The Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice and the Master of Remote Health Practice and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.
Students in the programs undertake a range of core topics and are then able to select a specialty stream in either Nursing, Medical or Management. Students who have completed the graduate certificate are normally awarded credit for 18 units of topics towards the graduate diploma.
The program was developed in collaboration with the Council of Remote Area Nurses and all three courses are offered on an external basis through the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.
Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Health (Remote Health Practice) must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution and have had not less than two years#39; experience as a practising health professional in a remote 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 Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice is designed for health professionals experienced in working within remote and Indigenous contexts to advance their knowledge of the discipline of Remote Health.
It aims to extend their current knowledge across three major content areas that underpin practice within the discipline of Remote Health locally, nationally and internationally.
These content areas are:
At the completion of the course students are expected to be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
REMH8001 Context of Remote & Indigenous Health (4.5 units)
REMH8002 Remote & Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8013 Public Health Principles for Remote & Indigenous Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8014 Ethics Power and Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8015 Research and Evidence Based Decision Making (4.5 units)
Plus one of the following specialty streams OR 13.5 units of elective topics.
REMH8016 Foundations of Remote Health Management; People, Planning and Money (4.5 units)
REMH8017 Remote Health Services: Organisation, Resources and Workforce (4.5 units)
REMH8018 Remote Health Management; Policy and Leadership (4.5 units)
REMH8004 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 1 (4.5 units)
REMH8005 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 2 (4.5 units)
Plus one 4.5 unit elective topic.
REMH8006 Remote Advanced Nursing Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics 1A (4.5 units)
REMH8007 Remote Advanced Nursing & Family Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8021 Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8003 Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8004 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 1 (4.5 units)
REMH8005 Remote Medical & Indigenous Health Practice 2 (4.5 units)
REMH8008 Remote Child Protection Practice 1 (4.5 units)
REMH8009 Remote Child Protection Practice 2 (4.5 units)
REMH8010 Remote & Indigenous Individual Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8011 Remote Pharmacy in Practice (4.5 units)
REMH8012 Project Management (4.5 units)
REMH8019 Health Economics (4.5 units)
REMH8020 Remote & Indigenous Health Promotion (4.5 units)
REMH8021 Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
REMH8023A Remote & Indigenous Research Dissertation (4.5 units)
REMH8025 Recognising and Responding to Dementia in Indigenous Communities (4.5 units)
REMH8026 Working with People with Disability in Remote and Indigenous Communities (4.5 units)
Other topics may be selected from other programs within Flinders University and from other universities in consultation with the course coordinator.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board:
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.
CRICOS Provider: 00114A | Updated: 19 Jul, 2010