Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research

2023 Deakin University Handbook

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Year

2023 course information

Award granted Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research
Course Map

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CampusOffered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
OnlineYes
Duration

Semester 1: Full-time or Part-time over one year

Semester 2: For students with approved RPL only

CRICOS course code110775D Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
Deakin course codeH523
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

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

You should be able to commit 35 hours a week to your degree.

Professional recognition

Not applicable

Career opportunities

Not applicable

Participation requirements

This course requires you to undertake your own research. A year of specialised study will allow you to draw together the theory and practical skills gained in previous undergraduate studies and to develop an in-depth knowledge of your particular discipline through research and additional coursework.

Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability. More information available at Disability support services.

 

Pathways

The proposed 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 pathway. Students who complete the research project for the Graduate Certificate of Health and Medical Research with a grade of 70% or higher will be eligible for entry for a PhD candidature at Deakin University.

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.

Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.

Use the Fee estimator to see course and unit fees applicable to your course and type of place. Further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods is available on our Current students fees website.

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 Certificate 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 trimester of study (0 credit point compulsory unit).

Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements.

Course structure

Core units

Semester 1

HAI010Academic Integrity (0 credit points)

HMH711Research Interpretation and Integrity

HMH701Health and Medical Research Project Proposal

Semester 2

HMH702Health and Medical Research Project Thesis

Work experience

Not applicable


Course duration - additional information

Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as accessing or completing work placements.

Further information

Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.

Research and research-related study

All units of the course involve research or research related study and are assessed.