Remote Health Practice

The Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice is an 18-unit program which is offered by the College of Medicine and Public Health.

The program is only available on a part-time basis.The course articulates with the Graduate Diploma in Remote Health Practice and the Master of Remote and Indigenous Health and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the three awards.Students in the programs undertake two core topics and are then able to select a specialty stream in either Ageing and Disability, Allied Health, Management, Medical or Nursing.The program was developed in collaboration with the Council of Remote Area Nurses and is offered on an external basis through the Centre for Remote Health in Alice Springs.

To qualify for The Graduate Certificate in Remote Health Practice, a student must complete 18 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study

Core - Year 1 topics

9 units comprising: REMH8001 Context of Remote & Indigenous Health (4.5 units) REMH8002 Remote & Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units)

Plus

Option - Year 1 topics

9 units from:

REMH8003 Fundamentals of Remote Allied Health Practice (4.5 units) REMH8004 Remote and Indigenous Family Medicine (4.5 units) REMH8005 Remote and Indigenous Complex Chronic Disease (4.5 units) REMH8006 Remote Advanced Nursing Practice & Pharmacotherapeutics 1A (4.5 units) REMH8012 Project Management (4.5 units) REMH8013 Public Health Principles for Remote & Indigenous practice (4.5 units) REMH8014 Ethics, Power and Practice (4.5 units) REMH8015 Research and Evidence Based Decision Making (4.5 units) REMH8016 Remote Health Services Management in Practice (4.5 units) REMH8021 Chronic Disease in Remote and Indigenous Primary Health Care (4.5 units) REMH8025 Recognising and Responding to Dementia in Indigenous Communities (4.5 units) REMH8026 Working with People with Disability in Remote and Indigenous Communities (4.5 units) REMH9017 Remote Health Services: Strategic Management (4.5 units) PHCA9504 Critical Practice in Indigenous Health (4.5 units) PHCA9507 Health Promotion in Public Health (4.5 units)

Other topics may be selected from other programs within Flinders University and from other universities with approval of the Course Coordinator.

Except with permission of the Dean (Education) no topic may be attempted more than twice. The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 9 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University Policy on Student Progress.

Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution in a health related field.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

At the completion of the course students are expected to be able to:

• review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of specialised knowledge in the context of primary health care, Indigenous contexts, and the social determinants
• review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge to engage with community to identify local solutions to complex problems within a framework of cultural safety and Primary Health Care
• apply knowledge and skills with initiative and judgement related to diverse cultural and linguistic contexts of remote and Indigenous primary health care practice, locally and internationally