Master of Neonatology (coursework)
In this course students gain comprehensive knowledge of diseases of preterm and term infants including the underlying physiology and management. Students also gain clinical competency in acute resuscitation and all procedures required in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Course overview
- Course title
- Master of Neonatology (coursework)
- Award abbreviation
- MNeo
- Course code
- 91580
- Course type
- master's degree by coursework only
- Status
- not available in 2021
- Administered by
- Medical School
Course details
- Intake periods
- Beginning of year only
- Attendance type
- full- or part-time
- Credit points required
- 48
A standard full-time load is 24 points per semester. - Standard course duration
- 1 year
- Time limit
- 4 years
- Delivery mode
- multi-mode
- Locations offered
- King Edward Memorial Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Fiona Stanley Hospital
- Domestic fee type
- Postgraduate fee-paying/FEE-HELP
- Available to international students
- Not available to international students on student visas. Available to international students on other visas if visa conditions allow (see https://www.immi.gov.au). For information on international student fees see 'Schedule 2: Fees'. (Enquiries: https://www.uwa.edu.au/askuwa)
- Course Coordinator(s)
- Professor Karen Simmer
- Fees
- Visit the fees calculator.
Prospective students should see the Future Students website for details on admission requirements, intake periods, fees, availability to international students, careers information etc.
Course structure
Note: This course is not available in 2021.
| Key to availability of units: |
|---|
| S1 = Semester 1; S2 = Semester 2; SS = summer teaching period; N/A = not available in 2021; NS = non-standard teaching period; OS = offshore teaching period; * = to be advised |
Take all units (12 points):
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PAED4409 | Evidence-based Medicine | ||
| N/A | PAED4410 | Neonatal Respiration and Ventilation |
Take unit(s) to the value of 12 points from Group A or take unit(s) to the value of 6 points from Group A and 6 points from Group B:
Group A
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PAED4406 | Nutrition, Lactation and Gastrointestinal Disease | ||
| N/A | PAED4407 | Neonatal Surgery | ||
| N/A | PAED4408 | Neonatal Infections and Immunology | ||
| N/A | PAED4411 | Introduction to Transport Medicine | lectures: 2 hours per week |
Group B
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | BMED4003 | Medical Research Design, Protocols and Analysis |
| module: 1 x 3-hour online chemistry for researchers module; tutorials: 8 x 1-hour on research design and statistics; various times of contact with site-specific training (eg. PAWES, CPR, GMO training, radiation safety training) |
| S1 | BMED4004 | Medical Research Ethics and Scientific Rationale |
| scheduled meetings with supervisors: approximately 1 hour per week, in consultation with supervisor; seminars, workshops and independent work: up to 25 hours per week spread over all four honours units. |
| S2 | MEDC5801 | Development and Communication of Research | over the semester: 18 hours of on-line content, 16 hours of lectures, 2 to 4 hours individual statistics workshop, 8 hours presentations | |
| PAED5709 | Physiology of Respiratory Responses | |||
| S1, S2 | PUBH4401 | Biostatistics I |
| lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week (for face-to-face mode only) |
| S2 | PUBH5769 | Biostatistics II |
| lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1.5 hours per week (for face-to-face mode only) |
| NS | PUBH5785 | Introductory Analysis of Linked Health Data | offered intensively (1 week full-time) | |
| NS | PUBH5801 | Economic Evaluation of Health Care |
| 1 week full-time |
Take unit(s) to the value of 24 points:
Group C
| Availability | Unitcode | Unitname | Unit requirements | Contact hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | PAED5501 | Neonatal Echocardiography | ||
| N/A | PAED5502 | Practicum I | ||
| N/A | PAED5503 | Practicum II |
| |
| N/A | PAED5504 | Transport Medicine | ||
| N/A | PAED5520 | Neonatology Dissertation (12 points) |
See also the rules for the course and the Student Rules.
Rules
Note: This course is not available in 2021.
Applicability of the Student Rules, policies and procedures
1.(1) The Student Rules apply to students in this course.
(2) The policy, policy statements and guidance documents and student procedures apply, except as otherwise indicated in the rules for this course.
Academic Conduct Essentials and Communication and Research Skills modules
2.(1) Except as stated in (2), a student who enrols in this course for the first time irrespective of whether they have previously been enrolled in another course of the University, must undertake the Academic Conduct Essentials module (the ACE module) and the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module).
(2) A student who has previously achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the CARS module is not required to repeat the module.
(3) A student must successfully complete the ACE module within the first teaching period of their enrolment. Failure to complete the module within this timeframe will result in the student's unit results from this teaching period being withheld. These results will continue to be withheld until students avail themselves of a subsequent opportunity to achieve a passing grade in the ACE module. In the event that students complete units in subsequent teaching periods without completing the ACE module, these results will similarly be withheld. Students will not be permitted to submit late review or appeal applications regarding results which have been withheld for this reason and which they were unable to access in the normally permitted review period.
English Language competency requirements
3. To be considered eligible for consideration for admission to this course an applicant must satisfy the University's English language competence requirement as set out in the University Policy on Admission: Coursework.
Admission requirements
4. To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have—
(a) a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA;
and
(b) at least two years of professional experience and evidence of the following:
(i) awareness of contemporary issues in neonatology; and
(ii) basic competence in paediatrics professional learning; and
(iii) experience in leading and managing others; and
(iv) engagement in ongoing professional learning;
and
(c) (i) a current enrolment in the advanced neonatal training program through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP); or
(ii) a qualification as a neonatologist through the RACP, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; or
(iii) a qualification as an internationally trained doctor and be pursuing advanced neonatal training as an employee at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, or Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Admission ranking and selection
5. Where relevant, admission will be awarded to the highest ranked applicants or applicants selected based on the relevant requirements.
Articulations and exit awards
6.(1) The following courses form part of an articulated sequence:
- 91380 Graduate Diploma in Neonatology (24 points)
- 91580 Master of Neonatology (48 points)
(2) A student who withdraws from the Master of Neonatology course before completing it, but after fulfilling the requirements of a lesser award in the above sequence, may apply for the relevant award.
Course structure
7.(1) The course consists of units to a total value of 48 points.
(2) Units must be selected in accordance with the course structure, as set out in these rules.
Satisfactory progress
8. To make satisfactory progress in a calendar year a student must pass units to a value of at least half the total value of units in which they remain enrolled after the final date for withdrawal without academic penalty.
9. A student who has not achieved a result of Ungraded Pass (UP) for the Communication and Research Skills module (the CARS module) when their progress status is assessed will not have made satisfactory progress even if they have met the other requirements for satisfactory progress in Rule 8.
Progress status
10. Students who fail to make satisfactory progress under Rule 8 for the first time are assigned a progress status of 'On Probation' by the Faculty.
11. A student who does not make satisfactory progress in terms of Rule 9 is assigned the progress status of 'On Probation', unless they have been assigned a progress status of 'Suspended' or 'Excluded' for failure to meet other satisfactory progress requirements in Rule 8.
Award with distinction
12. To be awarded the degree with distinction a student must achieve a course weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 80 per cent, which is calculated based on —
(a) all units above Level 3 attempted as part of the course that are awarded a final percentage mark;
(b) all relevant units above Level 3 undertaken in articulating courses of this University that are awarded a final percentage mark;
and
(c) all units above Level 3 completed at this University that are credited to the master's degree course.