Graduate Certificate in Forensic Medicine for 2009

Course overview

This course is designed for those with a medical degree and at least three years clinical medicine experience who wish to develop the practitioner skills required to provide clinical forensic services to the community.

Students complete any three units offered within the forensic medicine program. Graduates will have developed a broad knowledge of medico-legal principles and a range of practical skills specific to the studies chosen.

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 may overlap many other medical specialty areas; paediatric, 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 other medical specialties including general practice.

Duration, campus, fees and application information

Domestic students International students
Attendance type
  • Off-campus: part-time
  • Off-campus: part-time
Intakes First semester First semester
Course Content University handbook entry for this course University handbook entry for this course
Duration 1 year part-time  
Fees for 2009

Multiply fee by duration for approximate cost

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

International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$19,940 AUD
Monash course code 3411 3411
Faculty Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Contact Ms Carol Spence, course administrator: telephone +61 3 9684 4480; email caroleb@vifm.org or visit http://www.vifm.org Ms Carol Spence, course administrator: telephone +61 3 9684 4480; email caroleb@vifm.org or visit http://www.vifm.org

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Applicants should have a medical degree or equivalent.

Special application requirements

Proof of Medical registration

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Application forms for off campus (distance education) studies can be accessed online. The forms are then submitted to the faculty.

Applications for this course are made directly to the Faculty.

Semester two (July)

Applications for this course are made directly to the Faculty.

Application forms for off campus (distance education) studies can be accessed online. The forms are then submitted to the faculty.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

English requirements for international students

IELTS 6.5 with individual band scores required at 6.5 for Reading, 6.5 for Listening, 6.0 for Writing and 6.0 for Speaking; TOEFL 580 with a TWE score of at least 4.5; Computer-based TOEFL, a minimum score of 237 with an ER of at least 4.5; or an internet-based TOEFL, an overall score of 90 with at least 22 in the written section, and no section lower than 20.

Special application requirements

Proof of Medical registration

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

This course is currently not available to international students.

Semester two (July)

This course is currently not available to international students.

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