Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation

Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation provides evidence based studies for health professionals including registered physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses and other allied health professionals who seek to extend...

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Diploma

Duration

1 year full-time

Course Code

086189D

About this course

The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation provides evidence based studies for health professionals including registered physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses and other allied health professionals who seek to extend knowledge and skills in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation for promotion and professional recognition, or return to the workforce. This program enables articulation to the Master of Rehabilitation (Discipline).

The course builds on the health inquiry unit and units related to clinical reasoning, advanced studies in chronic disease and disability and inter-professional practice and delivers case-based, on-line studies of aged and neurological disorders for holistic management and participation, along with research methodologies to plan a work-based project and a discipline specific practicum.

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation should be able to:

Demonstrate advanced rehabilitation clinical knowledge and skill required in interprofessional rehabilitation settings
Synthesise and evaluate complex clinical information, problems, concepts and theories related to challenges within rehabilitation settings which is informed by evidence based practice;
Apply effective ethical clinical leadership using advanced clinical judgement and decision-making to healthcare challenges within rehabilitation settings.

The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation provides evidence based studies for health professionals including registered physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses and other allied health professionals who seek to extend knowledge and skills in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation for promotion and professional recognition, or return to the workforce. This program enables articulation to the Master of Rehabilitation (Discipline).

The course builds on the health inquiry unit and units related to clinical reasoning, advanced studies in chronic disease and disability and inter-professional practice and delivers case-based, on-line studies of aged and neurological disorders for holistic management and participation, along with research methodologies to plan a work-based project and a discipline specific practicum.

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation should be able to:

Demonstrate advanced rehabilitation clinical knowledge and skill required in interprofessional rehabilitation settings
Synthesise and evaluate complex clinical information, problems, concepts and theories related to challenges within rehabilitation settings which is informed by evidence based practice;
Apply effective ethical clinical leadership using advanced clinical judgement and decision-making to healthcare challenges within rehabilitation settings.

Entry requirements

An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

Have completed either:
1. A Bachelor degree from an accredited 3-year program in a Health Discipline or equivalent to enter the non-discipline pathway with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale; OR
2. A Bachelor degree from an accredited 4-year program in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology or equivalent to enter the (Discipline) pathway, with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale; OR
3. ACU Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Certificate or equivalent to enter the Non-discipline) pathway
Have a minimum of two years clinical experience in the appropriate discipline.
Be employed in the field unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator.
Demonstrate suitability to undertake the course:
1. For the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy disciplines, applicants must hold current registration with the discipline specific National Allied Health Registration Board or required Authority in Australia, or Registration Authority in country of current practice,
2. For the Speech Pathology discipline, applicants must have obtained and maintain eligibility to practice and membership with Speech Pathology Australia, or Registration Authority in country of current practice.

NOTE: Applicants having completed an ACU Graduate Certificate will be eligible for recognition of prior learning of 40 credit points.

* Disclaimer: The Course entry requirements above are for 2020 Admission.

Study locations

Sydney

North Sydney

Melbourne

Brisbane

Career pathways

Graduates will be able to apply theory and practice learned in a range of health provider settings including but not limited to:

Public Health Care provider in acute wards and rehabilitation settings
Private Health Care provider in acute wards and rehabilitation settings
Private Practice in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation
Aged care Health services
Transition care community rehabilitation and long term care settings
State, Federal and local government in policy development or implementation
Health Carer groups
Health Care based research.

Roles may include:

Clinician
Case worker
Team Leader
Researcher

Australian Catholic University (ACU)