Postgraduate: Course rule and topic information

Graduate Diploma in
Clinical Rehabilitation

(GradDipClinRehab)

Program of Study

INTRODUCTION

The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences on a fee-paying basis.

The course is offered in external mode only.

The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Health (Clinical Rehabilitation) and Pathway 1 of the Master of Clinical Rehabilitation, with the sequentially developed topics allowing progression through the three awards. Students who have completed the graduate certificate normally are awarded credit for 18 units of topics towards the graduate diploma.

COURSE AIMS

The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation aims to provide opportunities for individuals from any health professional background to enhance their knowledge, skills and attitudes in the area of clinical rehabilitation.

Students will gain an understanding of the principles and practice of clinical rehabilitation and will then have the opportunity of tailoring their study to an area relevant to clinical practice in their professional workplace or specific field of interest. As an example, students with an interest in psychosocial rehabilitation may select from a range of psychosocial topics, while students with an interest in the physical aspects of clinical rehabilitation are able to choose from topics relevant to that field.

COURSE RULE

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Health (Clinical Rehabilitation) must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification and have not less than two years' postgraduate experience in a relevant clinical area.

However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2007]

To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Except with the approval of the Faculty Board, no student may attempt a topic more than twice.

The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 12 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.

Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.

Except with permission of the Faculty Board, the program must be completed full-time in two consecutive semesters or part-time within six consecutive semesters.