GraduateNursing & Health Sciences
Graduate Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
James Cook University, Townsville/Cairns, QLD, Australia
About this program
Gain a specialised education for detecting, preventing, and controlling diseases in tropical, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities. Take the next step in your health career with the Graduate Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Be equipped to address pressing medical and public health issues relevant to tropical Australia and the Asia-Pacific. Gain an in-depth understanding of the urgent problems facing vulnerable communities and learn how to develop strategies for addressing current and future challenges at individual, community and policy levels.
Fees & duration
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Course structure
- Select 9 credit points of specified HS, IA and TM level 5 subjects from List 1, List 1 (TM5528, TM5562, TM5541, TM5525, TM5557, HS5102, TM5527, TM5513, TM5514, TM5536, TM5506, TM5529, TM5540, TM5510, HS5555, TM5552, TM5516, TM5512, TM5534, TM5560, TM5526)
- Core subjects (TM5501, TM5502, TM5518, TM5503, TM5515)
Career & PR pathway
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Admissions
Completion of an AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline, from this or another university; or Other qualifications recognised by the Head of Discipline as equivalent to the above; or Submission, as an exceptional case, of other evidence of professional and academic attainments, including employment for a minimum of five years in health related activities. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee selection. In assessing applications the following will be considered , prior academic performance and prior relevant work experience.
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