The Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Science, specialising in Palliative
Care, covers a wide spectrum of topics crucial to caring for people with advanced,
life challenging and end-of-life illness in daily and specialist practice. Some
of these topics are the philosophy of holistic management of care, ethics in end-of-life
decision making, societal attitudes to death and dying, cultural issues in end-of-life
care, assessment and management of symptoms, spirituality, loss, grief and bereavement
and many more topics particular to palliative care.
This specialisation is offered by the School of Population Health and is offered in a
Distance or block learning format.
Students
are required to enrol in, and complete, the following courses.
60 points from:
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POPLHLTH 746 - Ethics, Culture and Societal Approaches to Death (15 Points)
- POPLPRAC 719 - Essentials of Palliative Care (15 Points)
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POPLPRAC 720 - Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care (15 Points)
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POPLPRAC 721 - Reflective Practice in Palliative Care (15 Points)
-
POPLPRAC 722 - Foundations of Clinical Symptom Management in Palliative Care (15
Points)
To ensure you enrol on time, please visit our postgraduate study section and
follow our
Step-by-step guide to enrolment.
Important information
Places on this programme are limited. Priority may be given to applications
received on or before the closing date of 8 December.
Regulations
Detailed information on admission criteria, programme structure and content, and
the schedule of courses can be found in the
the University's Calendar Regulations for the Postgraduate Certificates in
Medical Science.
Further study
For more information please contact:
