Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research
2022 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2022 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research |
| Course Map | This course map is for new students commencing part time from Semester 2 2022. |
| Campus | Offered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Cloud Campus | Yes |
| Duration | Semester 1: Full-time or Part-time over one year Semester 2: Part-time only. For students with approved RPL. |
| Next available intake | First offering for this course will be Semester 1 2023 |
| CRICOS course code | 110775D Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Deakin course code | H523 |
| Approval status | This course is approved by the University under the Higher Education Standards Framework. |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8. |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Pathways
- Fees and charges
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Work experience
- Research and research-related study
Course overview
Help improve the lives and communities we serve by driving evidence-based solutions that have a real-world impact across Australia and around the globe. Deakin’s Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research provides the opportunity to advance your career in clinical research; offering a unique and fast-tracked pathway to PhD study for graduates of undergraduate and postgraduate courses where the requirements for PhD entry have not been fulfilled.
Are you ready to participate in cutting-edge research and drive change in your field?
Under the guidance of some of the Australia’s leading researchers and benefiting from access to world-class facilities, you will graduate with skills highly sought after for academia, research institutes, hospitals, medical bodies, as well as government health and science agencies.
Additionally, the unique structure of this course allows the minimum requirements for PhD entry at Deakin University, which is a 2 credit point research thesis, to be met as well as providing experiential training around project planning, execution, presentation, and thesis writing.
Upon completing this course students will have utilised and improved on a range of skills such as critical thinking, complex problem solving, communication, and technical skills due to the composition of assessment tasks in research training, including ethics, and experiential research to demonstrate discipline specific knowledge and capabilities.
Indicative student workload
If undertaking the course full time students are expected to spend 600 hours in a semester to engage with the course activities. If undertaking the course part time students are expected to spend 300 hours a semester to engage with the course activities. Course activities includes participating in seminars, workshops, and CloudDeakin, as well as working on the research project.
Professional recognition
Not applicable
Career opportunities
Graduates will gain a qualification that will allow direct entry to start PhD studies providing additional opportunities to refine the skills following the completion of this course. As a graduate you will be highly sought after for academia, research institutes, hospitals, medical bodies, as well as government health and science agencies.
Participation requirements
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. Click here for more information.
Pathways
The Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research will provide research training and a research experience that will be assessed by a 2 credit point thesis. Successful completion of this course does not automatically guarantee entry to a PhD. Students who complete the research project (HMH702) for the Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research with a grade of 70% or higher will be eligible to apply for a PhD candidature.
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on your course, the type of fee place you hold, your commencement year, the units you choose and your study load. To find out about the fees and charges that apply to you, visit the Current students fees website or our handy Fee estimator to help estimate your tuition fees.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Apply advanced discipline-specific knowledge and understanding of health and medical research methodologies to plan and execute a research project as well as disseminate research findings. |
| Communication | Effectively use written, visual, and verbal communication of health and medical research concepts and research findings to both specialist and non-specialist audiences. |
| Digital literacy | Utilise digital technologies to locate, collect, curate, and interpret literature and data to disseminate health and medical research concepts and relevant information. |
| Critical thinking | Critically evaluate health and medical research literature, methodologies, and research data in a creative and constructive manner to contribute to health and medical research. |
| Problem solving | Define a health or medical research question and design a methodology to address the research question, in the given timeframe, that is appropriate and ethical. Reflect upon the research project in the context of health or medical literature to contribute advancement of knowledge by disseminating research data and findings. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate self-management to source, curate, and interpret health and medical research literature and data with a high degree of autonomy. |
| Teamwork | N/A |
| Global citizenship | Engage in professional and ethical research practices. |
Course rules
To complete the Graduate Certifcate of Health and Medical Research students must attain 4 credit points,all unit are core (these are compulsory).
All commencing Faculty of Health Undergraduate and Postgraduate course work students are required to complete HAI010 Academic Integrity in their first semester of study (0 credit point compulsory unit).
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. Click here for more information.
Course structure
Core units
Semester 1
| HAI010 | Academic Integrity (0 credit points) |
| HMH811 | Research Interpretation and Integrity |
| HMH701 | Health and Medical Research Project Proposal |
Semester 2
| HMH702 | Health and Medical Research Project Thesis |
Work experience
Not applicable
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Research and research-related study
All units of the course involve research or research related study and are assessed.