The Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation is a 36-unit program offered by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and is only available as an exit award for students admitted to the Master of Clinical Rehabilitation who choose not to complete that award.
The course aims to enable individuals from any health professional background to deepen their knowledge base and skills in a variety of areas of rehabilitation practice.
Specifically, the course aims to:
Students can expect to graduate with the:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.
Except with permission of the Faculty Board no student may attempt a topic more than twice.
The award of a grade of Fail (F) in 13.5 or more units may constitute prima facie evidence of unsatisfactory progress for the purposes of the University's Policy on Student Progress.
Not all topics are necessarily available in a given year.
REHB8019 The Study of Rehabilitation Practice (4.5 units)
REHB8020 Tools for Effective Rehabilitation Practice (4.5 units)
plus 27 units of option topics from:
REHB8014 Using Virtual Reality and Robotics in Neuro-rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8015 Applied Exercise Therapy in Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8023 Psychosocial Aspects of Clinical Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8025 Rehabilitation of Traumatic Brain Injury (4.5 units)
REHB8027 Rehabilitation of Degenerative Neurological Disorders (4.5 units)
REHB8028A Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders A (4.5 units)
REHB8028B Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Disorders B (4.5 units)
REHB8029 Pulmonary Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8030 Clinical Rehabilitation Practice (9 units)
REHB8031 Rehabilitation Following Spinal Cord Injury (4.5 units)
REHB8032 Rehabilitation Nursing (4.5 units)
REHB8033 Stroke Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8035 Cancer Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
REHB8036 Improving the Wellbeing of People with Dementia and their Caregivers (4.5 units)
REHB8037 Occupational Therapy Driver Assessment and Rehabilitation (9 units)
REHB8042 Neurological Gait and Balance Analysis and Wearable Sensor Technology in Rehabilitation (4.5 units)
Every effort has been made to ensure the information published on the Course Rule pages is accurate at the time of publication. Flinders University reserves the right to amend its curriculum without prior notice, and will update the Course Rules to reflect any amendments at the earliest opportunity.
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