Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education
Information valid for students commencing in 2020.
Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education
Handbook year | 2020 |
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 | 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 石榴视频 Admissions Policy. |
Additional entry requirements | Submit 石榴视频 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 | 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. Students must attend a 3-day residential, as part of NS5382 Applied Diabetes Education, to acquire and demonstrate core skills relevant to preparation for clinical placement and Diabetes Education practice. |
Course learning outcomes | Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education at 石榴视频 will be able to:
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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
:03 Health Education and Self Management
:03 Foundations of Clinical Diabetes
03 Applied Clinical Diabetes Education
:03 Diabetes Education Professional Practice
Campus
COURSE AVAILABLE AT | NOTES |
Cairns | NS5382 Applied Clinical Diabetes Education requires on campus attendance. |
Candidature
Expected time to complete | 8 months part-time |
Maximum time to complete | 3 years |
Maximum leave of absence | 1 year |
Progression
Course progression | 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 Procedure: Coursework Enrolment Procedure. |
Special assessment | At the discretion of the College Dean, students may be required to undertake a prescribed English language test to ensure that they have an acceptable level of English language proficiency, including at least at the level required to be admitted to the course, to safely participate in professional experience placements. 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 | 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 | Nil |
Supplementary exam for | Not applicable |
Credit
Eligibility | Students may apply for a credit transfer for previous tertiary study or informal and non-formal learning in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure. |
Maximum allowed | 6 credit points except where a student transfers from one 石榴视频 award to another, then Credit may be granted for more than two-thirds of the new award, where there is subject equivalence between the awards. |
Currency | Credit will be granted only for subjects completed in the last 5 years prior to the commencement of this course. |
Expiry | Credit gained for any subject shall be cancelled 8 years after the date of the examination upon which the credit 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 | Not applicable - this course does not have majors |
Exit with lesser award | Not applicable |
Course articulation | Nil |