The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences.
The course is offered in internal and external mode.
The course is also offered in Singapore, in partnership with the Postgraduate Allied Health Institute, Singapore General Hospital. The program in Singapore is offered part-time in intensive mode. Students are supported before and after intensives via online services.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Rehabilitation and Pathway 1 of the Master of Clinical Rehabilitation, with the sequentially developed topics allowing progression through the three awards.
Students who have completed the graduate certificate normally are awarded credit for 18 units of topics towards the graduate diploma.
Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Rehabilitation must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification and have not less than two years#39; postgraduate experience in a relevant clinical area.
However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The course aims to enable individuals from any health professional background to deepen their knowledge base and skills in a variety of areas of rehabilitation practice.
Specifically, the course aims to:
Students can expect to graduate with the:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board no student may attempt a topic more than twice.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 12 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University#39;s Policy on Student Progress.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
REHB8019 Essential Tools for Rehabilitation Practice (4.5 units)
REHB8020 Principles of Clinical Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
plus 27 units of elective topics from:
REHB8014 Using Virtual Reality and Related Technologies in Neuro-rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8015 Applied Exercise Therapy in Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8023 Psychosocial Aspects of Clinical Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8024 Counselling & Education in Clinical Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8025 Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury (4.5 units)
REHB8026 Early Rehabilitation Following Stroke (4.5 units)
REHB8027 Rehabilitation of Degenerative Neurological Disorders (4.5 units)
REHB8028A Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders A (4.5 units)
REHB8028B Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders B (4.5 units)
REHB8029 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8030 Clinical Rehabilitation Practice (9 units)
REHB8031 Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury (4.5 units)
REHB8032 Rehabilitation Nursing (4.5 units)
REHB8033 Stroke Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
CRICOS Provider: 00114A | Updated: 28 Jul, 2010