Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation
Bachelor's degree
In Brisbane, Melborne and Sydney (Australia)
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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1 Year
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Different dates available
The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation provides evidence based studies for health professionals including registered physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses and other allied health professionals who seek to extend knowledge and skills in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation for promotion and professional recognition, or return to the workforce. This program enables articulation to the Master of Rehabilitation (Discipline).
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About this course
Graduates will be able to apply theory and practice learned in a range of health provider settings including but not limited to:
Public Health Care provider in acute wards and rehabilitation settings
Private Health Care provider in acute wards and rehabilitation settings
Private Practice in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation
Aged care Health services
Transition care community rehabilitation and long term care settings
State, Federal and local government in policy development or implementation
Health Carer groups
Health Care based research.
Roles may include:
Clinician
Case worker
Team Leader
Researcher
A Bachelor degree from an accredited 3-year program in a Health Discipline or equivalent to enter the non-discipline pathway with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale; OR
A Bachelor degree from an accredited 4-year program in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology or equivalent to enter the (Discipline) pathway, with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale;
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Subjects
- Rehabilitation
- Methodologies
- Neurological
- Management
- Clinical reasoning
- Interprofessional
- Clinical knowledge
- Demonstrate
- Concepts
- Information
- Clinical information
Course programme
The course builds on the health inquiry unit and units related to clinical reasoning, advanced studies in chronic disease and disability and inter-professional practice and delivers case-based, on-line studies of aged and neurological disorders for holistic management and participation, along with research methodologies to plan a work-based project and a discipline specific practicum.
Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation should be able to:
- Demonstrate advanced rehabilitation clinical knowledge and skill required in interprofessional rehabilitation settings
- Synthesise and evaluate complex clinical information, problems, concepts and theories related to challenges within rehabilitation settings which is informed by evidence based practice;
- Apply effective ethical clinical leadership using advanced clinical judgement and decision-making to healthcare challenges within rehabilitation settings.
Additional information
Brisbane
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - Not on offer
Melbourne
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - Not on offer
North Sydney
Semester 1 - February
Semester 2 - Not on offer
Course costs - Average first year fee: $20840 Fee-Paying (indicative only)
Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation