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Minimum English language proficiency requirements

Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3a – Schedule II of the ʯ����Ƶ Admissions Policy.

Course learning outcomes

Master of Rural and Remote Medicine will enable doctors working in rural and remote Australia to complete a postgraduate qualification to enhance their clinical, academic and research skills at an advanced level. They will develop advanced knowledge, skills and attitudes to appraise and evaluate rural and remote clinical practice, academic work and research in community based settings.

Graduates will be committed to responsible, ethical and professional practice in leadership roles in rural and remote medicine. They will continue to develop life-long learning and to apply evidence in their professional work.

Graduates of the Master of Rural and Remote Medicine will be able to:

• Apply advanced and integrated knowledge by considering current evidence for evaluating cultural, social, community, population and health factors influencing the practice of rural and remote medicine

• Develop advanced skills in a clinical area of relevance to rural and remote medicine

• Investigate, analyse and synthesise the complexities of health and health care delivery in rural and remote communities and exercise autonomy and expert judgement to respond with appropriate human resource management, teaching and other skills

• Critically evaluate policies and professional and legal statutory requirements applicable to rural medical practitioners

• Interpret ethical medical practice respecting patient’s confidentiality and privacy at both an individual patient level and community level

• Evaluate, reflect on and apply new and existing evidence in the chosen specialty area of relevance to rural and remote medicine

• Demonstrate a high level of personal autonomy and accountability for own professional development through reflective practice and self‐directed learning

• Design, implement, communicate and reflect upon a research project in an area of relevance to rural and remote medical practice.

External

Maximum time to complete

8 years

Maximum allowed

12 credit points

Expiry

Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 12 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit is based if, by then, the student has not completed the course of study prescribed for the degree.

Approved abbreviation

MRurRemM

Exit with lesser award

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have successfully completed 24 credit points of appropriate subjects, may be eligible for the award of Graduate Diploma of Rural and Remote Medicine.