Graduate certificate of primary health care research

• Institution:

  James Cook University

• Type:

  Graduate Certificate courses

• Reach:

  QLD

• Focus:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

Overview

Target audience: Primary health care practitioners and professionals including general practitioners, practice and community nurses, allied health practitioners, health promotion professionals and Aboriginal Health Workers

Course summary: This course provides participants with the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to undertake research and evaluation in primary health care settings, including qualitative and quantitative methodology, ethical and practical issues, critical appraisal and evidence based practice. Course core and elective units include but are not limited to:

• HS5101 Contemporary issues in primary health care research
• HS5106:03 Planning and evaluation for primary health care
• MD8001:03 Foundations of rural or remote medicine: reflections on practice
• TM5515:03 Epidemiology for public health
• TM5516:03 Biostatistics for public health.

Fee payable: Yes

Delivery mode: On site

Financial support for Indigenous students: Not specified

Contacts

Dr Sarah Larkins
Senior Lecturer, Primary Health Care and Course Coordinator
Grad Cert Primary Health Care Research (PHCRED Program)
Rural Health Research Unit
James Cook University
Ph: (07) 4781 3139
Email: sarah.larkins@jcu.edu.au

Links

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