This ground-breaking opportunity requires an enthusiastic and suitably qualified Subject Development Coordinator to take overall responsibility for the design, implementation and delivery of the Cancer Prevention and Control subject in the Master of Cancer Sciences course.
The Master of Cancer Sciences is Australia’s first cancer specific, multidisciplinary, flexible, wholly online program; and one of only two such programs in the world. This course is being developed in partnership between the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the University of Melbourne.
The Subject Development Coordinator will oversee curriculum development of the content, learning activities, assessments and evaluation, including:
The Subject Development Coordinator will liaise closely with the Course Convenors to ensure that the subject meets the over-arching course objectives and provides a seamless, integrated experience as part of the master’s suite.
The Cancer Prevention subject aims to outline the concepts, methods and applications underpinning cancer prevention at a population level. It will explore the concepts of primary, secondary (screening and early intervention) and tertiary prevention strategies to improve cancer outcomes. Case based discussion will demonstrate the epidemiological and applied behavioural research involved in reducing the risk of incidence of cancer and recurrence.
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The Master of Cancer Sciences is the flagship educational program of the VCCC and its ten partner organisations. It is a two-year part time online course offered jointly by the VCCC and the UoM and commenced in 2019. Its target audience is scientists and clinicians such as surgeons, radiologists, oncologists, haematologists, general practitioners, nurses, allied health and clinical trials staff currently working within or interested in breaking into the field of cancer care.
The philosophy of the Master of Cancer Sciences is to provide a contemporary, flexible, evidence-based program to health professionals to improve the outcomes and quality of lives of patients with cancer. Subjects will be developed in the foundations of cancer, cancer research, cancer prevention and control, cancer diagnostics, cancer therapeutics, supportive and palliative care, drug discovery and development, cancer across a lifespan and a research project capstone; alongside a number of subjects selected from existing relevant graduate programs.
The Subject Development Coordinator will be contracted by the VCCC and will work in close conjunction with numerous members of the VCCC and University of Melbourne team to design and develop the subject.
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Please send your application and CV no later than COB Wednesday 17 June to:
Dr Sathana Dushyanthen
VCCC Graduate Programs Lead, Master of Cancer Sciences
E [email protected]
Contact for enquiries
Dr David Kok
Course Convenor
T +61 3 8559 5000
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Please do not send your application to this contact