
Overview
The Palliative Care program at Flinders University provide:
- leading edge content for students across the world
- an interdisciplinary team approach, appreciating diverse professional perspectives
- relevance to your immediate and potential future professional needs
- enjoyable, successful learning through well structured topics
- a flexible delivery mode to match your hectic work and life schedules.
Your career
Palliative and end-of-life care are developing at local and national levels within multiple health care settings. Organisations require practitioners with the specialist skills and attitudes provided by this course, whether experienced practitioners or graduates with basic palliative care skills. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, acute hospitals and aged care settings, to palliative care units and hospice care.
Potential employers include:
- hospitals
- hospices
- nursing homes
- community care.
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Communication at the End of Life
- Understanding Literature for Evidence-Based Practice
- Design and Ethics in Research with Vulnerable Populations
- Capstone in Palliative or End-of-life Clinical Practice
- Independent Inquiry for Evidence-based Practice
- Paediatric Palliative Care
- Oncology for Palliative Care
Check out the full curriculum
Visit official programme websiteKey information
Duration
- Full-time
- 18 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Visit official programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any academic requirements for this programme.
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
CRICOS: 024776J
- Applicants must normally hold an approved health-related bachelor degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.
- Applicants for the masters must also have at least two years’ experience in palliative care, aged care or in a related field.
Make sure you meet all requirements
Visit official programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
37500 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 37500 AUD per year during 18 months. -
National
26352 AUD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 26352 AUD per year during 18 months.
- $7,866 (Commonwealth supported)
Living costs for Adelaide
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
Studyportals Tip: Students can search online for independent or external scholarships that can help fund their studies. Check the scholarships to see whether you are eligible to apply. Many scholarships are either merit-based or needs-based.