Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice

James Cook University

About

JCU’s Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice provides Allied Health professionals with a pathway for advancing their academic and clinical expertise in a wide range of community and clinical settings.JCU Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice graduates are equipped with specialist, sought-after skills that allow them to work effectively in rural and remote communities.You could find employment in the allied health industry, particularly in rural, remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.Graduates advance their careers as nutritionists/dieticians, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, radiographers, social workers or speech pathologists.

Structure

CORE SUBJECTS

OT5200:03 Advanced Practice Within the Rural and Remote Context

NS5342:03 Principles of Education for the Health Professional

Plus

Select 6 credit points from List 1

Plus

Select one of the Options listed below

List 1

HLN707:03 Research Methods in Health (QUT)

NS5341:03 Business and Finance for the Health Manager

RH5200:03 Rehabilitation Research and Evidence Based Practice

TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health

TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programs or PUN017:03 Health Planning and Evaluation (QUT)

Options

Option A – Credentialed Diabetes Educator

HS5381:03 Health Education and Self Management

NS5380:03 Foundations of Clinical Diabetes

NS5382:03 Applied Clinical Diabetes Education

NS5383:03 Diabetes Education Professional Practice

Option B – Dietetics

Select 9 credit points from List 2

Plus

Select 3 credit points from List 2 or List 3

Option C – Occupational Therapy

Select 9 credit points from List 4

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Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 4

Option D – Pharmacy

Select 9 credit points from List 5 or outbound cross institutional study subject/s as approved by the Course Coordinator

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Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 5

Option E – Physiotherapy

Select 9 credit points from List 6

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Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 6

Option F – Podiatry

Select 9 credit points from List 7

Plus

Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 7

Option G – Podiatry Prescribing

CSN500:06 Podiatric Therapeutics 1 (QUT)

CSN501:06 Podiatric Therapeutics 2 (QUT)

Option H – Speech Pathology

Select 9 credit points from List 8

Plus

Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 8

Option I – Psychology

Select 9 credit points from List 3

Plus

Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 9

Option J –Social Work

Select 9 credit points from List 3

Plus

Select 3 credit points from List 3 or List 9

List 2

HS5381:03 Health Education and Self Management

NS5367:03 Advanced Topics in Dietetics Practice

NS5380:03 Foundations of Clinical Diabetes

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

List 3

HLN707:03 Research Methods in Health (QUT)

NS5341:03 Business and Finance for the Health Manager

PS5109:03 Ergonomics

RH5200:03 Rehabilitation Research and Evidence Based Practice

TM5513:03 Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy or PUN210:03 Contemporary Health Management (QUT)

TM5516:03 Biostatistics for Public Health

TM5528:03 Health Promotion

TM5541:03 Managing Effective Health Programsor or PUN017:03 Health Planning and Evaluation (QUT)

List 4

HS5111:03 Alcohol and Other Drugs

HS5112:03 Trauma and Crisis Management

OT5005:03 Advanced Topics in Clinical Practice

OT5201:03 Advanced Mental Health Practice

OT5202:03 Cultural Competency Principles in Australian Healthcare Practice

RH5201:03 Rehabilitation for Disability Across the Lifespan

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

RH5206:03 Assistive Technology Strategies to Enable Personal Autonomy

List 5

NS5380:03 Foundations of Clinical Diabetes

PC5520:03 Pharmaceutical Public Health – Pharmacovigilance

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

List 6

PS5101:03 Clinical Expert Updates for Physiotherapy

PS5108:03 Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice

RH5201:03 Rehabilitation for Disability Across the Lifespan

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

List 7

HS5381:03 Health Education and Self Management

NS5380:03 Foundations of Clinical Diabetes

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

RH5800:03 Advanced Topics in Podiatric Practice

List 8

RH5201:03 Rehabilitation for Disability Across the Lifespan

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

SL5200:03 Advanced Practice in Dysphagia

SL5201:03 Advanced Practice in Adult Speech Pathology

SL5202:03 Advanced Practice in Paediatric Speech Pathology

List 9

HS5102:03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals

HS5111:03 Alcohol and Other Drugs

HS5112:03 Trauma and Crisis Management

OT5201:03 Advanced Mental Health Practice

RH5201:03 Rehabilitation for Disability Across the Lifespan

RH5202:03 Rehabilitation for Chronic Conditions or HLN004:03 Chronic Conditions Prevention and Management (QUT)

RH5205:03 Palliative Care for Health Professionals

Entry requirements

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Course pre-requisites Completion of an AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline, from this or another university, more than two years prior to admission.
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 JCU Admissions Policy.
Additional selection requirements Information published by JCU 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 JCU in the application process may be used by JCU to rank applicants in order of merit by reference to those additional criteria.

Learning outcomes

Students can undertake a range of subjects that allow them to deliver rural and remote health services effectively and confidently in low resource settings. You will gain leadership, research and patient management skills in rural generalist professional practice to respond to diverse healthcare needs.

For entry to this course, Australian practitioners need to have achieved a health-related Bachelor degree and have at least two years’ professional experience in one of the following Allied Health practice fields: Nutrition/Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry, Psychology, Radiography, Social Work or Speech Pathology.

View the Handbook for a detailed overview of available subjects. The full-time and part-time study planners also provide more information to assist in planning your enrolment in the Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice.

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