Education
The Centre for International Mental Health has developed new curriculum in the fields of international mental health and transcultural psychiatry, and offers programs in a variety of teaching modes, including traditional on-campus teaching, intensive block seminars, on-line programs (such as the fully on-line course Transcultural Mental Health for Clinicians), and is increasingly developing NewMedia approaches to teaching and learning.
CIMH staff - in collaboration with colleagues from the Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the Universities of Queensland and Western Australia—have developed an internationally unique qualification in international mental health, the University of Melbourne Master of International Mental Health program. Graduates with appropriate qualifications in a relevant mental health discipline can complete the Master of International Mental Health in the School of Population Health over one year of full-time study or two years part-time. The program is delivered in mixed mode, including intensive on-campus seminars and workshops, supported by on-line teaching and supervision and by senior colleagues who act as mentors in the students' own countries.
CIMH is offering an increasing number of intensive workshops in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, and beyond. Academic staff have lectured and taught in many countries, including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
CIMH offers a two-year full-time research degree, the Master of Mental Health Science (Transcultural Mental Health) and a PhD program.
Through the Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit, CIMH academic staff are involved in delivering an extensive array of in-service training programs for mental health clinicians of all disciplines.
The Centre for International Mental Health offers an exciting intellectual environment for Advanced Medical Science, Masters and Doctoral students, with opportunities to carry out research in Australia and throughout the Asia-Pacific region.