GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Master of Philosophy
Deakin University, Melbourne/Geelong, VIC, Australia
About this program
This elite intensive research degree in health and (bio-) medical sciences will provide students with the opportunity to pursue an independent investigative research project under the supervision of an academic staff member in the School of Medicine, along with coursework specifically designed to provide relevant skills in research design, communication, integrity and interpretation. This course will provide students with a dedicated pathway into PhD programs or into employment where deeper disciplinary knowledge and research skills are required. The research projects that centre on the basis of health and disease span from basic gene discovery and molecular analysis, through to functional genomics and pre-clinical development, to clinical and population studies. This includes the fields of immunity, infectious diseases, developmental biology, exercise physiology and metabolism, musculoskeletal biology, haematology, cancer, metabolic disease, neuroscience, molecular psychiatry and nanomedicine. Research projects may also be offered in the field of rural and regional medicine, general practice, chronic disease management, public health, medical education, epidemiology, farmer health, medical imaging, surgery and optometry.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) 4 credit points of research training coursework in the first year: Research Communication
- Research Interpretation and Integrity
- plus one of Research Design, Biostatistics 1, or Qualitative Health Research The remaining 12 credit points are a supervised Research Thesis (/) completed over two years full-time (four years part-time)
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Admissions
To be considered for admission you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria: completion of a masters degree with a minimum credit average (65% or equivalent) in the same discipline as the proposed research thesis; completion of a bachelor degree with a distinction average (70% or above) for third-year units in the same discipline; completion of the pre-clinical component of the Doctor of Medicine (or equivalent) at postgraduate level
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