Master of Health (MOHH)

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Master of Health (MOHH) - MHealth

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	External
Start:	Semester 1 (February) Semester 2 (July)
Fees:	Domestic full fee paying place International full fee paying place
Standard duration:	3 years part-time, maximum duration 5 years
Program articulation:	From: Graduate Certificate of Health ; Graduate Diploma of Health To: Doctor of Philosophy

Contact us

Future Australian and New Zealand students	Future International students	Current students
Freecall (within Australia): 1800 269 500 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 5315 Email: study@usq.edu.au	Phone: +61 7 4631 5543 Email: international@usq.edu.au	Freecall (within Australia): 1800 007 252 Phone (from outside Australia): +61 7 4631 2285 Email usq.support@usq.edu.au

Professional accreditation

Students enrolling in the Rural and Remote specialisation may elect to include the scheduled medicines courses. The Scheduled Medicines program is accredited with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia () to enable graduates to apply for scheduled medicines endorsement.

Note: Successful completion of this degree does not lead to registration as a health care professional in Australia.

Program aims

The aim of the Master of Health is to enable health professionals to broaden and develop an in-depth understanding of, and capacity to contribute to and research specialised areas of health including:

Rural and remote (incorporating scheduled medicines)
Community health
Health Leadership (incorporating clinical education)
General

Program objectives

Graduates of the Master of Health will be able to:

critically reflect on their own clinical and educational practices
engage in effective, supportive, collaborative practice within a specialised context
have the skills to practice in a professional, legal and ethically justifiable manner according to professional requirements and standards, within a specialised context
advocate and protect the rights of individuals or groups regardless of their cultural background, age and/or geographical situation
critically analyse relevant information (i.e. clinical data, government policy, research findings) and apply this knowledge to their selected specialised area
strengthen their professional identity including independence, interdependence, authority and partnership
extend their capacity to search, critique and synthesise relevant research literature in relation to a topic within their speciality area of choice
design and implement a research project or significant scholarly activity within a selected discipline area
apply current research techniques and methodology in pursuit of specific research goals
demonstrate competence in and appropriate use of language and literacy including spelling, grammar, punctuation and bibliographic referencing.

Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.

This program is at AQF Qualification Level 09. Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for research, and/or professional practice and/or further learning.

The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

Completion of an Australian university three year Bachelor degree in a health related field, or equivalent.
English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

Admission Criteria

Rural & Remote specialisation: To be eligible for admission to the Master of Health (Rural and Remote) specialisation, applicants must:

be registered as a nurse in Division 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and must be able to demonstrate at least one years' full-time clinical experience. Applicants must provide a detailed CV including education, clinical experience, professional development, and full time equivalent for each employer.
USQ requires written confirmation that the applicant is currently practicing as an RN and can complete required hours of clinical mentorship in their workplace.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable .

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a ��ýapp-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Requirements for professional experience placements

There is a compulsory clinical requirement for (Rural & Remote or Elective in Advanced Clinical Practices for Health) only. This placement is coordinated through the USQ Professional Placements Office.

Program fees

Domestic full fee paying place

Domestic full fee paying places are funded entirely through the full fees paid by the student. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the

Domestic full fee paying students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called provided they meet the residency and citizenship requirements.

Australian citizens, Permanent Humanitarian Visa holders, Permanent Resident visa holders and New Zealand citizens who will be resident outside Australia for the duration of their program pay full tuition fees and are not eligible for .

International full fee paying place

International students pay full fees. Full fees vary depending on the courses that are taken and whether they are studied on-campus, via distance education/online. Students are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .

Program structure

The program consists of twelve courses each worth one unit. There are five core courses common to all MOHH programs, six courses specific to the chosen specialisations and one elective.

Program completion requirements

Students are required to successfully complete the core courses , , , , and six courses specified for the chosen specialisations and an elective. Students who select to study MOHH (general) are required to successfully complete , , , , (core courses) and seven courses from the MOHH. To discuss which courses to study within the General specialisation please . All course pre-requisites must be met, and all courses chosen are subject to the approval of the Program Coordinator.

Required time limits

Students have a maximum of 5 years to complete this program.

Core courses

, , , and are required for successful completion of the program.

Specialisation

Community Health

The program enables experienced health and social well-being practitioners to develop the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical application skills to analyse and address human health and social well-being issues within a community health framework.

Rural and Remote Health (incorporates Scheduled Medicines)

The program has been developed for registered nurses wishing to further their knowledge and advance their nursing skills in the area of rural and isolated practice. Options for other health professionals who wish to extend their expertise in this area are currently at planning stage. With the incorporation of scheduled medicines, the program enables registered nurses to further their advanced knowledge and skills in the area of scheduled medicines, by protocol or permit in an isolated practice context. See note under Other Information.

Health Leadership (incorporating Clinical Education)

The development of types of leadership and leadership issues from the perspective of teams is an essential component of health leadership preparing students for their role as leaders in their area. The program also enables health professionals to develop their knowledge and expertise to work effectively as clinical mentors, facilitators and preceptors in supporting the clinical education of students, peers and other health professionals with a particular, but not exclusive, focus on rural and non-urban settings.

General

Enables health professionals to personalise the courses studied to suit their own specific needs by completing the core courses (, , , and ) and six courses and one elective of their choice approved by the Program Coordinator to meet their professional learning objectives as well as overall program objectives. To discuss which courses to study within the General specialisation please . All course pre-requisites must be met, and all courses chosen are subject to the approval of the Program Coordinator.

