Clinical Rehabilitation - Flinders University

Clinical Rehabilitation:
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Upskill your career in health and make a difference to those with musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiac, respiratory or cognitive conditions.

Why upskill in Clinical Rehabilitation?

The ageing population and growing chronic disease epidemic across the world is causing a demand for greater rehabilitation services both nationally and internationally.

As technology improves, people are being diagnosed earlier, and we’re providing more effective treatments, meaning people are living longer with more complex presentations.

Boost your knowledge and your career developing creative interventions and use cutting-edge technology to change the lives of people with a variety of conditions.

Study options

Postgraduate Clinical Rehabilitation

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Why Flinders?

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Ncedo Ludada, Master of Clinical Rehabilitation graduate

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“What stood out for me was the comprehensive, coordinated, and quality education and multi-disciplinary health care service provided by Flinders University and Repatriation Hospital respectively.”

Why study Clinical Rehabilitation at Flinders?

Connect with industry leaders

We are embedded within the Clinical Rehabilitation and Aged Care services at Flinders Medical Centre. This provides excellent professional connections, research opportunities and access to clinically advanced facilities.
We have strong partnerships across the private and public health sectors, including rehabilitation centres across Australia. Through our research, we have projects being undertaken in the northern, central and southern health networks of SA Health.
Our program is one of few nationally and internationally that provides inter-disciplinary education. Our teaching staff are experienced clinicians from a range of disciplines including allied health, medicine, nursing, and bioengineering, providing you a comprehensive learning experience.
You can undertake a clinical placement giving you the chance to build industry connections, further your practical skills and widen your experience in a variety of settings.
Our students often remain connected with us upon completion of their Clinical Rehabilitation degree and we welcome opportunities to continue creative and inventive research with our former students.

Extend your skillset to enhance your clinical practice

You will develop advanced knowledge and skills in clinical rehabilitation.
Specialised areas including neurological, spinal cord injury and musculoskeletal rehabilitation provide you with opportunities for clinical and academic leadership in rehabilitation.

Access to a unique, flexible offering

We offer a largely unique interdisciplinary education for a range of health practitioners either working or wishing to work in clinical rehabilitation both nationally and globally.
Flinders has a range of postgraduate clinical rehabilitation course offerings with on-campus, online, part time and full-time options. We offer short courses for professional development, and our staff can supervise your higher degree by research through the Master of Health and Clinical Research.
We are proactive in identifying areas of contemporary significance for clinicians, addressing the concerns of the Australian and global health sector.
We aim to provide a culturally responsible service and support culturally safe frameworks within our teaching.

Be equipped with knowledge of the latest evidence-based practice

Many of our teaching staff are also highly active researchers, recognised internationally, and members of the Caring Futures Institute, among other research centres.
Our strong research culture allows our staff and students access to the latest research for evidence-based learning.

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Teaching staff

Our incredible teaching and research staff are experts in their professions and well-connected to industry.

Academic Lead – Associate Professor Kim Devery

Associate Professor Kim Devery has worked as a nurse in Africa, USA, UK and Australia across a wide variety of clinical practice settings. Leading the strategic development of the palliative care postgraduate courses, through her teaching Kim guides doctors, nurses and allied health professionals to strengthen their capacity in delivering health care services to patients.

Course Coordinator, Clinical Rehabilitation – Susan Rampling

Susan Rampling BAppSc(OT), MHM, MIPH is an Occupational Therapist, Lecturer in Clinical Rehabilitation, Course Coordinator and Short Course Coordinator for Clinical Rehabilitation, and is the Teaching Program Director for Registered Health Professionals (Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Optometry and Physiotherapy). Susan has worked in a number of clinical settings across the care spectrum as an Occupational Therapist both locally and interstate, and through her Master of International Public Health, completed an internship at the World Health Organisation for the European Region in Denmark. Susan is currently completing her PhD through Flinders University in visual rehabilitation for those with autoimmune optic neuritis. She is a registered Occupational Therapist through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.