Study Disaster Health Care Online

Online Master of Disaster Health Care

Study Disaster Health Care online at Flinders University -- the first program in South Australia to provide health care professionals an operational focus to disaster response at a tertiary level.

Our online Master of Disaster Health Care program is designed for people working across any area of allied health, such as nursing, medicine and paramedicine.

We will provide you with the opportunity to deepen your specialised and advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in disaster management and response.

You will learn to apply these in a range of situations and to contribute to the current and future development of disaster health care and disaster responses.

Our Disaster Health Care program is driven through our strong partnerships with the Torrens Resilience Institute and the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre.

Course information

In our Masters program, you can choose your own adventure through our coursework or research pathways:

Master of Disaster Health Care (Coursework)

Don’t want to commit to a full master’s program? Flexible exit points exist at Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma levels:

Graduate Certificate in Disaster Health Care

Graduate Diploma in Disaster Health Care

Applications for 2020 open on 5 August 2019

Applications for online postgraduate courses at Flinders are made through the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Applications open on 5 August 2019.

How to apply

Apply via SATAC

Complete your online Masters degree in 18 months

Within 18 months of full-time study, this course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to:

perform advanced disaster management and response roles that apply to Australia’s disaster response in national and international settings;
demonstrate excellence and leadership in their practice, taking into account the nature of interdisciplinary professional practice;
influence and improve the nature and quality of disaster health care management and response using best available research evidence combined with professional practice knowledge from a variety of disaster settings;
conduct and critique research into selected areas of disaster response; and
extend and consolidate your understanding of the health impacts of disasters and healthcare management across the disaster continuum including preparedness, response and recovery.

The online Master of Disaster Health Care will prepare you for career opportunities in disaster management and response including disaster medical assistance teams, humanitarian deployment and disaster management and training in the local, national and international arenas.

Hear from our students

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This well developed course gave me the skills to effectively plan disaster responses. Since graduating I have had the opportunity to be involved in Sexual and Reproductive Health in Humanitarian Crisis training with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFAT), and am currently assisting the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) in recognising how this can be implemented as part of our humanitarian response.

Entry requirements

To study a postgraduate Disaster Health Care course, you’ll need to hold an approved bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in a health profession, and have at least two years of subsequent professional experience in the health care sector.

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