Master of Medical Radiations (Radiation Therapy)

Are you looking for a career in Radiation Therapy?

Information night:  Monday 8 December at 5.30pm 

Lecture Theatre M1, Building 13D

APPLICATIONS FOR 2009 CLOSE DECEMBER 14 2008

• Course overview
• Admission requirements
• Course structure
• Course costs
• Australian applicants
• International applicants
• Interstate applicants
• Application form (pdf, 147kb)
• Compulsory Information to provide with your application
• Physics Bridging Course

Course overview

The aim of the course is to prepare suitably qualified graduates to assume practice as an accredited radiation therapist able to work in private and public radiation oncology departments.

The course commences in July each year and is offered as a distance education course over two years (6 semesters of 15 units, equivalent to 72 credit points). It offers both an academic and professional component. The professional component consists of clinical attachments for a total of 59 weeks throughout the course.

Admission requirements

Applicants will:

• be graduates of a Bachelor's degree in either Science or Biomedical Science;
• have obtained at least a credit average in a demonstrated course sequence in either biomedical or physical sciences;
• if they have majored in biomedical sciences, provide evidence of a capacity to successfully engage in radiation physics and mathematics; and
• have either passed year 12 physics at a satisfactory level or have successfully passed 2 sequential units of university level physics.

Although anatomy is not a pre-requisite for entry, those applicants who have studied anatomy will find it an advantage within the course.

Australian applicants

Currently this course is being run with the co-operation of clinical centres in Victoria, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania. Applications are made at a state level. Academically suitable applicants will be invited to attend an interview to further discuss their application. Those applicants approved by both local selection panels and the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences may then be made an offer to enrol in the course.

International applicants

This part-time course is not available to International students who wish to study in Australia, as government regulations require all International students to be enrolled on a full-time basis.

Suitably qualified International students wishing to undertake the Master of Radiation Therapy in their country of residence must also satisfy the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in respect to the appropriateness of their clinical supervision.

The Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences will individually assess applicants holding other qualifications.

Interstate applicants

Western Australia

Claire Herbert
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Phone: (08) 9346 4900
Email: RadOnc@health.wa.gov.au

or

Michelle Judson
SirCharles Gairdner Hospital
Phone (08) 9346 4900
Email: RadOnc@health.wa.gov.au

Sharon Brackenridge
Perth Radiation Oncology Centre
Phone: (08) 9381 5655
Email: sharon.brackenridge@perthroc.com.au

Queensland

Jacqueline Besson
The East Coast Cancer Centre
Phone: (07) 5598 0377
Email: jacquelineb@wesley.com.au

or

Martin Buckely
The East Coast Cancer Centre
Phone: (07) 5598 0377
Email: martinb@wesley.com.au

Nick Biesot
Premion Cancer Care
Email: nick.biesot@premion.com.au

Tasmania

Michael Young
Holman Clinic Royal Hobart Hospital
Phone: (03) 6222 8616
Email: michael.young@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Susan Pracy
Holman Clinic Launceston General Hospital
Phone (03) 6348 7166
Email: Susan.Pracy@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Application procedure

All Australian applicants will need to download an application form (pdf, 147kb) and submit it to:

Course Administrator
School of Biomedical Sciences
Building 13C
MONASH UNIVERSITY VIC 3800

Further information

Administrative inquiries: radiation.sciences@med.monash.edu.au
Academic inquiries: Caroline.Wright@med.monash.edu.au (Course Convenor)