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Handbook year

2022

Course code

122106

Course type

Graduate Diploma (AQF Level 8)

Owner

Division of Tropical Health and Medicine

College

Medicine and Dentistry

Pre-requisites

Completion of at least an AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a health discipline from this or another University.

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 ʯÁñÊÓƵ Admissions Policy.

Additional selection
requirements

Information published by ʯÁñÊÓƵ or otherwise made available to students when applying, may specify additional criteria to be considered in ranking applicants in order of merit if the number of applications exceeds a quota or other limit on the places made available for the course.  Information provided by applicants during the application process and any other information obtained by ʯÁñÊÓƵ in the application process may be used by ʯÁñÊÓƵ to rank applicants in order of merit by reference to those additional criteria.

Credit points

24 credit points as per course structure

Course learning outcomes

On successful completion of the Graduate Diploma of Lifestyle Medicine, graduates will be able to:

• Acquire and apply specialised knowledge from evidence-based fields to the lifestyle medicine approach (K1)
• Assess and apply cognitive skills to identify, critically investigate, and synthesise solutions to lifestyle-related diseases, including diverse models of care, in a variety of health contexts including tropical, rural, and remote populations and Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives
• Work collaboratively and independently to design, evaluate, analyse and reflect on complex, transdisciplinary ideas and concepts that contribute to professional practice or scholarship with a lifestyle medicine approach
• Communicate theoretical concepts and complex ideas underpinning the lifestyle medicine approach to a variety of audiences, using high level oral and written English language and, where appropriate, numeracy skills
• Make high level, independent, and ethical judgements to implement and evaluate positive lifestyle behaviour changes as foundational to professional practice in healthcare, with personal as well as team responsibility and accountability
• Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to analyse and undertake a piece of scholarship and critically reflect on implications of findings for clinical practice in lifestyle medicine

COURSE AVAILABLE AT

NOTES

External

Expected time to complete

2 years part-time

Maximum time to complete

3 years

Maximum leave of absence

1 year

Please refer to the Coursework Enrolment Procedure

Course progression
requisites

Nil

Course includes mandatory professional placement(s)

No

Course includes mandatory fieldwork

No

Special assessment
requirements

Nil

Professional accreditation
requirements

Nil

Supplementary exam for
final subject

Not applicable

Eligibility

Students may apply for credit for previous tertiary study in accordance with the Credit Transfer Procedure

Maximum allowed

6 credit points except where a student transfers from one ʯÁñÊÓƵ 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 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 title

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE

Approved abbreviation

GDipLifeStyleMed

Exit with lesser award

Students who exit the course prior to completion, and have completed the appropriate subjects, may be eligible to receive a Graduate Certificate of Lifestyle Medicine offered by the Division of Tropical Health and Medicine.

Course articulation

Students who complete this course are eligible for entry to the Master of Lifestyle Medicine, and may be granted credit for all subjects completed under this course

Special awards

Not applicable