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Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies | 2018
Testamur Title of Degree: | Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies |
Abbreviation: | GCertG&RStud |
UOW Course Code: | 1165 |
CRICOS Code: | N/A |
Total Credit Points: | 24 |
Duration: | 1 year part-time |
Home Faculty: | Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health |
Intake Session(s): | Autumn/Spring |
Delivery Mode: | On Campus or Distance* (Distance includes optional “value-add” face-to-face workshop days) |
Delivery Campus: | Wollongong |
Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies is a clinically-based program that prepares practitioners for advanced professional practice in the specialist field of aged care and rehabilitation services.
Graduates are able to critically review the health and wellbeing of older people, review social policy in aged care from a national and international perspective, and demonstrate facilitation and advocacy skills to work with users, carers and colleagues in the health, social care and voluntary sectors.
Entry Requirements and Credit Arrangements
Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation Studies will be able to:
- Develop specialised person centred care knowledge for working with older people and their families, in particular with rehabilitation needs.
- Apply person centred care knowledge of aged care and rehabilitation practices within interprofessional healthcare.
- Demonstrate skills in critically reviewing, analysing and synthesising evidence to identify and solve complex problems.
- Exercise critical thinking and evaluation to develop new understanding.
- Communicating knowledge and ideas about theoretical concepts related to aged and rehabilitation practices to a range of audiences.
- Demonstrate independent judgements across a range of aged care and rehabilitation practice related functions and contexts.
- Initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within the aged care and rehabilitation practice context.
- Develop a work-based portfolio of evidence to demonstrate how learning gained addressed the constructs of the Person Centred Framework.
Course Structure
To qualify for award of the degree, the Graduate Certificate in Gerontology and Rehabilitation, a candidate must successfully complete at least 24 credit points in accordance with the table below.
| Subject Code | Subject Name | Credit Points | Session(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| SNPG955 | Dementia Care Across Settings | 6 | Autumn |
| SNPG956 | Policy and Practice in the Care of Older People | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| SNPG950 | Reflection For Practice | 6 | Autumn, Spring |
| SNPG957 | Rehabilitation: Concepts and Practice | 6 | Spring |
Please click the subject codes in the above table for information on sessions of offer for each subject at different locations. For information regarding timetables, tutorials, and classes please the visit the Timetables and Classes page.
Other Information
For further information please email: smah-students@uow.edu.au