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Critical Care Medicine

Errata
item Change Date
1.

There is a session change for the following unit:

CRIT5004 Physiology for Critical Care Session: Semester 1 and Semester 2

 29/1/2016
 2.

The following units are not offered as General Electives:

CLNP5001 Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology

CLNP5005 Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia

29/1/2016
3.

The following units are offered as Stream Specific units:

CLNP5001 Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology

CLNP5005 Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia

29/1/2016
4. 

There has been a change of corequisites for the following units:

CLNP5002 Diagnostic Electroencephalography C CLNP5001

CLNP5005 Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia C CLNP5001

CLNP5006 Intraoperative Monitoring I C CLNP5001

29/1/2016
5.

The following unit is available as an elective:

SEX5409 Adult Sexual Assault Session: Semester 1 Mode of delivery: online plus face to face intensive

29/1/2016
6.

The following units are not available as an elective:

BETH5204  Clinical Ethics

BETH5209  Medicines Policy, Economics and Ethics

BMRI5003  Clinical Psychiatry 1

BMRI5006  Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

BMRI5012 Brain Ageing

MBHT5003  Obesity and Pre-Diabetes: Prevention and Care

MBHT5004 Cardiovascular Metabolic Disease Management

SEXH5414  Public Health aspects of HIV, STIs and Sexual Health

29/1/2016

Table of units of study: Critical Care Medicine

Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

Compulsory units

Graduate Diploma students

Graduate Diploma students must complete 6 credit points of compulsory units of study
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6    N PUBH5010
Semester 1
Semester 2

Master students

Master students must complete 12 credit points of compulsory units of study
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6    N PUBH5010
Semester 1
Semester 2
CRIT5008
Evidence and Ethics in Critical Care
6    P CEPI5100 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study
N BETH5208 or PAED5005
Semester 2

Stream specific units

Graduate Certificate students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study.
Graduate Diploma students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study.
Master students must complete 24 credit points of stream specific units of study.
CEPI5100
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology
6    N PUBH5010
Semester 1
Semester 2
CRIT5001
Anatomy for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
CRIT5002
Pathology for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
CRIT5003
Pharmacology for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
CRIT5004
Physiology for Critical Care
6      Semester 1
CRIT5005
Clinical Communication and Decision Making
6      Semester 1
CRIT5006
Retrieval Med - Operational Environment
6      Semester 1
CRIT5007
Clinical Retrieval Medicine
6    P CRIT5006
Semester 2
CRIT5008
Evidence and Ethics in Critical Care
6    P CEPI5100 and 18 credit points of stream specific units of study
N BETH5208 or PAED5005
Semester 2
CRIT5009
Teaching Clinical Skills by Simulation
6      Semester 2
CLNP5001
Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology
6      Semester 1
PAIN5002
Pain Mechanisms and Contributors
6      Semester 1b
Semester 2b
PAIN5003
Pain Treatment and Management Principles
6      Semester 1
Semester 1a
Semester 1b
Semester 2
Semester 2a
PAIN5021
Acute Pain
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1

General elective units

Graduate Diploma students complete 6 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study.
Master students complete 12 credit points of stream specific or general elective units of study.
BETH5104
Bioethics, Law and Society
6   

A three-year undergraduate degree in science, medicine, nursing, allied health sciences, philosophy/ethics, sociology/anthropology, law, history, or other relevant field, or by special permission
Semester 1
BETH5204
Clinical Ethics
6      Semester 1
BMRI5006
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
6      Semester 2
BMRI5012
Brain Ageing
6      Semester 2
CEPI5200
Quality and Safety in Health Care
6    A clinical experience strongly recommended
Semester 1
CEPI5300
Research Grants: theory and practice
6    C (PUBH5010 or CEPI5100) and PUBH5018
N CEPI5505
Semester 1
CLNP5001
Basic Sciences in Clinical Neurophysiology
6      Semester 1
CLNP5002
Diagnostic Electroencephalography
6      Semester 2
CLNP5005
Neuromonitoring in Anaesthesia
6      Semester 2
CLNP5006
Intraoperative Monitoring I
6      Semester 2
MBHT5001
Diabetes Management
6      Semester 1
MBHT5002
Advanced Diabetes Management
6    A A reasonable working knowledge of how to approach assessment and management of diabetes mellitus in a variety of clinical settings.
P MBHT5001


Departmental permission required unless MBHT5001 satisfactorily completed beforehand.
Semester 2
MEDF5002
Teaching in the Clinical Environment
6   

This unit is designed for health professionals working and teaching in a clinical environment. The requirements and composition of the portfolio of evidence of learning is negotiated by each student with the unit coordinator and will vary depending on individual learning goals and situation.
Semester 2
PAIN5002
Pain Mechanisms and Contributors
6      Semester 1b
Semester 2b
PAIN5003
Pain Treatment and Management Principles
6      Semester 1
Semester 1a
Semester 1b
Semester 2
Semester 2a
PAIN5018
Pain in Children
6      Semester 2
PAIN5021
Acute Pain
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
PUBH5018
Introductory Biostatistics
6      Semester 1
SEXH5414
Public Health: HIV, STIs and Sexual Health
6    N SEXH5008 or SEXH5101 or SEXH5102
Semester 2

Project units of study

Students accepted into the Master (Advanced) program must complete 12 credit points of project units of study. Students must re-enrol every semester, with the associated financial cost, until they submit their project report or dissertation.
MEDF5301
Project (Advanced Masters)
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the discipline coordinator.
Semester 1
Semester 2
MEDF5302
Project (Advanced Masters) (Part A)
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the discipline coordinator.
Semester 1
MEDF5303
Project (Advanced Masters) (Part B)
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Approval to enrol is conditional upon the submission of a brief project outline and identification of an appropriate project supervisor, as negotiated with the discipline coordinator.
Semester 2

Double degree research units - international candidates only

**Please note that the Double Degree progam is not available in 2016**
International candidates enrolled in the double degree must complete the following four units over the two years of the program. Specific enrolment patterns are shown below. If the candidate is not able to submit the thesis for the Master of Philosophy after two years of enrolment, they must enrol in both MEDF4003 and MEDF4004 for further semesters, with the associated cost of enrolment, until they are able to submit.
MEDF4001
Medicine Research A
12   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
MEDF4002
Medicine Research B
12    C MEDF4001
Semester 1
Semester 2
MEDF4003
Medicine Research C
12    C MEDF4002
Semester 1
Semester 2
MEDF4004
Medicine Research D
12    C MEDF4003
Semester 1
Semester 2