Overview
About this course
Our course is designed to introduce and provide students with the knowledge and skills to make significant contributions to therapeutic product research, development, evaluation, regulation and monitoring for the health and wellbeing of the community.
Who is it for?
Our course is designed for clinicians wishing to pursue careers that relate to the development and safe use of medicines, cell and gene therapies and medical devices.
Structure
What you’ll study
As part of our Graduate Diploma in Medicine (Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Development), you will:
- Evaluate the role of the therapeutics industry in improving health outcomes
- Critically appraise scientific and clinical literature and data
- Understand the major milestones across the lifecycle of therapeutic products
- Evaluate and justify the optimal global strategy for registration of a new therapeutic product and construct relevant submission documentation
- Analyse the safety profile and develop risk minimisation strategies for therapeutic products
- Develop strategic documents from different perspectives including medical affairs, regulatory affairs, health economics and product vigilance
If you are working full-time it is recommended you consider undertaking one or two units of study per semester All stream-specific units are delivered online. Some elective units may have a face-to-face teaching component or a prerequisite.
Costs
Funding
Admissions
Admission to the course requires:
- a medical degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification.
International qualifications
For qualifications awarded outside Australia, equivalencies and entry requirements are determined based on the country, institution, and qualification.
A minimum result of 7.0 overall and a minimum result of 6.5 in each band
A minimum result of 96 overall including a minimum result of 20 in Reading, Listening and Speaking and 22 in Writing
A minimum result of 68 overall and a minimum result of 61 in each band