Graduate Certificate of Primary Health Care Research

Overview
Structure
Application and Contact Information
Postgraduate Study Costs and Assistance

Overview

Description:	The Graduate Certificate of Primary Health Care Research provides students with specific information management skills related to health care research, including geographic information systems and computer assisted qualitative research methods.
Duration:	1 year part-time
Mode:	Part-time study available: Limited Attendance Mode (requires some attendance at classes on campus, combined with flexible delivery of course materials and, in some cases, professional placements. Flexible delivery can include online delivery, print material or other technologies).
Type:	Postgraduate
Credit points:	12 credit points ^o
Intake:	February
Campus:	Townsville
Faculty:	Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
School:	School of Medicine and Dentistry
Course Coordinator:	For further information contact Dr Sarah Larkins, sarah.larkins@jcu.edu.au.
Prerequisite/s:	A candidate may enrol for the Graduate Certificate of Primary Health Care Research if that candidate has: an appropriate undergraduate health degree as determined by the Head of the School of Medicine and Dentistry; or an appropriate undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least two years of suitable experience as determined by the Head of the School of Medicine and Dentistry; or an exceptional case such as professional experience including a minimum of five years working in the primary health field as meets with the approval by the Head of the School of Medicine and Dentistry.
Course code:	74311

^oCredit points: Represent the combined value of individual subjects in a degree. One subject usually constitutes three credit points.

Structure

CORE SUBJECTS

Students must successfully complete the following core subjects:

Subject Code	Subject Name
HS5101	Contemporary Issues in Primary Health Care Research

OPTION CHOICE

Students must successfully complete 9 credit points (3 subjects) from the following:

Subject Code	Subject Name
HS5001:03	Population Health for Clinicians
HS5102:03 OR TM5524:03	Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals Qualitative Research Methods
HS5103:03 OR HS5104:03	Independent Project in Primary Health Care Research (Minor Project) Independent Project in Primary Health Care Research (Major Project) Part 1 of 2
AND
HS5105:03	Independent Project in Primary Health Care Research (Major Project) Part 2 of 2
HS5106:03	Planning and Evaluation for Primary Health Care
MD8001:03	Foundations of Rural or Remote Medicine: Reflections on Practice
TM5515:03	Epidemiology for Public Health
TM5516:03	Biostatistics for Public Health

Application and Contact Information

Australian and New Zealand students