Primary Health Care - PHCMPS9045
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Contact: postgrad-sphcm@unsw.edu.au
Program: 9045 - Public Health
Award(s):
Master of Public Health (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
This stream is suitable for all those with an interest in primary health care including primary health care professionals, managers, project officers, planners and policy makers.
The Master of Public Health (MPH) in Primary Health Care is designed for students who wish to specialise in primary health care, which is reflected in their Testamur.
Students must complete 48 units of credit as follows:
Stream Structure
PLUS
B. The following stream-defining course (6 Units of credit)
C. Three courses (18 units of credit) from recommended primary health-related electives, including:
- PHCM9010 Community Development (6 UOC)
- PHCM9050 Immunisation Policy & Practice (6 UOC)
- PHCM9108 Program Design & Evaluation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9129 Prevent & Manag Chronic Dis (6 UOC)
- PHCM9132 Applied Research Methods: PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9471 Comparative H'lth Care Systems (6 UOC)
- PHCM9604 Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit (6 UOC)
- PHCM9622 The Global HIV Epidemic (6 UOC)
- PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9630 PH Perspectives of Ind Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9632 Indigenous Health & Wellbeing (6 UOC)
- PHCM9748 Clinical Governance & Risk (6 UOC)
- PHCM9786 Non-Communicable Disease (6 UOC)
D. One more elective from any of the (6 units of credit) courses offered by the SPHCM or a project in primary health care or internship:
- PHCM9143 Internship (6 UOC)
- PHCM9148 Project (6 uoc) (6 UOC)