Program Overview

Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine

Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine is designed to equip clinicians, first responders, health service managers, relevant agency staff, and policymakers with an overview of the principles of disaster management, the skills required to prepare their health service to respond and recover from disasters and terror events, leadership skills for crisis situations, and more advanced management of complex disasters such as chemical or biological events.

Course Details

• Course code: GD-DTM
• Duration: 1 year full time / 2 years part time
• Location: Parkville
• Mode: Mixed Attendance Mode
• Intake: January
• Fees: AUD $38,976 (2025 indicative first year fee)
• Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) are not available

Course Overview

The course will provide students with advanced expertise in disaster and terror medicine for crisis preparedness and response. It will develop skills in logistics, prevention, planning, and policy for complex disaster scenarios. The course is designed for clinicians, first responders, health service managers, and policymakers.

Who is the Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine for?

The course is designed for:

• Clinicians
• First responders
• Health service managers
• Relevant agency staff
• Policymakers International students are welcome to study this course, but please note that this course is not available to international students who require a student visa to study in Australia.

Why study the Graduate Diploma in Disaster and Terror Medicine?

This course will equip students with evidence-based best practices to confidently respond to disaster and terror events, expanding their scope of practice and developing advanced competencies in disaster and terror medicine.

Related Study Areas

• Health
• Medicine

Accreditation

The course has been approved for CPD hours by the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM CPD hours) and the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM CPD Accreditation Category 1B: Active or Interactive Self Learning). The course can also be claimed towards CPD for the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA).