Palliative Care

Overview

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:

Leading edge content for students across the world
An interdisciplinary team approach, appreciating diverse professional perspectives
Relevance to your immediate and potential future professional needs
Enjoyable, successful learning through well structured topics
A flexible delivery mode to match your hectic work and life schedules

Up to 80% off fees due to Government subsidies*.

*Government subsidies enable Flinders to offer Domestic applicants a reduction of up to 80% off full course fees through Commonwealth Supported Places. Offer subject to change.

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Courses

Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Duration: 6 months

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2GC099 (Commonwealth supported)
2GC599 (Full fee paying)

Indicative fees (2023):
$4,150 (Commonwealth supported)
$13,572 (Full fee paying)

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Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care

Duration: 1 year

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2GD038 (Commonwealth supported)
2GD538 (Full fee paying)

Annual indicative fees (2023):
$8,649 (Commonwealth supported)
$27,144 (Full fee paying)

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Master of Palliative Care

Duration: 1.5 years

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2CM050 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM550 (Full fee paying)

Annual indicative fees (2023):
$8,485 (Commonwealth supported)
$27,144 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Courses

Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Duration: 6 months

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Start dates:
March
July

CRICOS code: 072249A

Annual fees:
2023: $19,650

Further information on fees listed

Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care

Duration: 1 year

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Start dates:
March
July

CRICOS code: 051998D

Annual fees:
2023: $39,300

Further information on fees listed

Master of Palliative Care

Duration: 1.5 years

Delivery mode:
In person
Online plus placement/intensive

Start dates:
March
July

CRICOS code: 024776J

Annual fees:
2023: $39,300

Further information on fees listed

Your career

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:

Hospitals
Hospices
Nursing Homes
Community Care

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Palliative Care:
Dying matters

Deliver exceptional services and quality of care for people who are at the end of life, as well as the carers and families beside them.

Learn more about careers in Palliative Care

What you will study

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.

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Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care

Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care

Master of Palliative Care

Entry requirements

Graduate Certificate

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 professional work experience in the health sector or closely related field.

Graduate Diploma

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 professional work experience in the health sector or closely related field; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care from Flinders University or equivalent qualification.

Masters

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, and/or clinical involvement in supporting patients and families with a life-limiting illness; 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.

How to apply

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Check individual course entries on SATAC for information on important dates.

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Entry requirements

Graduate Certificate

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work. Applicants must also have at least one year full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field.

Graduate Diploma

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work.

In addition applicants must have no less than two years full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field.

Masters

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care, must normally hold a bachelor degree or an equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work.

Applicants must also have no less than two years' full-time equivalent clinical involvement in Palliative Care and/or clinical involvement in supporting patients and families with a life-limiting illness.

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