Master of Health and Medical Sciences
2025 Deakin University Handbook
| Year | 2025 course information |
|---|---|
| Award granted | Master of Health and Medical Sciences |
| Deakin course code | H720 |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health |
| Campus | Offered at Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Online | No |
| Duration | 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent |
| Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) recognition | The award conferred upon completion is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8 |
This course is an exit point only from H911 Doctor of Medicine | |
Course sub-headings
- Course overview
- Indicative student workload
- Professional recognition
- Career opportunities
- Participation requirements
- Mandatory student checks
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Course rules
- Course structure
- Fees and charges
Course overview
Our Master of Health and Medical Sciences course is available to all current MD students who elect to take up this exit point.
The MHMS is an exit qualification open only to students who have completed at least 16 credit points over two years of the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program. The MHMS is an exit qualification only, not leading to professional registration, and therefore does not require AMC accreditation.
To exit with the MHMS qualification students must complete 16 credit points of the MD program. Years 1 and 2: HME911 Medicine 1A (4 credit points); HME912 Medicine 1B (4 credit points); HME921 Medicine 2A (4 credit points) and HME922 Medicine 2B (4 credit points). All units are core units, and each unit has successful completion of the previous unit as a pre-requisite. The course is only available on a full-time basis. Students must pass all units including all components of units in the course.
Students graduating with a MHMS will not qualify for registration as a clinical practitioner. However they have completed advanced training in health and medical sciences, which may lead to employment in other areas of the health sector, including private enterprises, academia, medical research and hospital and government medical administration or policy development.
Indicative student workload
As a student in the Faculty of Health you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include lectures, seminars, workshops, online interaction and clinical placements. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.
The course requires a full-time commitment, with a substantive load of required learning activities and study time. Although the course is designed for working health professionals, students will on average spend 300 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities per unit credit point.
Professional recognition
The MHMS is an exit qualification only, not leading to professional registration, and therefore does not require AMC accreditation.
Career opportunities
Students graduating with a MHMS will not qualify for registration as a clinical practitioner. However they have completed advanced training in health and medical sciences, which may lead to employment in other areas of the health sector, including private enterprises, academia, medical research and hospital and government medical administration or policy development.
Participation requirements
Attendance at on-campus intensives is required through the course – see individual unit descriptions for full details.
Reasonable adjustments to participation and other course requirements will be made for students with a disability.
Mandatory student checks
Please refer to Commencing Student Guide for further detailed mandatory student requirements. This guide will be sent to all applicants and include:
- Checklist for students
- All students are required to maintain AHPRA registration throughout the course.
Course Learning Outcomes
| Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes | Course Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|
| Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities | Identify relationships between normal and abnormal body functions and clinical conditions, and describe how clinical conditions are evaluated and diagnosed. |
| Communication | Select appropriate communication modes to share complex knowledge and concepts with patients, carers, colleagues and communities. |
| Digital literacy | Select appropriate communication modes to share complex knowledge and concepts related to health and medical sciences. |
| Critical thinking | Critically appraise and apply knowledge to problem solve and make sound professional and patient care decisions. |
| Problem solving | Use digital technology responsibly to enhance health and medical sciences. |
| Self-management | Demonstrate professional obligation and responsibility to patients, the profession and self as work ready doctors; and show a life-long commitment to reflective learning through practice, research and teaching. |
| Teamwork | Critically appraise and apply knowledge of health and medical sciences to further diagnostic reasoning and the understanding of human pathophysiology. |
| Global citizenship | Prioritise prevention and implement holistic approaches to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations. Public health advocates committed to advancing the health and wellbeing of rural, remote, Indigenous and marginalised individuals and communities. |
Course rules
To complete the Master of Health and Medical Sciences students must pass 16 credit points and meet the following course rules to be eligible to graduate:
- DAI001 Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0-credit-point compulsory unit) in their first study period
- 16 credit points of core units
Students are required to meet the University's academic progress and conduct requirements. See the enrolment codes and terminology to help make sense of the University’s vocabulary.
Note:
- The course is full-time only.
- The majority of your learning activities will take place at the Waurn Ponds campus and include a mix of classroom activities (lectures, small group teaching, group activities) and practical skill sessions (clinical skill teaching, low and high fidelity clinical scenarios).
- To exit with the MHMS qualification students must complete 16 credit points of the H911 Doctor of Medicine program. Years 1 and 2: HME911 Medicine 1A (4 credit points); HME912 Medicine 1B (4 credit points); HME921 Medicine 2A (4 credit points); HME922 Medicine 2B (4 credit points). All units are core units, and each unit has successful completion of the previous unit as a pre-requisite. Students must pass all units including all components of units in the course.
Course structure
Year 1 - Semester 1
| DAI001 | Academic Integrity and Respect at Deakin (0 credit points) |
| HME911 | Medicine 1A |
Year 1 - Semester 2
| HME912 | Medicine 1B |
Year 2 - Semester 1
| HME921 | Medicine 2A |
Year 2 - Semester 2
| HME922 | Medicine 2B |
Course duration
Course duration may be affected by delays in completing course requirements, such as failing of units or accessing or completing placements.
Further information
Student Central can help you with course planning, choosing the right units and explaining course rules and requirements.
- Contact Student Central
Fees and charges
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study, and their study discipline or 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.
For further information regarding tuition fees, other fees and charges, invoice due dates, withdrawal dates, payment methods visit our Current students website.