Women's Health Medicine - 7014

Women's Health Medicine is a rapidly expanding and diverse field of practice. It encompasses the timely provision of sexual and reproductive care, pre-pregnancy and pregnancy care as well as the management of female specific conditions and malignancies. Increasing numbers of medical practitioners are developing special interests in this area – in particular General Practitioners, family planning practitioners and generalist gynaecologists. Significant career opportunities exist for those with demonstrable skills and knowledge in this field. In addition there are similar specialisations emerging in nursing and counselling, and amongst biological scientists. This program offers an entirely web-based study program enabling participants to effectively integrate their learning into their daily professional life without the costly disruption that face-to-face coursework entails. Individual courses within the Program have been developed so as to provide a practice-based and authentic approach to this field of study.

The Masters of Women's Health Medicine (48UoC) was first introduced in Session 1 2013 and is aimed at clinicians and allied health personnel working in a women's health-related field. Requests have been received from applicants for a Graduate Certificate in Women's Health Medicine for those who are unable to commit to the duration of the longer program, but wish to undertake continuing education and professional development in women's health medicine. All courses cover advanced knowledge, skills and their application in the field of women's health medicine and are taught at Master level. Students are drawn from a range of cognate health disciplines.

At successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Women's Health Medicine, graduates will have:

The Graduate Certificate of Women's Health Medicine is offered as a fully online, distance learning program. Students are required to complete 4 courses (24 Units of Credit) of elective courses. All courses comprise 6 Units of Credit. The program is 24 UOC (0.5 year FTE). The cohort of students entering the program are able to achieve the program learning outcomes within this time-frame.

SWCH9015 Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology
SWCH9016 Cancer in Women

The entry requirements are aligned with the UNSW Structure of Postgraduate Coursework Programs - Procedures in relation to articulation pathways for 48 UOC Masters program and are the same as the revised Master of Women's Health Medicine and the articulated programs in Reproductive Medicine.

The entry requirement is an undergraduate degree in medicine, nursing, health or medical science and:

Medical graduates will have an undergraduate or, increasingly, a postgraduate medical degree. Many medical programs in Australia are now postgraduate programs or are moving to that structure, including the recently approved UNSW MD program. Further, it is anticipated that the majority of medical graduate applicants will have commenced an additional vocational qualification through a professional college (e.g. the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners /Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology).

The aim is also to attract nurses, allied health professionals and medical scientists who work in the field of women's health medicine. The majority of nurse applicants hold a Master of Midwifery qualification (Level 9) while medical scientists have a Science Honours degree (level 8) or higher qualification.

A minimum of 1 year full-time equivalent of professional postgraduate experience for applicants who do not hold a Level 8 or higher postgraduate qualification ensures that applicants will have developed significant disciplinary knowledge and skills to equip them to achieve all the learning outcomes of the Graduate Certificate in Women's Health Medicine program in 0.5 year FTE. Evidence required for entry to the program based on professional experience will include a CV and employer-provided statements of service.

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