The Master of Health Sciences - Occupational Medicine from University of Otago encompasses the full breadth of clinical medicine, but also requires practitioners to be highly competent in a range of other specialist areas of practice.
Managing the health of workers requires not only a good understanding of the hazards that affect the health of workers, and the effect that worker’s health status has on work ability, but also their clinical and operational significance.
This requires a good understanding of how to assess the scientific literature and its meaning in terms of application.
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Applications close 31 October but late applications not requiring evaluation for credit may be considered until 1 December.
You can choose to do this programme part-time or full-time.
Full-timeMinimum required score:
The IELTS – or the International English Language Test System – tests your English-language abilities (writing, listening, speaking, and reading) on a scale of 1.00–9.00. The minimum IELTS score requirement refers to which Overall Band Score you received, which is your combined average score. Read more about IELTS.
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The TOEFL®PBT is administered in a paper format and measures your ability to use and understand English in a classroom setting at the college or university level. It accurately measures how well you can listen, read and write in English while performing academic tasks. Read more about TOEFL®PBT.
Schedule TOEFL®Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Programme Academic Co-ordinator.
Every applicant shall normally be required to satisfy all of the following:
This is an online programme. You can attend from the comfort of your chair! So you don't need a student visa!
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