C11115v4 Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management
Award(s): Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management (GradCertDiabEdM)UAC code: 942845 (Autumn semester), 942890 (distance) (Autumn semester)
CRICOS code: 037128A
Load credit points: 24
Course EFTSL: 0.5
Location: City campus
Note(s)
This course is not offered to international students.
Overview
Career options
Admission requirements
Course duration and attendance
Course structure
Course completion requirements
Professional recognition
Other information
Overview
This course is offered in conjunction with UTS: Education. It develops appropriately qualified students for work as health professionals in the area of diabetes education and management.
Students have strong involvement with academics and clinicians from major teaching hospitals, diabetes centres and Diabetes Australia-NSW or Diabetes Australia-Queensland.
Career options
Career options include diabetes educators and managers in a variety of settings.
Admission requirements
Applicants must have an Australian bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification in a health-related field such as nursing, allied health or medicine.
Applicants must also have at least one year's full-time professional employment in their health-related discipline, part of which is in a diabetes-related clinical area.
It is assumed that applicants have a basic knowledge of the practice of diabetes education and management.
Applicants must submit a CV (maximum 3500 words) describing:
- reasons for undertaking a postgraduate course within the faculty
- type of roles undertaken in current and previous employment
- details of current and previous work experience.
CVs can be lodged online at:
Course duration and attendance
This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis. It is studied through four distance education modules, which include two residential workshops in either Sydney or Brisbane.
Course structure
Students must complete a total of 24 credit points of study, comprising two specified nursing subjects and two specified education subjects.
Course completion requirements
| 92934 Clinical Management of Diabetes | 6cp | |
| 92845 Primary Health Care | 6cp | |
| 015356 Learning in Diabetes Education | 6cp | |
| 93006 Clinical Practice (Diabetes) | 6cp | |
| Total | 24cp |
Professional recognition
Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
Upon successful completion of the course the following graduates are eligible for recognition as a credentialled diabetes educator:
- registered nurses
- Divisional 1 nurses (Vic)
- accredited practising dietitians
- medical practitioners
- accredited pharmacists
- registered podiatrists
Other information
Further information is available from the UTS Student Centre on:
Service Desk https://servicedesk.uts.edu.au
www.nmh.uts.edu.au
