Palliative and supportive services at Flinders University provides distance courses that give professionals from any health discipline the opportunity to deepen the knowledge base on which their practice is grounded.
The courses provide:
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Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care
Duration: 6 months
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Online - with some on campus intensives
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2GC099 (Commonwealth supported)
2GC599 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2019):
$4,596 (Commonwealth supported)
$12,240 (Full fee paying)
Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care
Duration: 1 year
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Online - with some on campus intensives
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2GD038 (Commonwealth supported)
2GD538 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2019):
$9,230 (Commonwealth supported)
$24,480 (Full fee paying)
Master of Palliative Care
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Online - with some on campus intensives
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2CM050 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM550 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2019):
$9,158 (Commonwealth supported)
$24,444 (Full fee paying)
Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care
Duration: 6 months
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 072249A
Annual fees:
2021: $18,800
Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care
Duration: 1 year
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 051998D
Annual fees:
2021: $37,500
Master of Palliative Care
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 024776J
Annual fees:
2021: $37,500
Palliative and end-of-life care are developing at local and national levels within multiple health care settings. Organisations require practitioners with the specialist skills and attitudes provided by this course, whether experienced practitioners or graduates with basic palliative care skills. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, acute hospitals and aged care settings, to palliative care units and hospice care.
Potential employers include:
Masters is designed to provide you with flexibility while aiming to deepen and extend the knowledge and skills required for practice in palliative care. It can be taken by coursework and a critical inquiry or research project. Topics cover areas such as communication at the end of life; oncology for palliative care; issues in the care of the spirit in palliative care; palliative care in aged care settings; palliative clinical management; suffering, futility and ethics in palliative care; understanding cancer; and design and ethics in research with vulnerable populations. Masters may include a topic in independent inquiry for evidence-based practice.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and at least one years' full-time equivalent work experience in palliative care or a related field.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and at least two years' full-time equivalent work experience in palliative care, aged care or in a related field; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and have at least two years' full-time equivalent work experience in palliative care, aged care or in a related field; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants for the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care must have at least one years’ work experience in palliative care or a related field.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants for the graduate diploma must also have at least two years’ experience in palliative care, aged care or in a related field.
Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants for the masters must also have at least two years’ experience in palliative care, aged care or in a related field.
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