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Graduate Diploma in Forensic Medicine for 2009
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Course overview
This course is directed towards those with a medical degree and at least three years experience in clinical medicine.
It aims to produce graduates who have a sound and broad knowledge of medico-legal principles and to develop practitioner skills in providing clinical forensic services. Graduates will be able to prepare effective and objective medicolegal reports; critically evaluate ethical and legal issues arising in forensic medical practice; and generally develop the skills required to proved competent clinical forensic medical services.
Students will be required to complete three core units (medical evidence, injury interpretation and ethics, medicine and the law) and at least three elective units from areas including traffic medicine, custodial medicine, adult sexual assault, paediatric forensic medicine, forensic toxicology and forensic sciences.
Duration, campus, fees and application information
Career outlook
Clinical forensic medicine encompasses a wide range of activities at the interface of medico-legal practice and law. The range of medico-legal services overlap many other medical specialty areas; paediatrics, gynaecology, clinical toxicology, emergency medicine, psychiatry, dentistry and pathology. However, the discipline of clinical forensic medicine has become the home of the special issues inherent in traffic medicine and custodial medicine, or in the other medical specialities including general practice.
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Attendance type
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Intakes
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First semester
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First semester
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Course Content
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See: 2008 University handbook entry for this course (2009 available 1 October)
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See: 2008 University handbook entry for this course (2009 available 1 October)
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Duration
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2 years part-time
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Fees for 2009
Multiply fee by duration for approximate cost
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Commonwealth supported place (CSP)
Commonwealth supported place not offered for this course.
Domestic fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$16,040 AUD
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International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$19,940 AUD
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How to apply
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Entry requirements and applications - domestic students
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Not applicable
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Monash course code
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2279
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2279
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Faculty
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Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
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Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
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Contact
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All domestic and international enquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Course Administrator, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC 3006
Telephone: + 61 3 9684 4480
Email: caroleb@vifm.org
Website: http://www.vifm.org/
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All domestic and international enquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Course Administrator, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, VIC 3006
Telephone: + 61 3 9684 4480
Email: caroleb@vifm.org
Website: http://www.vifm.org/
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