ObjectivesThe Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice aims to meet the needs for preparatory education and provides the basis for ongoing and higher education for health professionals to work in remote areas of Australia. Learning outcomes At the completion of the course, students are expected to be able to: * describe the distinct features and definitions of the remote environment including: geographical, sociological, cultural and health differentials; * outline the major influences and policies in Indigenous Australian history and the impact on health status on Indigenous peoples today; * understand the concept of cultural safety and reflect on its relevance to health service delivery; * identify sources of stress associated with remote health practice and plan how to manage them; * define and discuss the concept, history and practice of primary health care and how it could be applied in the remote context.
Entry requirementsApplicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
Academic titleGraduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice
Course descriptionThe Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice is a 18-unit program which is offered by the Faculty of Health Sciences on a Commonwealth Supported basis. The program can normally undertaken in one semester full-time or two semesters part-time. This program replaces the Remote Health Practice specialty stream of the Graduate Certificate in Health.
Note: Full fee-paying places are available on request to students who are in receipt of a scholarship which covers fee-paying student tuition fees only.
The course articulates with the Graduate Diploma 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 two core topics and are then able to select a specialty stream in either Community Based Rehabilitation, Nursing, Medical, Allied Health, Individual Practice or Remote Indigenous Oral Health.
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.
PROGRAM OF STUDY [November, 2008]
To qualify for the Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study:
Core topics
HLTH8201
Context of Remote Health
4.5
HLTH8202
Remote Primary Health Care
4.5
Plus one of the following specialty streams:
COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION
HLTH9014
Community Based Rehabilitation: Primary Health Care for People with Disabilities
6
HLTH9018
Community Based Rehabilitation Practicum
3
NURSING
HLTH8203
Remote Advanced Nursing Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics *
9
MEDICAL
HLTH8204
Remote Medical Practice 1 *
9
ALLIED HEALTH
HLTH8205
Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice
4.5
HLTH8206
Remote Allied Health in Practice
4.5
INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE
HLTH8008
Individual Practice 1 *
9
REMOTE INDIGENOUS ORAL HEALTH
HLTH8017
Remote Indigenous Oral Health Practice 1 *
9
* This topic can be taken in one semester but is also offered in two parts as two 4.5-unit topics. Part A (4.5 units) and Part B (4.5 units) must be undertaken in two consecutive semesters as they are taught and assessed as a continuum.