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Total subjects
4
Price
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$7,860
Study method
100% Online
Assessments
100% online
Credit available
Yes
Applications Close
- 16 Jul 23
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Degree structure
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Degree details
At the completion of this degree students will be able to:
- Display safe, caring, respectful, responsive, and therapeutic relationships with older people during health and illness across a range of healthcare contexts.
- Appraise all available information to make timely, person-centred, evidence based decisions to achieve agreed health goals for older persons.
- Create effective and collaborative interdisciplinary relationships to facilitate implementation of holistic safe health care.
- Design, implement, and appraise health care for older people that ensures quality, safety, and cultural responsiveness.
- Adapt to working in complex health environments whilst always acting within appropriate professional, ethical, and legal frameworks.
As a graduate of Gerontological Healthcare, you’ll fulfil the need for skilled healthcare professionals with an understanding of gerontological issues and complex needs of older people. You may provide comprehensive health care in acute, community or residential settings and assist older people to navigate life transitions in either the private or aged care sectors. Career options may include:
- Clinical Nurse
- Nurse Unit Manager
- Clinical Care Manager
- Physiotherapist – aged care or community
- Social Worker – aged care or community
- Occupational Therapist – aged care or community
- Facility manager
Higher education
A recognised Bachelor Degree (AQF Level 7) or equivalent in a health-related discipline.
Work and Life
Preparation for the course through previous study or professional experiences will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
English Proficiency Requirements
Equivalent of an Academic IELTS overall score of 6.0 with no band less than 6.0.
Special requirements
- Access to adequate library resources and to the Internet is essential for external students.
- Proof of citizenship is not required for admission; however, it is required for access to Higher Education Loan Programs (HELP). Please upload a scanned copy of your birth certificate or Australian passport or citizenship certificate along with your application.
Find out if you are eligible and apply at https://www.murdoch.edu.au/study/courses/undergraduate-courses/recognition-of-prior-learning.
The Graduate Certificate in Gerontological Healthcare is designed to reach the healthcare professional who wishes to develop specialist skills in the care of older adults and expand their career pathway in a range of health care settings. The course will aim to develop excellence in contemporary older person’s healthcare care to meet the professional development needs of graduates interested in ageing studies and evidence-based approaches to practice and policy development.
Recommended Study Pattern
All four core subjects can be studied in any order.
Award Requirements
To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate of Gerontological Healthcare students must complete the following four (4) core subjects:
- SHP501 Safety and Quality in Health Care
- SHP502 Contemporary Issues in Ageing
- SHP503 Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Neurocognitive Disorders
- SHP504 Chronic Disease Management and End of Life Care
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