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Graduate certificates and postgraduate diploma courses

Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy in Psychiatry – Brunswick (HCFTP)

Not offered in 2010.

The aim of this course is to teach clinical family therapy in some depth to psychiatrists and medical practitioners. This course is a relevant clinically-based course for psychiatrists and medical practitioners. It aims to provide appropriate clinical skills tailored for psychiatric practice and foster medical leadership in the provision of family sensitive practice. It will expose the practitioners to an integration of theory and practice approaches. This work will equip them to deal specifically with the broad range of clinical issues and diagnostic areas they encounter in their practice. Each student will be expected to integrate these approaches within their own work settings and be consistent with their personal specific competencies.

Admission requirements

Applicants must have a degree in medicine and be either a qualified psychiatrist, psychiatrist in training, psychiatric medical officer or general practitioner and medical specialist in a field other than psychiatry with some commitment to and experience of mental health practice.

Special requirements

All applicants are required to be currently registered medical practitioners and to be of good standing with the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria. All applicants are required to have current membership of a professional indemnity organisation. Consideration for entry will be given to medical practitioners who do not meet these full Australian registration requirements, if they are permanent residents, on application.

Course structure

This course is two years part-time conducted at The Bouverie Centre, three hours per week for 26 weeks per year. The course will consist of four compulsory subjects, a total of 60 credit points. There will be no electives. The subjects must be done sequentially.

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