The Remote Health Practice Postgraduate Award Program allows progression from Graduate Certificate through to Masters level. Specific streams include: Nursing, Allied Health, Management and Ageing and Disability.
The Management stream aims to meet the higher education needs of health professionals in Management roles who work in remote areas or who have an interest in joining the remote health workforce.
Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice
4 Topics (18 units)
Core Topics
- Context of Remote and Indigenous Health (4.5 units) *
- Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)
* includes compulsory intensive workshop in the Northern Territory
Plus 2 Management Elective Topics including:
- Remote Health Services: Management in Practice
- Remote Health Services: Strategic Management
Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice
8 Topics (36 units)
Additional Core Topics
- Ethics, Power and Practice
- Research and Evidence Based Decision Making
- Public Health Principles for Remote and Indigenous Practice
Plus 1 Elective Topic
Master of Remote and Indigenous Health
12 Topics (54 units)
Additional Core Topics
- Remote Health Services: Strategic Management
- Research and Evaluation for Remote and Indigenous Health
- Remote and Indigenous Research Project
Plus 1 Elective Topic
Elective Topics could include:
- Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice
- Project Management
- Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care
- Recognising and Responding to Dementia in Indigenous Communities #
- Working with People with Disability in Remote and Indigenous Communities #
# includes optional intensive workshop in the Northern Territory
Further Information
For detailed information on the program of study see: www.flinders.edu.au/courses/postgrad/rhp/rhp_home.cfm
