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 (2022):
$8,212 (Commonwealth supported)
$13,176 (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 (2022):
$8,039 (Commonwealth supported)
$26,352 (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 (2022):
$7,866 (Commonwealth supported)
$26,352 (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:
2022: $18,750
Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care
Duration: 1 year
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 051998D
Annual fees:
2022: $37,500
Master of Palliative Care
Duration: 1.5 years
Delivery mode:
On campus
External
Start dates:
March
July
CRICOS code: 024776J
Annual fees:
2022: $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:
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.
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 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.
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.
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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