Course and Subject Handbook 2019

Course and Subject Handbook 2019 Courses Postgraduate Courses Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education

Information valid for students commencing in 2019.

Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education

Handbook year	2019
Course code	113011
Course type	Graduate Certificate (AQF Level 8)
Professional accreditation status	This course is accredited by the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
Division	Division of Tropical Health and Medicine

Award Requirements

Admission Requirements

Course pre-requisites	Completion of an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree (or qualifications recognised by the Division as equivalent) in a relevant clinical based health, allied health or other relevant field, and At least 12 months experience working in their chosen field since undergraduate course completion
Minimum English language proficiency requirements	Applicants of non-English speaking backgrounds must meet the English language proficiency requirements of Band 3a – Schedule II of the ʯ��Ƶ Admissions Policy.
Additional entry requirements	Submit ʯ��Ƶ internal application form and placement support form
Post admission requirements	This course may have specific admission requirements such as immunisation, a Suitability to Work with Children Card, a federal police check and/or other conditions that students must comply with. Students must complete all professional experience placement requirements by the prescribed deadlines and maintain currency of these requirements in order to stay admitted in the course. You will find your course requirements here: /professional-experience-placement/preparation-checklists

Academic Requirements for Course Completion

Credit points

12 credit points

Additional completion
requirements

Students must source and undertake 60 hours of clinical placement as part of the professional practice subject; 40 hours on-site formal clinical placement and 20 hours of professional practice exposure.

Preferably, placement should be completed in one location or clinical facility with one supervisor/Credentialed Diabetes Educator preceptor.

Attendance at one 3 day residential school is a requirement of the course. With the purpose of demonstrating and acquiring core skills relevant in preparation for clinical placement and Diabetes Education practice. This will be held in April every year.

Course learning outcomes

The graduates of ʯ��Ƶ are prepared and equipped to create a brighter future for life in the tropics world-wide.

ʯ��Ƶ graduates are committed to lifelong learning, intellectual development, and to the display of exemplary personal, professional and ethical standards. They have a sense of their place in the tropics and are charged with professional, community and environmental responsibility. ʯ��Ƶ graduates appreciate the need to embrace and be acquainted with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples of Australia. They are committed to reconciliation, diversity and sustainability. They exhibit a willingness to lead and to contribute to the intellectual, environmental, cultural, economic and social challenges of regional, national, and international communities of the tropics.

Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education at ʯ��Ƶ will be able to:

Provide safe, effective, client centred, clinical care and self-management education to people with or at risk of diabetes across the lifespan
Systematically plan, manage and evaluate diabetes services that support an integrated, multidisciplinary team approach to client care, in a range of practice settings including rural, remote, Indigenous and tropical settings
Identify, evaluate and apply established and evolving evidence in the provision of diabetes education and practice including clinical care, education, counselling and program and service development and management
Demonstrate effective leadership and oral and written communication skills in advocating for diabetes prevention, education and care to optimise the health and welfare of individuals and populations
Reflect on current skills, knowledge and attitudes, and plan ongoing personal and professional development.

Inherent Requirements

Inherent Requirements	Inherent requirements are the fundamental abilities, attributes, skills and behaviours needed to complete the learning outcomes of a course while preserving the academic integrity of the university’s learning, assessment and accreditation processes. Students and prospective students must be able to demonstrate that they have acquired or have the ability to acquire the inherent requirements for their degree. For more information refer to Inherent Requirements page.
Reasonable adjustments	Reasonable adjustments may be made to assist students manage additional circumstances impacting on their studies provided these do not change the academic integrity of a degree. Reasonable adjustments do not alter the need to be able to demonstrate the inherent requirements of the course.

Course Structure

CORE SUBJECTS

HS5381:03 Health Promotion for Diabetes

NS5380:03 Clinical Management of Diabetes

NS5382:03 Applied Diabetes Education and Management

NS5383:03 Diabetes Professional Practice

Campus

COURSE AVAILABLE AT	NOTES
Cairns

Candidature

Expected time to complete	1 year part-time
Maximum time to complete	3 years
Maximum leave of absence	1 year

Progression

Course progression requisites	Nil
Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)	Clinical placement/professional practice: This course includes 60 hours of prescribed clinical placements. Students may be required to undertake such placements away from the campus at which they are enrolled, at their own expense. (Note: health professional courses generally involve extensive professional or clinical placements). All students who undertake a course that includes prescribed professional experience placements must be aware of the following University policy: Enrolment Policy – Coursework Students
Special assessment requirements	All students must demonstrate suitability before undertaking professional or clinical placements Refer to Review of a Student’s Suitability to Continue a Course Involving Placement policy.
Professional accreditation requirements	Accreditation of the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education will be sought from the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) for those students who are registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) or a professional body recognised by ADEA (ie. dietitians and exercise physiologists).
Maximum allowed Pass Conceded (PC) grade	Nil
Supplementary exam for final subject	Not applicable

Advanced Standing

Eligibility	Students may apply for advanced standing for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit and Articulation policy and associated procedures.
Maximum allowed	6 credit points except where a student transfers from one ʯ��Ƶ award to another, then advanced standing may be granted for more than two-thirds of the new award, where there is subject equivalence between the awards.
Currency	Advanced standing will be granted only for subjects completed in the last 5 years prior to the commencement of this course.
Expiry	Advanced standing gained for any subject shall be cancelled 8 years after the date of the examination upon which the advanced standing is based if, by then, the student has not completed this course.
Other restrictions	Not applicable

Award Details

Award title	GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF DIABETES EDUCATION
Approved abbreviation	GCertDiabEd
This is a joint degree	No
Inclusion of majors on testamur	Not applicable - this course does not have majors
Exit with lesser award	Not applicable
Course articulation	Students who complete this course may be eligible for entry to the ʯ��Ƶ Graduate Diploma of Nursing, the Master of Nursing or the Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner); and may be granted advanced standing for some subjects completed under this course.

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