Division 11 Medical and Health Sciences
This division covers the medical and health sciences. This division has eighteen groups:
GROUP 1101 MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLOMICS
This group covers human biochemistry or the chemistry of human living organisms and the human life process. It includes proteomics, metabolomics and metabolic medicine. This group has eight fields:
- 110101 Medical Biochemistry: Amino Acids and Metabolites
- 110102 Medical Biochemistry: Carbohydrates
- 110103 Medical Biochemistry: Inorganic Elements and Compounds
- 110104 Medical Biochemistry: Lipids
- 110105 Medical Biochemistry: Nucleic Acids
- 110106 Medical Biochemistry: Proteins and Peptides (incl. Medical Proteomics)
- 110107 Metabolic Medicine
- 110199 Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1102 CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE AND HAEMATOLOGY
This group covers cardiovascular medicine and haematology. This group has four fields:
- 110201 Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)
- 110202 Haematology
- 110203 Respiratory Diseases
- 110299 Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1103 CLINICAL SCIENCES
This group covers specific clinical aspects of medicine, including causes, diagnosis, treatment and management of specific diseases and conditions. This group has twenty-five fields:
- 110301 Anaesthesiology
- 110302 Clinical Chemistry (diagnostics)
- 110303 Clinical Microbiology
- 110304 Dermatology
- 110305 Emergency Medicine
- 110306 Endocrinology
- 110307 Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
- 110309 Infectious Diseases
- 110310 Intensive Care
- 110311 Medical Genetics (excl. Cancer Genetics)
- 110312 Nephrology and Urology
- 110313 Nuclear Medicine
- 110314 Orthopaedics
- 110315 Otorhinolaryngology
- 110316 Pathology (excl. Oral Pathology)
- 110317 Physiotherapy
- 110318 Podiatry
- 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
- 110320 Radiology and Organ Imaging
- 110321 Rehabilitation and Therapy (excl. Physiotherapy)
- 110322 Rheumatology and Arthritis
- 110323 Surgery
- 110324 Venereology
- 110399 Clinical Sciences not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1104 COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
This group covers complementary and alternative medicine. This group has six fields:
- 110401 Chiropractic
- 110402 Naturopathy
- 110403 Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Medicine and Treatments
- 110404 Traditional Chinese Medicine and Treatments
- 110405 Traditional Maori Medicine and Treatments
- 110499 Complementary and Alternative Medicine not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1105 DENTISTRY
This group covers dentistry. This group has ten fields:
- 110501 Dental Materials and Equipment
- 110502 Dental Therapeutics, Pharmacology and Toxicology
- 110503 Endodontics
- 110504 Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- 110505 Oral Medicine and Pathology
- 110506 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopaedics
- 110507 Paedodontics
- 110508 Periodontics
- 110509 Special Needs Dentistry
- 110599 Dentistry not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1106 HUMAN MOVEMENT AND SPORTS SCIENCE
This group covers human movement and sports science. This group has five fields:
- 110601 Biomechanics
- 110602 Exercise Physiology
- 110603 Motor Control
- 110604 Sports Medicine
- 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1107 IMMUNOLOGY
This group covers the processes and reactions of the human immune system. This group has ten fields:
- 110701 Allergy
- 110702 Applied Immunology (incl. Antibody Engineering, Xenotransplantation and T-cell Therapies)
- 110703 Autoimmunity
- 110704 Cellular Immunology
- 110705 Humoural Immunology and Immunochemistry
- 110706 Immunogenetics (incl. Genetic Immunology)
- 110707 Innate Immunity
- 110708 Transplantation Immunology
- 110709 Tumour Immunology
- 110799 Immunology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1108 MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
This group covers microbiology associated with human health and disease, other than clinical microbiology. This group has five fields:
- 110801 Medical Bacteriology
- 110802 Medical Infection Agents (incl. Prions)
- 110803 Medical Parasitology
- 110804 Medical Virology
- 110899 Medical Microbiology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1109 NEUROSCIENCES
This group covers processes and reactions of the human nervous system. It includes neurology and neuromuscular disease. This group has seven fields:
- 110901 Autonomic Nervous System
- 110902 Cellular Nervous System
- 110903 Central Nervous System
- 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
- 110905 Peripheral Nervous System
- 110906 Sensory Systems
- 110999 Neurosciences not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1110 NURSING
This group covers nursing. This group has seven fields:
- 111001 Aged Care Nursing
- 111002 Clinical Nursing: Primary (Preventative)
- 111003 Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care)
- 111004 Clinical Nursing: Tertiary (Rehabilitative)
- 111005 Mental Health Nursing
- 111006 Midwifery
- 111099 Nursing not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1111 NUTRITION AND DIETETICS
This group covers nutrition and dietetics. This group has five fields:
- 111101 Clinical and Sports Nutrition
- 111102 Dietetics and Nutrigenomics
- 111103 Nutritional Physiology
- 111104 Public Nutrition Intervention
- 111199 Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1112 ONCOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS
This group covers oncology and carcinogenesis. It includes:
- cancer cell biology;
- cancer diagnosis; and
- cancer therapy.
This group has ten fields:
- 111201 Cancer Cell Biology
- 111202 Cancer Diagnosis
- 111203 Cancer Genetics
- 111204 Cancer Therapy (excl. Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy)
- 111205 Chemotherapy
- 111206 Haematological Tumours
- 111207 Molecular Targets
- 111208 Radiation Therapy
- 111209 Solid Tumours
- 111299 Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1113 OPHTHALMOLOGY AND OPTOMETRY
This group covers ophthalmology and optometry. This group has four fields:
- 111301 Ophthalmology
- 111302 Optical Technology
- 111303 Vision Science
- 111399 Ophthalmology and Optometry not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1114 PAEDIATRICS AND REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE
This group covers paediatrics and reproductive medicine. It includes:
- assisted reproduction;
- foetal development and medicine; and
- obstetrics and gynaecology.
This group has five fields:
- 111401 Foetal Development and Medicine
- 111402 Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- 111403 Paediatrics
- 111404 Reproduction
- 111499 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1115 PHARMACOLOGY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
This group covers the preparation, properties, uses and actions of drugs for medical uses. It includes pharmacogenomics. This group has seven fields:
- 111501 Basic Pharmacology
- 111502 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- 111503 Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
- 111504 Pharmaceutical Sciences
- 111505 Pharmacogenomics
- 111506 Toxicology (incl. Clinical Toxicology)
- 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1116 MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY
This group covers the processes and function of the human body or the physical and chemical processes involved in the functioning of the human body and its component parts. This group has four fields:
- 111601 Cell Physiology
- 111602 Human Biophysics
- 111603 Systems Physiology
- 111699 Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1117 PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SERVICES
This group covers the non-clinical aspects (e.g. statistical, administration, program evaluation, impact of lifestyle) of health and health care and the provision, administration and evaluation of health care services. This group has nineteen fields:
- 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
- 111702 Aged Health Care
- 111703 Care for Disabled
- 111704 Community Child Health
- 111705 Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety
- 111706 Epidemiology
- 111707 Family Care
- 111708 Health and Community Services
- 111709 Health Care Administration
- 111710 Health Counselling
- 111711 Health Information Systems (incl. Surveillance)
- 111712 Health Promotion
- 111713 Maori Health
- 111714 Mental Health
- 111715 Pacific Peoples Health
- 111716 Preventive Medicine
- 111717 Primary Health Care
- 111718 Residential Client Care
- 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
GROUP 1199 OTHER MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES
This group covers medical and health sciences not elsewhere classified. This group has one field:
- 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
