Palliative and end-of-life care 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:
*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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Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Duration: 6 months
Delivery mode:
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2GC099 (Commonwealth supported)
2GC599 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees:
$4,655 (2025, Commonwealth supported)
$14,000 (2024, Full fee paying)
Apply via SATAC
(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place
(FFP): Full fee paying
Graduate Diploma in Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Duration: 1 year
Delivery mode:
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2GD038 (Commonwealth supported)
2GD538 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees:
$9,311 (2025, Commonwealth supported)
$14,000 (2024, Full fee paying)
Apply via SATAC
(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place
(FFP): Full fee paying
Master of Palliative and End-of-Life Care
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
Online
Location:
Bedford Park
Availability:
Full-time
Part-time
Start dates:
March
July
SATAC code:
2CM050 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM550 (Full fee paying)
Annual indicative fees:
$9,577 (2025, Commonwealth supported)
$28,000 (2024, Full fee paying)
Apply via SATAC
(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place
(FFP): Full fee paying
The postgraduate program is not available to international students.
Continue to explore course options at Flinders University or send us an enquiry.
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 a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, and must have a minimum of one year full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field by the commencement date of the course.
Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, as well as a minimum of two years' full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field by the commencement date of the course; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care or equivalent qualification.
Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, and have a minimum of two years' full-time equivalent clinical involvement in palliative care and/or supporting patients and families with a life-limiting illness by the commencement date of the course; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, the Graduate Diploma in Palliative and End-of-Life Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care.
Select your preferred course.
Check entry requirements.
Check individual course entries on SATAC for information on important dates.
Apply online at SATAC.
Flinders students can apply to transfer to this course internally. Visit: www.flinders.edu.au/internaltransfer for more information.
Select your preferred course and apply directly through the MySATAC application portal.
(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place
(FFP): Full fee paying
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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