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University of Melbourne

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Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine

  • Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine equips professionals with advanced expertise in disaster management, crisis response, and health care logistics. It is designed for clinicians, first responders, and policymakers, offering hands-on experience and CPD accreditation.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 - 1 years full-time, 2 - 2 years part-time
Course Code
GD-DTM
Study Mode
In person, Online
Intake Months
Jan
Domestic Fees
$40,992 per year

About this course

OverviewCourse overviewOverview
  • Gain advanced expertise in disaster and terror medicine for crisis preparedness and response
  • Develop skills in logistics, prevention, planning, and policy for complex disaster scenarios
  • Designed for clinicians, first responders, health service managers, and policymakers

The Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine is designed to equip clinicians, first responders, health service managers, relevant agency staff, and policymakers with an overview of the principles of disaster management, the skills required to prepare their health service to respond and recover from disasters and terror events, leadership skills for crisis situations, and more advanced management of complex disasters such as chemical or biological events.

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. Studying Disaster and Terror Medicine at the University of Melbourne will develop your problem-solving skills and expertise in this specialist area, including logistics, prevention, planning, responses, recovery, and policy development through a clinical and health care management framework.

Designed in accordance with industry standards, this course has been approved for CPD hours by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM CPD hours) and the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM CPD Accreditation Category 1B: Active or Interactive Self Learning). The course can also be claimed towards CPD for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

Overview

Course overview

Overview

  • Gain advanced expertise in disaster and terror medicine for crisis preparedness and response
  • Develop skills in logistics, prevention, planning, and policy for complex disaster scenarios
  • Designed for clinicians, first responders, health service managers, and policymakers

The Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine is designed to equip clinicians, first responders, health service managers, relevant agency staff, and policymakers with an overview of the principles of disaster management, the skills required to prepare their health service to respond and recover from disasters and terror events, leadership skills for crisis situations, and more advanced management of complex disasters such as chemical or biological events.

Gain hands-on experience while learning from expert educators. Studying Disaster and Terror Medicine at the University of Melbourne will develop your problem-solving skills and expertise in this specialist area, including logistics, prevention, planning, responses, recovery, and policy development through a clinical and health care management framework.

Designed in accordance with industry standards, this course has been approved for CPD hours by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM CPD hours) and the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM CPD Accreditation Category 1B: Active or Interactive Self Learning). The course can also be claimed towards CPD for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).