The
Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Science (PGDipMedSc) 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.
Students who have completed the requirements for the
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Science (or its equivalent) may apply to credit completed courses towards this programme.
This specialisation is offered by the
School of Population Health and is offered in
Distance or block learning format.
Students are required to enrol in, and complete, the following courses:
90 points from:
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POPLHLTH 746 - Ethics, Culture and Societal Approaches to Death (15 Points)
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POPLHLTH 747 - Loss, Grief and Bereavement (15 Points)
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POPLPRAC 701 - Therapeutic Communication (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)
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POPLPRAC 722 - Foundations of Clinical Symptom Management in Palliative Care (15
Points)
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POPLPRAC 723 - Clinical Symptom Management in Palliative Care 2 (15 Points)
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POPLPRAC 724 - Child and Adolescent Palliative Care (15 Points)
and 15 points from:
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POPLHLTH 701 - Research Methods in Health (15 Points)
and 15 points from courses listed in the Master
of Medical Science schedule.
To ensure you enrol on time, please go to our postgraduate study section and
follow our
Step-by-step guide to enrolment.
Regulations
Detailed information on admission criteria, programme structure and content, and
the schedule of courses can be found in the
University Calendar regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma
in Medical Science.
These should also be read in conjunction with the University's
General Regulations - Postgraduate Diplomas.
Further study options
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