Curtin University
Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Studies
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
Gain comprehensive knowledge in diabetes care and education, for a career that will advance the healthcare of people living with diabetes and their families.
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Studies provides a comprehensive program of diabetes study involving a diverse range of inter-professional learning through interaction with peers and contemporary blended learning. The course emphasises the close application of evidence-based theory for health care, which includes physical, biological, psychological and psychosocial issues in diabetes education and care. Graduates are prepared to provide safe, effective and high quality evidence informed diabetes studies, to benefit the health of people living with diabetes, and to advance the profession locally, nationally and globally.
Key facts
What you will study
To complete the Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Studies, you must fulfil 100 credits or four units.
Core units (25 credits each)
- Living with Diabetes
- Understanding Diabetes
- Chronic Condition Self-Management
Options (25 credits each)
Complete one unit from the following options:
- Clinical Workforce Development
- Leadership for the Clinical Context
- Clinical Safety and Quality
- Clinical Management
Entry requirements
Specifically, prospective students must have a health-related degree with a Course Weighted Average of 65% or above and an academic status of Good Standing or be a health professional.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Applications for credit towards a course are assessed on an individual basis. Credit reduces the amount of learning required to complete the course and may be granted for formal education qualifications, non-formal learning from non-award programs of study and informal learning through work experiences. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant local, national and international policies and practice standards in order to synthesise knowledge of interrelationships between local, national and global issues and apply an intersectional analysis to diabetes practice.
- Apply problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills to respond to clinical and professional challenges in diabetes.
- Research, evaluate and synthesise information within and beyond the discipline, which generates sustainable solutions appropriate to diverse contexts.
- Apply appropriate communication and interpersonal skills using a variety of media relevant to the audience and guided by the.
- The ethical principles of the health professions are underpinned by the pursuit of social justice and the upholding of human rights.
- Use technologies to inform ongoing evidence-based practice to support person and family-centred care.
- Establish and sustain intellectual curiosity by using a range of learning strategies; including research informed practice and professional development resulting in lifelong learning skills.
- Recognise and respond to regional, national and global diabetes trends and innovations; incorporate strategic healthcare directions related to diabetes studies.
- Demonstrate cultural capability in diabetes to multi-cultural groups and Indigenous people in both global and local settings.
- Demonstrate knowledge of interdisciplinary healthcare provision based on the physical, psychological, social, political, ethical, legal and cultural perspectives to optimise diabetes self-management.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative fee in 2024: $13,302 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The indicative fee is based on a full-time study load of 100 credits or four units.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