Other combinations of specialisations may be studied with the approval of the Program Coordinator.

Electives/Approved courses

Electives may be chosen from any of the Master of Health specialisations, Master of Nursing or courses of the student’s choice approved by the Program Coordinator.

Coursework

, , , and are core courses which must be successfully completed to graduate with MOHH.

Practical experience

All students are normally required to have current employment as a professional in health practice to be able to complete the Master of Health.

IT requirements

Students should refer to the USQ to check that their computers are capable of running the appropriate software and versions of Internet web browsers and to check the minimum and recommended standards for software.

Articulation

A student successfully completing the Graduate Certificate of Health program or the Graduate Diploma of Health may apply to articulate into the Master of Health. A student articulating without a break into the higher degree will only receive the award of the higher degree that they complete. Such students will be given full credit for all courses completed whilst studying the Graduate Certificate of Health or Graduate Diploma of Health (articulation to Master of Health). Students must advise the Faculty in writing of their intention to articulate and this must occur prior to completion of the Graduate Certificate of Health or Graduate Diploma of Health.

Related programs

The Master of Health is a part of a nested program including Graduate Certificate of Health and Graduate Diploma of Health.

Exit points

Students may exit on completion of four approved courses including with a Graduate Certificate of Health, or on completion of eight approved courses including and with a Graduate Diploma of Health.

Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

Students may transfer from GCHH Graduate Certificate of Health or GDHH Graduate Diploma of Health. Credit may be granted for relevant prior studies completed within the past five years, but will not exceed more than six units.

Other information

Students selecting the scheduled medicines courses within this specialisation ( , and ) are only available for students who are Division 1 Registered Nurses from Australia as they are specific to the Australian context.

Enrolment

This program is only offered as a part-time enrolment pattern of up to two (2) courses in each semester. Students may commence the program in Semester 2 as per the recommended enrolment pattern, however in some instances may not be able to complete within four semesters. Refer to recommended enrolment pattern.

Recommended enrolment patterns

In this section:

Rural and Remote Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry
Rural and Remote Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry
Community Health Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry
Community Health Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry
Health Leadership specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry
Health Leadership Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry

Rural and Remote Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or MNRS or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCNM
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCNM.
					1	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV or GCNM Co-requisite: and
					2	1,2
					2	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GDNG
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
					2	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV or GDNG
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
^#^*			3	2			Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course^@					3	1,2

Footnotes
#	is only available to students who hold current Division 1 nursing registration with the Australian Health Professional Registration Authority (AHPRA) and are located in Australia.
*	Clinical component
@	or are recommended.

Rural and Remote Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCNM.
					2	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GDNG
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or MNRS or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCNM
					2	1,2
					2	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV or GCNM Co-requisite: and
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
^#^*			3	2			Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
					3	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNSG or PDEV or GDNG
					4	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course					4	1

Footnotes
#	is only available to students who hold current Division 1 nursing registration with the Australian Health Professional Registration Authority (AHPRA) and are located in Australia.
*	Clinical component

Community Health Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN
					1	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
					1	2
					2	1,2
Choose one of the following two courses:
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or PDEV or MNSG
					2	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
Choose one of the following two courses:
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or PDEV or MNSG
					1	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GDNG
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
Approved course^@					3	1,2
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course^@					3	1,2

Footnotes
@	or are recommended.

Community Health Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
					1	2
					2	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV
Choose one of the following two courses:
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN
Approved course^@					2	1,2
					2	1,2
Choose one of the following two courses:
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or PDEV or MNSG
					1	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GDNG
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
Choose one of the following two courses:
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or PDEV or MNSG
					3	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MNRS or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
Approved course^@					3	1,2
					4	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course^@					4	1,2

Footnotes
@	or or NUR8040 Qualitative Research Methods are recommended.

Health Leadership specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 1 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
Choose one from the following two courses:
			1	1		2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE and be employed as a practising health professional
Approved course⁺					1	1
Choose one from the following two courses:
					1	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or MNRS or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE Co-requisite: and
Approved course^{^}					1	2
EDU5221					1	2
					2	1,2
					2	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN or GCHH
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
					2	2
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course^{^}					3	2

Footnotes
+	NUR8040 Qualitative Research Methods is recommended.
^	or are recommended.

Health Leadership Specialisation recommended enrolment pattern - Semester 2 entry

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.

Course	Year of program and semester in which course is normally studied						Enrolment requirements
	On-campus (ONC)		External (EXT)		Online (ONL)
	Year	Sem	Year	Sem	Year	Sem
					1	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or DOHH or GDNG or GCNM or GCHE
EDU5221					1	2
Choose one from the following two courses:
			2	1		2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE and be employed as a practising health professional
Approved course⁺					2	1
					2	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GCHH or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN
					2	1,2
Choose one from the following two courses:
					2	2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: BHEH or MNSG or PDEV or GCHH or MNRS or GDHH or MOHH or GCHE Co-requisite: and
Approved course^{^}					2	2
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: DPHD or MNRS or MNSG or MOHH
					3	1	Pre-requisite: Students must be enrolled in one of the following programs: BHEH or MNRS or PDEV or MNSG or GDHH or MOHH or GCCO or MCCO or GDCN or GCHH
					3	1,2	Pre-requisite: and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG Pre-requisite or Co-requisite:
					3	2
					4	1,2	Pre-requisite: and and and Students must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: MOHH or MNSG
Approved course⁺					4	1

Footnotes
+	NUR8040 Qualitative Research Methods is recommended.
^	or are recommended.

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