Course HN9.PIM - Master of Health (Perinatal and Infant Mental Health)

Course overview

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to understand, educate, and support families experiencing mental health difficulties within the first twelve months following childbirth. Explore intermediary and complex understandings of infant and mother perinatal mental health, combining the study of the mothers (family) mental health and the infant's mental health. Clinical support and collaboration with other mental health and interdisciplinary health professionals will play a vital role in building foundation skills to identify, screen, treat, and manage mental health conditions in the perinatal period, as well as better understand the normal adjustment to pregnancy and infant development. Infant observation and reflective practice will focus on core components in working with the mother (carer); infant dyad to learn the required skills to support parents' self- knowledge, recovery, and growth, and improve confidence and skills in parenting. This course is only offered part-time (duration is 4 years). It is also available as a graduate certificate and graduate diploma.

Institute / school:

Institute of Health and Wellbeing

Discipline:

Nursing

Study level:

Postgraduate - Coursework

Study load:

Credit points:

240

AQF level:

9 - Masters Degree

Duration (in full time equivalent):

2 years

Domestic students:

Course coordinator:

Academic requirements

Supplementary admission requirements

Applicants are requested to provide supplementary information to support their application as listed below. Resume - Current, relevant work experience (including length of time) A brief account of your education, qualifications and previous occupations relevant to the course being applied for. <ul><li>Applicants must supply a current CV or resume.</li></ul> Proof of AHPRA registration Provision of a certificate or registration number proving your registration with AHPRA - the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. <ul><li>Registration with AHPRA or discipline related professional body</li></ul> Supplementary Form A form used to collect additional application material that cannot be captured as part of the standard application process. <ul><li>Completed <a href="https://nam.dcv.ms/xxWw3iM9nJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">supplementary application form</a></li></ul>

Course rules show the number and type of credit points needed to finish your course. They help you understand what you need to complete to graduate. You’re responsible for following the course rules and completing the right units. You’ll find a recommended sequence of units that meets these course rules in the course structure.

Complete 240 credit points comprising:

90 credit points from Core Units, and
30 credit points from Elective, and
120 credit points for Leadership or Research Stream Units

Core Units

Complete exactly 90 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HEALP6201	Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 1	15
HEALP6202	Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 2	15
HEALP6203	Advance Perinatal and Infant Mental Health	30
HEMTL6004	Advanced Therapeutic Skills	30

Elective

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HEALT7007	The Impact of Alcohol and Other Drugs on Mental Health	30
HEMTL6005	Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Health Professionals	30

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Complete 120 credit points for either of the following:

120 credit points from Leadership Stream, or
120 credit points from Research Stream

Leadership Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HEALT6005	Governance in Healthcare	30
HEALT6006	People and Resource Management in Healthcare	30
HEALT7004	Leadership Development in Health Contexts	30
HEALT7006	Work Integrated Project	30

Research Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

Code	Title	Credit points
HEALT6001	Research Methods for Health	30
HEALT6002	Inquiry and Analysis of Literature	30
HEALT7002	Research Thesis A	30
HEALT7003	Research Thesis B	30

Commendation

Counselling

Unsatisfactory

Exclusion / suspension

Final unit supplementary assessment

Students who receive an MF grade in their final Semester may apply to the Course Coordinator within 7 days of the publication of results for supplementary assessment if that unit is the only outstanding unit required to complete the degree and the student has not been found guilty of any form of academic misconduct (e.g. plagiarism, contract cheating, collusion) in that Semester. The highest grade attainable will be a Pass grade.

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.federation.edu.au/students/student-essentials/how-to-enrol/what-to-enrol-in/">Course structures</a> set out the recommended sequence of units for enrolment. It's your responsibility to comply with the course rules and confirm unit availability (which you'll find under 'Offering' in the 'Key information' section of each unit outline). Select the semester you started your course in (not the semester you're enrolling for).

Year 1

Semester 1

HEALP6201

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 1

Core Units

HEALP6202

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 2

Core Units

Semester 2

Elective Units

Year 2

Semester 1

HEMTL6004

Advanced Therapeutic Skills

Core Units

Semester 2

HEALP6203

Advance Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

Core Units

Year 3

Semester 1

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT6001

Leadership: HEALT6005

Semester 2

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT6002

Leadership: HEALT6006

Year 4

Semester 1

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT7002

Leadership: HEALT7004

Semester 2

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT7003

Leadership: HEALT7006

Year 1

Semester 2

Elective Units

Semester 1

HEALP6201

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 1

Core Units

HEALP6202

Perinatal and Infant Mental Health 2

Core Units

Year 2

Semester 2

HEALP6203

Advance Perinatal and Infant Mental Health

Core Units

Semester 1

HEMTL6004

Advanced Therapeutic Skills

Core Units

Year 3

Semester 2

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT6002

Leadership: HEALT6006

Semester 1

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT6001

Leadership: HEALT6005

Year 4

Semester 2

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT7003

Leadership: HEALT7006

Semester 1

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Research: HEALT7002

Leadership: HEALT7004

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be able to:

Ref	Outcome

Credit pathways

Course code and title	Institute / school	Credit points
	Institute of Health and Wellbeing	60 credit points
	Institute of Health and Wellbeing	120 credit points

Nested qualifications

<ul><li>Upon successful completion of specified units equal to 60 credit points for this course you may exit this course with the following qualification: <a target="_blank" href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/Program?p5_code=HN4.PIM">HN4.PIM - Graduate Certificate in Health (Perinatal and Infant Mental Health)</a></li><li>Upon successful completion of specified units equal to 120 credit points for this course you may exit this course with the following qualification: <a target="_blank" href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/Program?p5_code=HM4.PIM">HM4.PIM - Graduate Diploma of Health (Perinatal and Infant Mental Health)</a></li></ul>

Recognition of prior learning

Institute / school:

Institute of Health and Wellbeing

Discipline:

Nursing

Study level:

Postgraduate - Coursework

Study load:

Credit points:

240

AQF level:

9 - Masters Degree

Duration (in full time equivalent):

2 years

Domestic students:

Course coordinator:

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Complete exactly 90 credit points from the following:

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Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Leadership Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

Research Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

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Complete exactly 90 credit points from the following:

Elective

Complete exactly 30 credit points from the following:

Leadership or Research Stream Units

Leadership Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

Research Stream

Complete exactly 120 credit points from the following:

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