| Course affiliated with (name of Organization/University) | The University of Technology Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| State | NSW |
| City | Ultimo |
| Address | 15 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia |
| The program leads an official or formal degree? | Yes |
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| Frequency | Once per year |
| Length | 2 years |
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| Cost of full tuition and fees | Same rate/cost for all |
| Director | Asst. Prof. Michelle DiGiacomo, Director of Studies of Palliative Care Programs |
| Website | https://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/find-a-course/graduate-diploma-palliative-care |
| Contact name | Asst. Prof. Michelle DiGiacomo, Director of Studies of Palliative Care Programs |
| Learning objectives 1 | To develop person-centred care , communication and inter-professional collaboration skills to ensure highest quality palliative care across all populations,settings and systems. |
| Learning objectives 2 | To provide effective, creative and responsive leadership skills that promotes optimal palliative care. |
| Learning objectives 3 | These course features ensure that graduates are practice-ready, able to work in dynamic and changeable healthcare environments, and prepared to make significant contributions to positive patient outcomes. |
| Description | The Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care is designed for registered health professionals with substantial clinical, policy or educational health experience who are looking to extend their palliative care capabilities to become future palliative care experts in their field. The course is ideally suited to health professionals who envisage a future in palliative care and are committed to driving international, national and local palliative carer reforms designed to improve patients' and families' end-of-life care experiences. The interdisciplinary course is nested with the Master of Palliative Care (C04365) and equips health professionals with the necessary clinical capabilities to assess and manage within their scope of practice palliative care patients' and families' complex needs. Bringing together the nursing, medical and allied health disciplines, this course focuses on the effective management of interdisciplinary care in the context of prescribing and referral practices, diagnostic investigations and developing comprehensive treatment plans. Career options include working in palliative care policy at a state or national level, and providing palliative care in a variety of clinical areas such as emergency, critical care, surgical and medical specialties, community-based care, mental health, specialist palliative care, paediatrics, aged care, chronic disease management and primary health care. |
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