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University of Tasmania

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Graduate Certificate in Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments

  • Graduate Certificate

Working in healthcare in remote and extreme environments is a great challenge, even for the most seasoned professional. Our Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments course will give you the right knowledge and skills to underpin your actions in even the toughest conditions.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 - 3 years full-time
Course Code
M5A
Intake Months
Feb, Jul

About this course

Working in healthcare in remote and extreme environments is a great challenge, even for the most seasoned professional.

Our Healthcare in Remote and Extreme Environments course will give you the right knowledge and skills to underpin your actions in even the toughest conditions.

This course is ideally suited to doctors, nurses and paramedics of diverse backgrounds looking to expand their skills and knowledge to include the ability to provide healthcare in remote and extreme environments. You'll further enhance your knowledge and skills to plan, organise and deliver healthcare in these environments while having the opportunity to complete the course flexibly, online and part-time.

We also offer the opportunity to enhance learning outcomes by undertaking units with residential and practical components while you study. Built for the realities of the busy working professional, this course is designed to be studied part-time.

Entry requirements

Applicants with higher education study

Completed nationally accredited health professional degree, at AQF7 including medicine, nursing and paramedicine, from an Australian higher education provider or equivalent overseas qualification,

AND at least 2 years of health professional experience,

AND some professional or life experience in a remote / extreme environment as specified by the College of Health and Medicine

or

Completed nationally accredited health professional degree at AQF7 (other than medicine, nursing or paramedicine), including exercise science, dentistry or physiotherapy

AND at least 2 years remote clinical experience as specified by the College of Health and Medicine

Applicants with work and life experience

This course does not accept applications based on work or life experience

Prerequisites

NIL

This course is not available to international students. Please enquire online for advice on alternative course options.

What you will learn

  • 1 Assess and apply an approach to the planning, organisation and delivery of healthcare in remote and extreme environments
  • 2 Integrate specialised knowledge and skills relevant to extreme environments in to their clinical practice
  • 3 Evaluate and apply a range of non-medical skills essential for thriving and operating in extreme environments,
  • 4 Synthesise novel solutions to emergency situations in remote and extreme environments.
  • Course structure

    Please note that the course is online but some units contain face-to-face intensives that will require travel at the student's cost.

    Credit for prior study or work

    Applications for credit can be made in your course application. Find out more information about how to apply for a credit transfer/advanced standing at Recognition of Prior Learning.

    Graduate outcomes

    Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Health Services & Support courses at University of Tasmania.
    84.1%
    Overall satisfaction
    73.3%
    Skill scale
    69.4%
    Teaching scale
    95%
    Employed full-time
    $107.7k
    Average salary