) PHCM9503 Statistics (4 UOC) SWCH9008 Psychosocial Issues in Reproductive Health* (6 UOC) *Course not available in 2006. SWCH9009 Ethics & Law in RM* (6 UOC) SWCH9010 Management for RM* (6 UOC) Academic Rules PHCM9499 Epidemiology (4 UOC) PHCM9503 Statistics (4 UOC Please refer to the information above and contact the School Offi ce for further information. *Course not available in 2006. Articulation 5508 Graduate Diploma in Reproductive The program articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine Medicine 5508 and the Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Medicine 7379. Credit for courses completed as part of the GradDip and the GradDip GradCert may be transferred to the Master’s program, in accordance with the UNSW policy on credit transfer. Typical Duration 0.8 years Please note: Minimum UOC for Award Students require internet access (preferably with broadband cable / high 36 units of credit speed ADSL connection). Typical UOC per Session 24 units of credit Academic Rules Please refer to the information above and contact the School Offi ce for Program Structure further information. The Graduate Diploma in Reproductive Medicine will be awarded after the satisfactory completion of 36 UOC. Students must complete SWCH9001 School of Medical Sciences Basic Reproductive Physiology and 30 UOC from the following list of electives. Students may take up to 12 UOC in courses from outside the The School offers programs of study leading to the award of the following School, with approval from the Program Coordinator. degrees: Core Course 9055 Master of Sports Medicine 5503 Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine SWCH9001 Basic Reproductive Physiology (6UOC) 7378 Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine Elective courses 8049 Master of Science in Biopharmaceuticals (in conjunction SWCH9002 Contraception (6 UOC) with the School of Biotechnology) by Coursework or by SWCH9003 Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology* (6 UOC) Distance Education SWCH9004 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 1 (6 UOC) 9060 Master of Medical Science in Drug Development by SWCH9005 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 2* (6 UOC) Distance Education SWCH9006 Laboratory Aspects of ART* (6 UOC) 5504 Graduate Diploma in Drug Development by Distance SWCH9007 Menopause (6 UOC) Education SWCH9008 Psychosocial Issues in Reproductive Health* (6 UOC) 7370 Graduate Certifi cate in Drug Development by Distance SWCH9009 Ethics & Law in RM* (6 UOC) Education SWCH9010 Management for RM* (6 UOC) PHCM9499 Epidemiology (4 UOC) PHCM9503 Statistics (4 UOC) 9055 Master of Sports Medicine *Course not available in 2006. MSpMed Academic Rules Typical Duration 3 years Please refer to the information above and contact the School Offi ce for further information. Minimum UOC for Award 72 units of credit 7379 Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Program Description Medicine The program aims to equip medical practitioners with a rigorous understanding of the theory and practice of sports medicine to meet the GradCert needs of people engaged in individual or team-related sporting activities Typical Duration through primary, secondary or tertiary prevention of disease processes. 0.5 years The degree of Master of Sports Medicine will be awarded after the Minimum UOC for Award satisfactory completion of 72 units of credit and a final clinical 24 units of credit examination. The 72 UOC consist of 54 UOC from coursework; 12 UOC from the completion of a compulsory research project and 6 UOC Typical UOC per Session from attendance at two four-day practicum courses. For overseas students 24 units of credit special arrangements can be made for the practicum component. The Sports Medicine programs are taught through the UNSW Sports Medicine Program Structure Unit in distance education mode only. Apart from the practicum, there is The Graduate Certifi cate in Reproductive Medicine will be awarded no on-campus component. Subjects can be taken in any order although after the satisfactory completion of 24 UOC. Students must complete the course authority recommends a certain sequence. SWCH9001 Basic Reproductive Physiology and 18 UOC from the following list of electives. Students may take up to 12 UOC in courses Program Structure from outside the School, with approval from the Program Co-ordinator Core Courses: Core Course PHPH5401 Sports Injuries 1 (6 UOC) SWCH9001 Basic Reproductive Physiology (6UOC) PHPH5411 Sports Injuries 2 (6 UOC) PHPH5421 Sports Injuries 3 (6 UOC) Elective courses PHPH5440 Clinical Skills Training 1 (3 UOC) SWCH9002 Contraception (6 UOC) PHPH5450 Clinical Skills Training 2 (3 UOC) SWCH9003 Clinical Reproductive Endocrinology* (6 UOC) PHPH5453 Major Project and Report (12 UOC) SWCH9004 Clinical Reproductive Medicine 1 (6 UOC) PHPH5571 Research Methods (6 UOC) MEDICINE 219

