The courses in palliative care in aged care at Flinders have been developed to provide practitioners from backgrounds in gerontology, aged care or palliative care with education in the specialty area of palliative care in aged care. The teaching and learning focuses primarily on helping you change your practice in light of new insights and evidence.
Topic assignments may be related to work place issues and problems. Palliative and Supportive Services at Flinders University provides distance courses that give professionals from any health discipline the opportunity to deepen the knowledge base upon which their practice is grounded.
The courses provide:
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Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged 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:
2GD039 (Commonwealth supported)
2GD539 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2019):
$8,421 (Commonwealth supported)
$24,480 (Full fee paying)
Master of Palliative Care in Aged 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:
2CM051 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM551 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees (2019):
$8,448 (Commonwealth supported)
$24,565 (Full fee paying)
Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care
Duration: 1 year
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 072485M
Annual fees:
2019: $34,200
2020: $36,000
Master of Palliative Care in Aged Care
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 072486K
Annual fees:
2019: $34,200
2020: $36,000
Palliative care in aged care is growing at local and national levels within multiple health care settings including hospitals, nursing homes, community care and hospices. These courses are designed to provide professional development, planning and delivery of palliative care services to older people in a range of aged care settings. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, and aged care settings to palliative care units and hospice care.
Potential employers include:
The masters is designed to enable practitioners to select a series of topics built on core materials that will assist them to address particular needs within their discipline and clinical setting. Topics cover areas such as introduction to social gerontology, communication at the end of life, understanding literature for evidence-based practice, palliative care in aged care settings, introduction to clinical gerontology, psychological dimensions of ageing, healthy ageing (mental health), medication and ageing, best practice in dementia care, and design and ethics in research with vulnerable populations.
Applicants for the graduate certificate must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants for the graduate diploma must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants must normally hold either an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and a minimum of two years’ professional experience in the health sector.
Applicants for the graduate certificate must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants for the graduate diploma must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
Applicants must normally hold either an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution, and a minimum of two years’ professional experience in the health sector.
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