Online Medical Science Specialisation Degree :: Accredited Universities

The Bachelor of Medical Science (Specialisation) provides you with the opportunity to work in an exciting and rewarding career in one of three specialist areas including Clinical Investigation, Nutrition or Pathology. Each of the specialist areas explores relevant health and disease issues.

In order to help you determine your desired and most suited career path, you will gain exposure to foundation knowledge in sciences, study and research skills and health professional practice throughout your fi rst year of study in this degree. You will then be asked to decide on your specialist interest area at the end of your fi rst year.

Clinical physiologists (Clinical Investigation) measure function within the cardiovascular, respiratory and nervous system to exclude or confirm disease and then monitor progress in response to therapy.

Nutritionists are concerned with promoting and maintaining healthy lifestyle choices and preventing diet-related diseases in our communities. Nutritionists work in a number of industries including health promotion, public health, Indigenous health, food services, food or health corporations and engage in further study or research in public health nutrition, nutrition and dietetics, education, health service management, and environmental health.

Medical laboratory scientists, specialising in pathology, examine bodily samples to assist in making a diagnosis regarding a patient’s medical condition.

The program has been developed in consultation with key industry bodies and professionals and incorporates up to 480 hours of work integrated learning during each three year program. This ensures you graduate with the practical skills required to be career-ready and highly attractive to prospective employers. If you choose to study the program by distance education, you have the flexibility to fit study with your work and other lifestyle commitments. There is also an option to exit the degree after successful completion of the first 16 courses with an Associate Degree of Medical Science (Specialisation).

Entry Requirements

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Other Fees

Overseas examination fees

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

Notes

You are required to undertake up to 480 hours of compulsory off-campus clinical placements during the three years of the program within the professional practices and work-integrated learning courses.

There are several compulsory schools/workshops attached to the program when studied by distance education.

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The course is primarily designed for those who wish to follow careers as Biomedical Scientists in the wider context of biomedical science (including bio-pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries).

The aim of the course is to provide advanced education and professional training in the biomedical sciences, allowing specialisation in either: cellular pathology, clinical chemistry, haematology with transfusion science, immunology or medical microbiology, and provide the opportunity for critical reflection and evaluation of current practice and policy, enabling lifelong learning and professional development in biomedical science.

Entry Requirements

a) (i) A second class honours degree or better in a science subject which contains a significant element of biological sciences from a university of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, the Higher Education and Training Awards Council, or from an institution of another country which has been recognised as being of an equivalent standard

or

(ii) an equivalent standard in a Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate, Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification

and

(b) provide evidence of competence in written and spoken English (GCSE grade C or equivalent); overseas students whose first language is not English: IELTS overall band 6.0 with no contributing band less than 5.5 or TOEFL 550 in the paper based-test

Specialist taught modules require that students have studied that specialism at level 5 or can demonstrate their ability to undertake the module through the accreditation of prior experiential learning

Distance learning students should normally be employed as a biomedical scientist, trainee biomedical scientist or, equivalent in a hospital or research laboratory or have access to similar laboratory facilities.

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In exceptional circumstances, where an individual has substantial and significant experiential learning, a portfolio of written evidence demonstrating the meeting of graduate qualities (including subject-specific outcomes, as determined by the Course Committee) may be considered as an alternative entrance route. Evidence used to demonstrate graduate qualities may not be used for exemption against modules within the programme.

English Language Requirements
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International students should possess a IELTS score of 5.5.

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The medical radiation sciences program comprises an applied science award in diagnostic radiography at bachelor's level, specialist postgraduate courses at master's, diploma and certificate levels, and graduate entry master's degrees in diagnostic radiography and molecular imaging.

Our specialist courses in medical radiation sciences aim to advance the skills and expertise of professionals in their area of specialisation, and to broaden their exposure to the wider field of health sciences.

Graduate entry courses lead to eligibility to practice as diagnostic radiographers and molecular imaging technicians, and include extensive clinical fieldwork placements within the public and private sectors.

If you haven’t yet decided on your area of specialisation you can choose to enter the Bachelor of Health Sciences. This degree will allow you to explore a range of options before selecting your postgraduate degree in medical radiation sciences.

Entry Requirements

Admission to candidature for the Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Medical Radiation Sciences), the Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Medical Radiation Sciences) and the Master of Health Science (Medical Radiation Sciences) requires:

In order to qualify for admission, applicants must have one of the following:
* A bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
* The Graduate Certificate of Health Science (Medical
Radiation Sciences) from the University of Sydney, or
equivalent qualification from another University
* Other evidence of general and professional qualifications
and/or experience, to satisfy the Faculty that the
applicant possesses the educational capacity to pursue
graduate studies, and satisfy such additional
requirements for admission to the program, if any, as may
be prescribed by the Faculty.

