The Graduate Diploma in Chronic Condition Management is a 36-unit program which is offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health. The program is normally undertaken in two semesters full-time or six semesters part-time.
The course articulates with the Graduate Certificate in Chronic Condition Management .
Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Chronic Condition Management normally are awarded credit of 18 units of topics toward the Graduate Diploma.
Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Chronic Condition Management must normally hold an approved degree from an approved tertiary institution or equivalent qualification in a health-related field such as allied health, medicine or nursing.
The Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
The overall aims of the program are to:
At the completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Chronic Condition Management, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P, NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study.
Except with permission of the Dean (Education):
The award of a grade Fail (F) in 9 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Review of Student Progress.
27 units comprising:
MHSC8111 Managing Chronic Conditions - Self-Management Support Approaches (4.5 units)
MHSC8112 Implementing Change in Healthcare Systems Supporting Chronic Condition Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8114 The Persons Experience of Self-Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8115A Chronic Conditions Management for Specific Conditions, Contexts or Populations A (4.5 units)
MHSC8116 Client-Centred Health Behaviour Change (4.5 units)
PHCA9501 Social Determinants of Health and Wellbeing (4.5 units)
Plus 9 units of option topics from the following list:
MHSC8113 Education and Training for Chronic Conditions Self-Management (4.5 units)
MHSC8034 Motivational Interviewing (4.5 units)
MHSC9025 Understanding and Implementing Evidence-based Practice (9 units)
Or by negotiation with the Course Coordinator, a student may select relevant elective topic/s from other existing postgraduate programs where pre-requisites are met including: Primary Health, Health Promotion, Disability Studies, General Practice and Community Nursing, Clinical Rehabilitation, Health Administration, Remote Health.
Examples are listed below:
DSRS9057 Introduction to Disability Theory and Professional Practice (4.5 units)
DSRS9069 Mental Health, Disability and Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
DSRS9065 Perspectives on Ageing and Disability (4.5 units)
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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