Students must select a further 30 UOC from the following electives: courses in the program; students can select from any of the following PHPH5420 Sports Psychology (3 UOC) courses which are offered in the Sports Medicine program. PHPH5431 Medical Applications of Exercise 1 (6 UOC) PHPH5441 Medical Applications of Exercise 2 (6 UOC) Program Structure PHPH5451 Sports Science (6 UOC) Courses PHPH5470 Sports Nutrition (3 UOC) PHPH5401 Sports Injuries 1 (6 UOC) PHPH5510 Sports Pharmacology (3 UOC) PHPH5411 Sports Injuries 2 (6 UOC) PHPH5530 Clinical Biomechanics (3 UOC) PHPH5420 Sports Psychology (3 UOC) PHPH5591 Paediatric Sports Medicine (6 UOC) PHPH5421 Sports Injuries 3 (6 UOC) PHPH5611 Applied Sports Medicine (6 UOC) PHPH5431 Medical Applications of Exercise 1 (6 UOC) PHPH5621 Military Sports Medicine 1 (6 UOC) PHPH5441 Medical Applications of Exercise 2 (6 UOC) PHPH5631 Military Sports Medicine 2 (6 UOC) PHPH5451 Sports Science (6 UOC) The program articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine PHPH5470 Sports Nutrition (3 UOC) 5503 and the Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine 7378. Candidates PHPH5510 Sports Pharmacology (3 UOC) initially enrol in the GradCert or GradDip. To progress to the MSpMed PHPH5530 Clinical Biomechanics (3 UOC) candidates must achieve at least a Credit average after 24 units of credit PHPH5591 Paediatric Sports Medicine (6 UOC) in the GradDip. Credit for courses completed as part of the GradDip and PHPH5611 Applied Sports Medicine (6 UOC) the GradCert may be transferred to the Master’s program, in accordance PHPH5621 Military Sports Medicine 1 (6 UOC) with the UNSW policy on credit transfer. PHPH5631 Military Sports Medicine 2 (6 UOC) Academic Rules GradCert students who intend to continue in the GradDip or Masters program are advised to include PHPH5401 Sports Injuries I, PHPH5411 Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the Department Sports Injuries 2 and PHPH5421 Sports Injuries 3 to avoid having to of Sports Medicine for further information. undertake extra units of credit. Academic Rules 5503 Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the Department GradDipSpMed of Sports Medicine for further information. Typical Duration 1.5 years 8049 Master of Science in Biopharmaceuticals Minimum UOC for Award (by Coursework) 36 units of credit MSc Program Description This is an interdisciplinary program designed for graduates with backgrounds in either pharmacology or biotechnology who wish to obtain The Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine will be awarded after advanced training in both areas in order to gain expertise necessary for the the satisfactory completion of 36 units of credit and a fi nal clinical development and use of the new generation of biopharmaceuticals which examination. Students must complete 24 UOC in core courses, and 12 have been developed by, or result from, the application of molecular UOC of electives offered by the Sports Medicine Unit. biology and recent developments in genomics and proteomics. It is open to graduates with a four year degree in a related discipline or who have, Program Structure in the opinion of the Higher Degree Committee, acquired equivalent Courses qualifi cations or experience. Prior study of biochemistry is required for PHPH5401 Sports Injuries 1 (6 UOC) the program. PHPH5411 Sports Injuries 2 (6 UOC) For full details of this program, please refer to the Faculty of Science PHPH5421 Sports Injuries 3 (6 UOC) section of this Handbook. PHPH5440 Clinical Skills Training 1 (3 UOC) PHPH5450 Clinical Skills Training 2 (3 UOC) Students must select a further 12 UOC from the following electives: 9060 Master of Medical Science in Drug PHPH5420 Sports Psychology (3 UOC) Development (by Distance Education) PHPH5431 Medical Applications of Exercise 1 (6 UOC) MMedSc PHPH5441 Medical Applications of Exercise 2 (6 UOC) PHPH5451 Sports Science (6 UOC) Typical Duration PHPH5470 Sports Nutrition (3 UOC) 3 years PHPH5510 Sports Pharmacology (3 UOC) Minimum UOC for Award PHPH5530 Clinical Biomechanics (3 UOC) 72 units of credit PHPH5591 Paediatric Sports Medicine (6 UOC) PHPH5611 Applied Sports Medicine (6 UOC) Program Description PHPH5621 Military Sports Medicine 1 (6 UOC) The Master of Medical Science in Drug Development will be awarded PHPH5631 Military Sports Medicine 2 (6 UOC) to students who successfully complete the coursework identifi ed below. The program consists of six core and six elective courses, delivered Academic Rules mainly by distance learning with some on-campus workshops. It takes a Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the Department minimum of 3 years (six sessions) to complete. The elective courses shall of Sports Medicine for further information. be selected from