Graduate Diploma in Pain Management
Postgraduate
In Canberra (Australia)
Description
-
Type
Postgraduate
-
Location
Canberra (Australia)
-
Start date
Different dates available
The Graduate Diploma in Pain Management provides advanced education in pain management for graduates in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, psychology and other disciplines involved in pain management. This course is offered in the form of online distance education mode and may be completed full-time or part-time.
The diploma is recognised for Continuing Medical Education/Maintenance of Professional Standards Program points by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
The Graduate Diploma in Pain Management is embedded within the Master of Medicine (Pain Management) and Master of Science in Medicine (Pain Management). The master's degrees build on concepts learned during the graduate diploma and graduate certificate. You may choose to complete the graduate diploma or use it as a pathway into a master’s degree in this discipline, subject to meting admission requirements.
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
About this course
-
Reviews
Subjects
- Management
- IT Management
- IT
- Infection
- Government
- Immunology
- Industry
Course programme
Unit of Study information on faculty page
Study planTo qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Pain Management, students complete 36 credit points of coursework. The coursework comprises four core units of study and two elective units of study. This course is taught via the Internet. Registered students are provided with a user name and password that allows them to access a protected course web site. The website provides study guides with lecture notes as well as extracts from relevant journals and text books. Interactive multimedia tutorials are also provided in some units. Computer conferencing allows students and staff to maintain regular contact. Assessment is by essays, case studies and online activities. Marks are also given for the contribution students make to online discussion.
Graduate opportunities
The Graduate Diploma in Pain Management is designed and offered to improve the knowledge and skills of health care professionals and thus improve the services offered to patients in pain. This course is not a pathway to a specialist qualification, however it is acknowledged that the course provides an excellent preparation for the Fellowship exam of the Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists.
Graduate Diploma in Pain Management