Master of Forensic Medicine for 2013

At a glance

2013 Handbook entry 

Career opportunities

Clinical forensic medicine encompasses a wide range of activities at the interface of medical 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 specialties including general practice.

Why study Master of Forensic Medicine?

The course broadly aims to develop academic standards in clinical forensic medical practice and produces graduates who have a sound knowledge of medico-legal principles. Students will develop practitioner skills in research as well as in providing clinical forensic services to the community. The program is offered in two streams - course work only or course work and minor thesis. Students will be required to complete all three core units (medical evidence; injury interpretation; ethics, medicine and the law) and a number of elective units from areas including; traffic medicine, custodial medicine, adult sexual assault, paediatric forensic medicine, forensic toxicology and forensic science. Further units may be selected from within other departments of the faculty.

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for domestic students

Duration

3 years part-time

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

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
$ 19,750 AUD

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March), Second Semester (July)

Attendances

  • Off-campus: part-time

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3412

CRICOS code:

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   All domestic and international enquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Course Administrator, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh St, Southbank, VIC 3006
Telephone: + 61 3 9684 4480
Email: debbieh@vifm.org
Website: http://www.vifm.org/

Entry requirements

View entry requirements and applications for international students

Fees for 2013

Fees are subject to change annually.

International fee per 48 credit points
48 credit points represents a standard full-time course load for a year
$ 24,550 AUD

From 1 January 2012 all students pay a Student Services and Amenities fee each calendar year.

Intakes

First Semester (March), Second Semester (July)

Attendances

  • Off-campus: part-time

This course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. However holders of some other categories of Australian visas, and students studying off-campus by distance learning outside of Australia, may be eligible for this course.

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Course code: 3412

CRICOS code:

Find out more

Enquire now   Apply now   Entry requirements   All domestic and international enquiries should be directed to the Postgraduate Course Administrator, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, Monash University, 57-83 Kavanagh St, Southbank, VIC 3006
Telephone: + 61 3 9684 4480
Email: debbieh@vifm.org
Website: http://www.vifm.org/

Admissions information for domestic students

Entry requirements

Minimum entrance requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be a graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery or Bachelor of Dentistry in an Australian University; or
  • Have qualifications which, in the opinion of the Faculty Board, are equivalent to or are a satisfactory substitute for the qualifications described above; and
  • Have at least 3 years experience in clinical or dental practice.

Special application requirements

Proof of Medical or dental registration

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Apply now (online or by mail)

Applications for this course are made directly to the department.

Semester two (July)

Apply now (online or by mail)

Applications for this course are made directly to the department.

This course is not available for second semester entry.

Admissions information for international students

Entry requirements

International entry requirements

Applicants must:

  • Be a graduate with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine/Surgery or Bachelor of Dentistry in an Australian University; or
  • Have qualifications which, in the opinion of the Faculty Board, are equivalent to or are a satisfactory substitute for the qualifications described above; and
  • Have at least 3 years experience in clinical or dental practice.

English requirements for international students

Gaining the required result in one of the following tests of English language:

IELTS score of 7.0 with no individual band score less than 6.5.

A TOEFL minimum test score of either:

in the written TOEFL, 600 with a Test of Written English (TWE) score of at least 5.0; or

in the internet-based TOEFL, an overall score of at least 100 with at least 24 in the written section and no less than 20 in any other section.

Special application requirements

Proof of Medical or dental registration

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Applications

Semester one (March)

Apply now (online or by mail)

Applications for this course are made directly to the department.

Semester two (July)

This course currently doesn't have places available for mid-year entry.