Students who entered the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Medical Radiation Sciences) with an undergraduate diploma or less will be required to achieve at least a credit average to be able to articulate to the Master of Health Science (Medical Radiation Sciences). Acceptance into the MRS graduate program and articulation from any level of the program to any higher level is at the discretion of the academic advisor and program coordinator.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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CSU's Master of Medical Radiation Science is designed for practising medical radiation science professionals to advance their technological expertise, academic understanding and to further enhance their clinical skills of their chosen specialisation.

The Master of Medical Radiation Science is offered in five specialist areas: computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, radiographic image interpretation, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

In addition students may choose to enrol in the generic course rather than one of the specialisations. The generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course is aimed at radiographers, radiotherapists and nuclear medicine scientists.

Each specialisation and the generic course in this coursework Master program offers the choice between two study pathways. Students choose to follow either the research or the coursework option. The research option includes the study of subjects relevant to the specialisation, a research proposal and project. The aim of the research project is for students to complete a paper that is suitable for submitting to a publication / journal for peer-reviewed publication. Alternatively, the coursework option is intended for students who wish to focus on theory and practice subjects specific to their specialisation, but who do not wish to pursue the research project subjects. Students who choose this option still complete a research methodology subject.

This postgraduate course is designed for practising medical radiation scientists to advance both their technological expertise and academic understanding of the chosen specialisation, whilst continuing clinical work in these areas. The Australian Radiography and Nuclear Medicine professional bodies recognise the value of postgraduate study as a means of keeping pace with rapidly changing technology in these fields, as well as of enhancing research.

On completion of 64 points of study (including any credit granted), students may elect to exit the course with a Graduate Diploma. The Graduate Diploma does not include research project subjects generally found in the Master degree.

The on campus offering is open to international students only, with specialisations in Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging only.

Entry Requirements

To ensure that academic standards in this program are maintained at a high level, strict prerequisite requirements will be applied to each applicant.

There are three possible levels of entry into the Masters program: Level 1 (entry credit not required), Level 2 (16 point entry credit) and Level 3 (32 point entry credit). Applicants must generally be qualified radiographers or nuclear medicine technologists. However, in the generic course, radiation therapists are allowed entry at Level 1, and in the radiographic image interpretation specialisation, doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, chiropractics and podiatrists can enter at Level 1. Admission requirements vary for each entry level and also for each specialisation. Applicants must hold an appropriate two year diploma or a three or four year degree plus a minimum period of clinical work experience. For example in the generic course,

Level 1 entry:

two years medical imaging / nuclear medicine / radiation therapy diploma plus three years clinical experience
or
three year medical imaging / nuclear medicine / radiation therapy degree plus one to two years clinical experience

Level 2 entry:

three year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree plus more than two years clinical experience
or
four year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree with one year of clinical experience

Level 3 entry: (offered under very strict guidelines)

four year medical imaging / nuclear medicine degree with more than two years clinical experience and have an active CPD portfolio including seminar / conference presentation, posters and publications.

Applicants should contact the Program Leader for admission requirements specific to all specialisations.

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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CSU's Master of Medical Science provides the means for managers and scientific staff in medical science fields to expand their knowledge and understanding of underlying scientific concepts and recent research advances. Students who work as medical laboratory scientists can elect to complete the Pathology specialisation.

The Master of Medical Science is designed to meet the need for high-level education in medical science that does not focus exclusively on research. Graduates will develop detailed knowledge and understanding in medical science, together with analytical and problem solving skills for a range of individual employment and career opportunities.

The diversity of subjects allows students to undertake studies in financial, legal, human resource management and assimilation of scientific / clinical information, as well as specific discipline knowledge, through independent reading, research methodology and research expertise. The dissertation component enables the evolution of research skills, culminating in the preparation of a publishable journal article.

Students may elect to exit the course following the completion of the first four subjects and graduate with the Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Science or Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Science (Pathology). Students may also elect to exit following the completion of the first eight subjects and graduate with the Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Science or Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Science (Pathology).

Entry Requirements

This course is available to applicants with either a three-year or four-year undergraduate bachelor degree in a relevant area, or one of the following from CSU:

Graduate Certificate in Asthma and Respiratory Management

Graduate Certificate in Respiratory Science

Applicants wishing to complete the Pathology specialisation should have a minimum of two years' full-time employment as a medical laboratory scientist (or equivalent).

Other Fees

Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

Incidental unit costs

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