Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management

Description

This course is offered in conjunction with UTS: Education. It develops appropriately qualified students for work as health professionals in the area of diabetes education and management.

Students have strong involvement with academics and clinicians from major teaching hospitals, diabetes centres and Diabetes Australia-NSW or Diabetes Australia-Queensland.

This course is offered on a one-year, part-time basis. It is studied through four distance education subjects, which include two residential workshops in either Sydney or Brisbane.

Requirements

Applicants must have completed a UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or submitted other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies.

Previous qualifications must be in a health-related field such as nursing, allied health or medicine. Applicants must also have at least one year's full-time professional employment in their health-related discipline, part of which has been in a diabetes-related clinical area. It is assumed that applicants have a basic knowledge of the practice of diabetes education and management. Applicants must also have access to a relevant clinical setting in order to complete supervised clinical experience (applicants need to organise their own placement).