Professional Development

The CMVH has a number of Professional Deveopment opportunities with courses a number of courses currently being run and many opportunities for PhD students. The University of Adelaide options are listed below.

The University of Queensland offers an MPH (Defence).

PhD & Masters by Research

The Adelaide Node also has many opportunities for post graduate study. Our students are involved in a variety of internationally significant research with a Defence and health focus (see list).

The CMVH welcomes enquiries from students wishing to undertake a PhD with research projects available in the area of posttraumatic stress or in partnership with our collaborators. For more information please contact:

Prof Sandy (A.C) McFarlane
Director of CMVH Adel. Node 08 8303 5200
alexander.mcfarlane@adelaide.edu.au

Dr Chris Barton
Research Manager Military Arm 08 8303 6973
chris.barton@adelaide.edu.au

Military Occupational and Environmental Health Course

Through the Discipline of Public Health, the Adelaide Node offers the Occupational and Environmental Health Course to ADF Officers with health specialisations. The course has been specifically designed for the ADF and aims to:

• introduce a range of environmental factors which may pose a risk to the health of human populations.
• introduce risk assessment methods for evaluating and controlling such risks.
• discuss a variety of diseases associated with exposure to common occupational and environmental factors, and approaches to investigating the work-relatedness of disease.
• briefly introduce the historical, legislative and administrative aspects of occupational and environmental health.

This course can be undertaken in an intensive (residential) format or online, as a stand alone subject or as part of the University of Queenslands’ Masters of Public Health (Defence).

See OEH flyer and OEH Online flyer.

The course has undertaken a significant update in response to previous critiques. please read the brief below for details of the current course structure and content.

For more information, please contact:

SQNLDR Michel Devine
CMVH Liaison Officer 08 8303 6971
michel.devine@adelaide.edu.au