Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation
With streams in:
Physiotherapy
Occupational Therapy
Speech Pathology
GradDipRehab
80 cp
Minimum duration: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time
Course available at:
- Multi-mode (students are required to attend residential schools on campus)
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Melbourne (Vic)*
- Sydney (North Sydney), NSW*
- Online for special cohorts only
* Subject to student location and location of staff with pertinent expertise
EFTSL value of units: All 10 credit point (CP) units in this course have an EFTSL value of 0.125
1. Admission Requirements
An applicant must also comply with the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
International students need to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements as defined in the Admission to Coursework Programs Policy.
To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:
- Have completed either:
- A Bachelor degree from an accredited 3-year program in a Health Discipline or equivalent to enter the non-discipline pathway with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale; OR
- A Bachelor degree from an accredited 4-year program in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy or Speech Pathology or equivalent to enter the (Discipline) pathway, with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.6 on the ACU 7 point scale; OR
- ACU Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Certificate or equivalent to enter the Non-discipline) pathway
- Have a minimum of two years clinical experience in the appropriate discipline.
- Be employed in the field unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator.
- Demonstrate suitability to undertake the course:
- For the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy disciplines, applicants must hold current registration with the discipline specific National Allied Health Registration Board or required Authority in Australia, or Registration Authority in country of current practice,
- For the Speech Pathology discipline, applicants must have obtained and maintain eligibility to practice and membership with Speech Pathology Australia, or Registration Authority in country of current practice.
NOTE: Applicants having completed an ACU Graduate Certificate will be eligible for recognition of prior learning of 40 credit points.
* Disclaimer: The Course entry requirements above are for 2020 Admission.
2. Completion Requirements
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation, a student must complete 80 cp from the Schedule of Unit Offerings:
For Discipline Pathway:
- 20 cp from Specified Units;
- 20 cp from Specialisation Units (for discipline/field stream)
- 10 cp from Research Units
- 10 cp from Ethics unit, and
- 20 cp from Elective Units.
OR
For Non-discipline Pathway:
- 20 cp from Specified Units;
- 20 cp from Health Units
- 10 cp from Research Units
- 10 cp from Ethics Unit; and
- 20 cp from Elective Units.
3. Progression Requirements
Students are required to follow the pattern of unit enrolment set out in the relevant Course Enrolment Guide, unless otherwise approved by the Course Coordinator. In all aspects of progress through the course, students will be advised by the Course Coordinator.
4. Available exit point
A student who has completed the requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Rehabilitation may exit with the relevant award.
Schedule of Unit Offerings
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Core Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
HLSC630 | 10 | Rehabilitation and Restorative Disorders I: Holistic Management | Nil |
HLSC632 | 10 | Optimising interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Physiotherapists | (P: HLSC360 Rehabilitative and Restorative Practice I: Holistic Management) |
Specialisation Units
Physiotherapy
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
PHTY612 | 10 | Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Physiotherapists | Nil |
PHTY613 | 10 | Optimising Interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Occupational Therapists | Nil |
PHTY603 | 10 | Advanced Physiotherapy Practice 1: Optimising Mobility and Gait | (P: PHTY612 Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Physiotherapists, HLSC630 Rehabilitation and Restorative Disorders 1: Holistic Management ) |
Occupational Therapy
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
OTHY612 | 10 | Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists | Nil |
OTHY613 | 10 | Optimising Interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Occupational Therapists | Nil |
OTHY602 | 10 | Advanced Occupational Therapy Practice 1: Optimising Participation in Home, Education, Work and Leisure | (P) OTHY612Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Occupational Therapists, HLSC630 Rehabilitation and Restorative Disorders 1: Holistic Management |
OTHY604 | 10 | Advanced Occupational Therapy Practice 3 Cognitive Rehabilitation for Everyday Living | (P) Completion of 80 cp coursework units towards Master of Rehabilitation (Occupational Therapy) |
Speech Pathology
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
SPHY612 | 10 | Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Speech Pathologists | Nil |
SPHY613 | 10 | Optimising Interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Speech Pathologists | Nil |
SPHY602 | 10 | Advanced Speech Pathology Practice 2: Optimising Motor, Speech and Voice Function | (P) Completion of 80 cp coursework units towards Master of Rehabilitation (Speech Pathology) |
SPHY603 | 10 | Advanced Speech Pathology Practice 1 Optimising Swallowing Function | (P) SPHY612 Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Speech Pathologists; HLSC630 Rehabilitation and Restorative Disorders 1: Holistic Management |
SPHY604 | 10 | Advanced Speech Pathology Practice 3: Optimising Language Function | (P) Completion of 80 cp coursework units towards Master of Rehabilitation (Speech Pathology) |
Health Units - for Non-discipline pathway
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
HLSC672 | 10 | Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation for Healthcare professionals | Nil |
HLSC673 | 10 | Optimising Interprofessional Collaborative Practice for Healthcare professionals | Nil |
HLSC617 | 20 | Independent Project 2 | (P) HLSC640 Interpreting Health Research |
Research Units
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
HLSC640 | 10 | Interpreting Health Research | Nil |
HLSC641 | 10 | Introduction to Health Sciences Research | Nil |
HLSC646 | 10 | Qualitative Research Methods | (P) HLSC640 Interpreting Health Research |
HLSC647 | 10 | Quantitative Research Methods | (P) HLSC640 Interpreting Health Research |
Ethics Unit
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
PHIL623 | 10 | Healthcare Ethics: Principles in Practice | Nil |
Elective Units
20 cp of any postgraduate units that are approved by the course coordinator, including the options listed below. In addition, postgraduate units offered by ACU [e.g. units in the Master of Rehabilitation, Master of Clinical Nursing, Master of Clinical Exercise Physiology or units offered by other ACU faculties] can be selected as Elective units in consultation with the Course Coordinator.
Unit Code | Credit Points | Unit Name | Prerequisites (P) Incompatible Units (I) |
---|---|---|---|
ALHT600 | 10 | Optimising Mobility and Gait in Rehabilitation Populations |
(P) HLSC630 Rehabilitation and Restorative Disorders 1: Holistic Management, HLSC672 Enhancing Clinical Reasoning in Rehabilitation
for Healthcare Professionals ; (I) PHTY602 Advanced Gerontological Physiotherapy Practicum II: Optimising Mobility and Gait for Older Adults, PHTY603 Advanced Physiotherapy Practice 1: Optimising Mobility and Gait |
ALHT601 | 10 | Optimising Upper Limb Management in Rehabilitation Populations |
(P) Completion of 80 cp coursework towards Master of Rehabilitation ; (I) OTHY603 Advanced Occupational Therapy Practice 2: Optimising Participation through Upper Limb Management, PHTY604 Advanced Physiotherapy Practice 2: Upper Limb Rehabilitation |
Page last updated: 2019-09-25
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/2316679
Page last updated: 2019-09-25
Short url: https://handbook.acu.edu.au/2316679