those that are available in the particular session, provided prerequisite and timetabling constraints are met. The program is designed for persons wishing to pursue careers that relate to the development and 7378 Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine safe use of medicines. Career opportunities exist in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, government and in research institutions such GradCertSpMed as universities. Health care professionals interested in developing new medicines and improving the use of existing medicines will fi nd the Typical Duration course of value. The extensive range of electives enables the candidate 1 year to specialist in particular areas such as the discovery of new medicines, Minimum UOC for Award regulatory affairs, clinical trials, market development, medical department 24 units of credit administration, preclinical studies, etc. Program Description Program Objectives and Learning Outcomes The Graduate Certifi cate in Sports Medicine will be awarded after the The discovery, development and marketing of medicines has become satisfactory completion of 24 units of credit. There are no compulsory a highly organised interdisciplinary team activity. Members of such 220 UNSW POSTGRADUATE HANDBOOK teams need to be literate in all aspects of drug development ranging Academic Rules from procedures for identifying lead compounds through to the full Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce development of the product including preclinical studies, clinical trials for further information. and the legal, regulatory and ethical issues relevant to marketing and on-going vigilance of the medicine. The aim of this course is to enable people working in the fi eld of developing and using pharmaceutical 5504 Graduate Diploma in Drug Development substances to obtain such expertise by providing core and elective materials in a distance-learning format. Since interchange of ideas is an (by Distance Education) essential part of any educational activity, the course will include interactive GradDipDD assignments with specifi c tutors and group discussions where students come together for tutorials, workshops and practice sessions, and generally Typical Duration to interchange ideas. 2 years The educational principle governing the program’s teaching approach is to Minimum UOC for Award streamline the provision of information and to concentrate on application. 48 units of credit Thus, students are issued with a manual for each course. The manual Program Description contains, typically, about 200-250 pages of lecture notes plus 200-250 pages of attachments from the literature (relevant chapters from textbooks, The Graduate Diploma in Drug Development is a part-time distance published papers, etc., Australian and overseas government regulatory learning program that takes a minimum of two years to complete. The and policy documents, etc.). program is designed for persons wishing to pursue careers that relate to the development and safe use of medicines. Career opportunities exist in Program Structure the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry, government and in research institutions such as universities. Below is a list of core and elective courses for the Master of Medical Health care professionals interested in developing new medicines and Science in Drug Development. Generally students must take all core improving the use of existing medicines will fi nd the program of value. courses and suffi cient electives to give a total of 72 units of credit. The The extensive range of electives enables the candidate to specialise in program proceeds in three stages, which correspond to Years 1 to 3 for particular areas such as the discovery of new medicines; regulatory affairs; students proceeding in the minimum time. In special cases, students may clinical trials; market development; medical department administration; replace core courses with electives. preclinical studies, etc. Year 1 The educational principle governing the program’s teaching approach is to streamline the provision of information and to concentrate on Session One application. Thus, students are issued with a manual for each course. PHPH9100 Discovery and Pre-clinical Development of The manual contains, typically, about 200-300 pages of lecture notes New Medicines (6 UOC) plus 200-250 pages of attachments from the literature (relevant chapters PHPH9101 Principles of Drug Action (6 UOC) from textbooks, published papers, Australian and overseas government Session Two regulatory and policy documents, etc.). PHPH9104 Law, Ethics and the Regulation of Medicines (6 UOC) To fulfi l the program requirements, students must satisfactorily complete PHPH9120 Clinical Development of Medicines (6 UOC) all of the core courses as well as electives totaling 12 units of credit.

