The Master of Remote and Indigenous Health is a 54-unit program which is offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health through the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice and the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.
The program was developed in collaboration with the Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia (now CRANA Plus) building on work with the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), the services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied health (SARRAH) and the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM). It is offered on an external basis through Flinders Learning Online and residential intensives.
Students who hold the graduate certificate or the graduate diploma are granted credit for topics already taken.
Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice must normally hold an approved degree from an approved tertiary institution in a health-related field, and have three years’ experience in a health related field.
However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The Master of Remote and Indigenous Health is designed for health professionals experienced in working within the remote and Indigenous context to advance their knowledge of the discipline of Remote Health.
This remote and Indigenous public health program aims to further extend their current knowledge across three major content areas that underpin practice within the discipline of Remote and Indigenous Health locally, nationally and internationally. These content areas are:
At the completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
To qualify for the Master of Remote and Indigenous Health, a student must complete 54 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
The research project and option topics must be chosen in consultation with the course coordinator and must be in an area relevant to the student's present or future practice.
13.5 units comprising:
REMH8001 Context of Remote & Indigenous Health (4.5 units)
REMH8002 Remote & Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8014 Ethics, Power and Practice (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units selected from the following:
NURS9123 Epidemiology and Population Studies for Health Care Practice (4.5 units)
PHCA9522 Introduction to Epidemiological Research Methods (4.5 units)
Plus 4.5 units selected from the following:
PHCA9502A Qualitative Research Methods - Part A (4.5 units)
PHCA9523 Introductory Biostatistics (4.5 units)
Plus one of the following:
NURS9219 Introduction to Research (4.5 units) AND
PHCA9512B Public Health Research Dissertation (9/18 units)
OR
PHCA9512 Public Health Research Dissertation (18 units)
plus up to 18 units chosen from the following:
NURS9219 Introduction to Research (4.5 units)
PHCA9502A Qualitative Research Methods - Part A (4.5 units)
PHCA9504 First Nations Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
PHCA9507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9510 Leadership and the New Public Health (4.5 units)
PHCA9523 Introductory Biostatistics (4.5 units)
REMH8003 Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8006 Remote Advanced Nursing Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics (4.5 units)
REMH8007 Remote Advanced Nursing Practice Across the Lifespan (4.5 units)
REMH8012 Project Management (4.5 units)
REMH8021 Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8026 Working with People with Disabilities in Remote and Indigenous Contexts (4.5 units)
Other topics may be selected from other programs within Flinders University and from other universities in consultation with the Course Coordinator.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 18 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University Policy on Student Progress.
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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