These are available in any year, and may be taken instead of, or in addition to, any of the core papers AVMX 711-716. Subject to the approval of the Faculty, a candidate may substitute for one of the prescribed papers, an appropriate paper at an equivalent level offered by another university or approved examining body. Assessment is by assignment and examination. An application for a University of Otago Enrolment pack is available from Maureen Gordon, the Programme Officer , to help you find out what you need in order to enrol for this course. If you have any doubts, contact Maureen for advice.
All students are registered medical practitioners, and study is possible from anywhere in the world.
Students are currently enrolled from Australia, South Pacific, Asia, Africa and Europe. Graduates are often from diverse backgrounds such as clinical specialties, general practice, occupational medicine, air ambulance, airlines and air force medical officers. The course is frequently used for Part 1 training for occupational medicine specialist programmes such as the Fellowship of the Australian Faculty of Occupational Medicine. The development, implementation and reporting of an original research project in the student's area of professional expertise or interest. As above, but this is a single semester paper Enrolment 1.