Year 2 Program Structure Session One Year 1 PHPH9102 Pharmaceutical Development of New Session One Medicines (6 UOC) PHPH9100 Discovery and Pre-clinical Development of PHPH9121 Postmarketing Development of Medicines (6 UOC) New Medicines (6 UOC) Session Two PHPH9101 Principles of Drug Action (6 UOC) Session Two Electives (2 x 6 units of credit) PHPH9104 Law, Ethics and the Regulation of Medicines (6 UOC) Year 3 PHPH9120 Clinical Development of Medicines (6 UOC) Session One Year 2 Electives (2 x 6 units of credit) Session One Session Two PHPH9102 Pharmaceutical Development of New Medicines (6 UOC) Electives (2 x 6 units of credit) PHPH9121 Postmarketing Development of Medicines (6 UOC) Electives Session Two Electives are chosen from the following: Elective courses (2 x 6 units of credit) chosen from: BIOT7070 Recombinant Protein Expression Systems (6 UOC) PHPH9107 Therapeutics and the Molecular Basis of BIOT7080 Biopharmaceutical Production Process (6 UOC) Disease 1 (6 UOC) BIOT7160 Genomics and Proteomics (6 UOC) PHPH9108 Therapeutic Basis of Drug Use and BIOT7170 Therapeutic Modalities of Biopharmaceuticals (6 UOC) Development 1 (6 UOC) PHPH9107 Therapeutics and the Molecular Basis of PHPH9109 Therapeutic Basis of Drug Use and Disease 1 (6 UOC) Development 2 (6 UOC) PHPH9108 Therapeutic Basis of Drug Use and PHPH9111 Advanced Pharmaceutical Development Development 1 (6 UOC) of Medicines (6 UOC) PHPH9109 Therapeutic Basis of Drug Use and PHPH9112 Advanced Pharmacokinetics (6 UOC) Development 2 (6 UOC) PHPH9113 Advanced Regulatory Affairs (6 UOC) PHPH9111 Advanced Pharmaceutical Development of PHPH9114 Pharmacoeconomics (6 UOC) Medicines (6 UOC) PHPH9116 Advanced Clinical Trials Management (6 UOC) PHPH9112 Advanced Pharmacokinetics (6 UOC) PHPH9118 Therapeutics and the Molecular Basis of PHPH9113 Advanced Regulatory Affairs (6 UOC) Disease 2 (6 UOC) PHPH9114 Pharmacoeconomics (6 UOC) PHPH9119 Providing Independent Drug Information for PHPH9116 Advanced Clinical Trials Management (6 UOC) General Practice (6 UOC) PHPH9118 Therapeutics and the Molecular Basis of Disease 2 (6 UOC) Academic Rules PHPH9119 Providing Independent Drug Information for Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce General Practice (6 UOC) for further information. MEDICINE 221

7370 Graduate Certifi cate in Drug Development (by Distance Education) GradCertDD Typical Duration 1 year Minimum UOC for Award 24 units of credit Program Description The Graduate Certifi cate in Drug Development will be awarded to students who successfully complete the following course work. This program has similar format and objectives to the Graduate Diploma but is designed for those people who wish to obtain a limited competency in the areas described. The program is offered as a part time distance learning program and will take a minimum of one year to complete. The educational principle governing the program’s teaching approach is to streamline the provision of information and to concentrate on application. Thus, students are issued with a manual for each course. The manual contains, typically, about 200-300 pages of lecture notes plus 200-250 pages of attachments from the literature (relevant chapters from textbooks, published papers, Australian and overseas government regulatory and policy documents, etc.). Program Structure Year 1 Session One PHPH9100 Discovery and Pre-clinical Development of New Medicines (6 UOC) PHPH9101 Principles of Drug Action (6 UOC) Session Two PHPH9104 Law, Ethics and the Regulation of Medicines (6 UOC) PHPH9120 Clinical Development of Medicines (6 UOC) Academic Rules Please refer to the Program Structure above and contact the School Offi ce for further information.