Course Level
Graduate Diploma
Graduate Diploma of Rehabilitation
Advance your career as a health professional with specialist knowledge and technical skills in designing, managing and evaluating rehabilitation plans within a variety of health contexts. Maximise your professional expertise and extend your knowledge and skills in rehabilitation. In this one-year, full-time (or equivalent part-time) course, students choose from two streams — coursework or coursework and research — to build specialist knowledge, skills, and technical capability across a range of health contexts. With a focus on tropical, rural, remote and Indigenous communities, you will undertake core subjects and select one of four majors (outlined below). Students enrolling in this course as a pathway to a PhD must complete the coursework/research stream. Graduates may be eligible for credit towards a Master of Rehabilitation.
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
JCU Online | Online/Off-campus - 1 years | $33,907 | N/A |
Designed for
Rural and remote practitioners who require specialist generalist skills including clinical reasoning and evidence-based physiotherapy management for rehabilitation following trauma and for chronic conditions
Structure
24 credit points.
Subjects
- General
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Speech Pathology
Entry requirements
- AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline
- B Physiotherapy, B Occupational Therapy, or B Speech Pathology
Study Pathways
Students who successfully complete this course are eligible for entry to the Master of Rehabilitation.