Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

This diploma assists clinical practitioners and clinical managers to conduct and interpret clinical research and to plan, deliver and evaluate health services. It draws in particular on the research disciplines of epidemiology and health economics while emphasising the application of these disciplines in the clinical setting.

Course outline

The course consists of 48 points in total comprising

• PUBH8750 Epidemiology I
• PUBH8752 Health Systems and Economics
• PUBH8753 Biostatistics I
• PUBH8757 Clinical Epidemiology

and four of

• PUBH8706 Transport Safety
• PUBH8707 Plagues, Pox and Pandemics: The History of Death and Disease
• PUBH8742 Fundamentals of Genetic Epidemiology
• PUBH8749 Foundations of Public Health
• PUBH8754 Health Promotion I
• PUBH8751 Disease Prevention in Population Health
• PUBH8755 Aboriginal Health
• PUBH8761 Epidemiology and Control of Communicable Diseases
• PUBH8763 Leadership and Management of Health Services
• PUBH8765 Health Promotion II
• PUBH8766 Health Survey Research Methods
• PUBH8769 Biostatistics II
• PUBH8783 Ecology and Health
• PUBH8784 Special Topics in Public Health
• PUBH8785 Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data
• PUBH8801 Economic Evaluation of Health Care
• PUBH8802 Advanced Analysis of Linked Health Data
• PUBH8804 Food and Nutrition in Population Health

Admission requirements

Entry to the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology requires on or more of the following

• a three-year bachelor's degree in the area of health science from this University, or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty
• satisfactory completion of the Graduate Certificate in Health Studies of this University or equivalent as recognised by the Faculty
• satisfactory completion of the requirements for Graduate Certificate in Public Health or the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Epidemiology
• a level of education and a duration and level of professional experience which, in the opinion of the Faculty, would enable the applicant to complete the course

Domestic students

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

International students

All UWA coursework programs: English Language Competence

Course enquiries

Director of Postgraduate Studies
Professor Elizabeth Geelhoed

Telephone: (+61 8) 6488 7129
Email elizabeth.geelhoed@uwa.edu.au