Program Overview
The Master of Neonatology is a 48-credit-point postgraduate course that provides advanced medical training in neonatology. Students gain comprehensive knowledge of diseases and clinical competency in acute resuscitation and procedures required in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course offers various elective options, including research and practicum placements, and can be completed full-time in one year.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course is available to a limited number of students who wish to formalise advanced medical training in neonatology. This is a 48-credit-point course including 12 credit points of core units and the option to do practicum placements and a dissertation component. In this course students gain comprehensive knowledge of diseases of preterm and term infants including the underlying physiology and management. Students also gain clinical competency in acute resuscitation and all procedures required in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Outline:
Course Structure:
- Core: Take all units (12 points):
- PAED4409 Evidence-based Medicine (6)
- PAED4410 Neonatal Respiration and Ventilation (6)
- Option - Group A: Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points from Group A or take unit(s) to the value of 6 points from Group A and 6 points from Group B:
- PAED4406 Nutrition, Lactation and Gastrointestinal Disease (6)
- PAED4407 Neonatal Surgery (6)
- PAED4408 Neonatal Infections and Immunology (6)
- PAED4411 Introduction to Transport Medicine (6)
- Option - Group B: Take units according to the rule for Group A.
- BMED4003 Medical Research Thesis Part 1 (6)
- BMED4004 Research Ethics, Rationale and Design (6)
- MEDC5801 Development and Communication of Research (6)
- PAED5709 Physiology of Respiratory Responses (6)
- PUBH4401 Biostatistics I (6)
- PUBH5769 Biostatistics II (6)
- PUBH5785 Analysis of Linked Health Data (6)
- PUBH5801 Economic Evaluation of Health Care (6)
- Option - Group C: Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
- PAED5501 Neonatal Echocardiography (6)
- PAED5502 Practicum I (6)
- PAED5503 Practicum II (6)
- PAED5504 Transport Medicine (6)
- PAED5520 Neonatology Dissertation (12)
- Status: Available 2017
- Starting dates: Semester 1
- Weekly contact time: The estimated time commitment for a standard full-time enrolment is approximately 46 hours per week (over 13 weeks) which includes contact hours, personal study and examinations.
- Level of study: Postgraduate
- Course Code: 91580
- CRICOS code: 915801
- Full time/part time duration: 1 year
