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Graduate Certificate in Grief and Palliative Care Counselling GC.Gr&PCC
2009

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Location: Teaching Hospitals
Duration: 1 year (full-time or part-time? equivalent)
Degree/Award: Graduate Certificate

Program Outline

These programs aim to provide best practice grief and palliative care counselling education. They are designed for practitioners with appropriate educational, experiential and personal attributes who wish to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the area of counselling within a grief, bereavement and palliative care context.

The programs are primarily aimed at graduate health and welfare professionals who are responsible for supporting others in times of transition, crisis or difficulty and who wish to offer effective counselling in their clinical and therapeutic work.

The programs offer a unique combination of up-to-date knowledge of grief, palliative care and bereavement issues, and a practical approach to the skilful handling of grief. Theoretical perspectives taught in the program are balanced by application of techniques, so that experiential and integrated learning results.

The programs are offered at three levels, and may be studied on campus or by distance. Courses are designed to accommodate individuals who have regular work commitments.

The graduate certificate provides a fundamental orientation to current grief models, theory and research, in the context of palliative care, bereavement and grief from losses other than death. Counselling skills are taught with a view to their practical application to grief situations.

Program Structure

A candidate shall satisfactorily complete a number of core courses: Nature of Grief; Supervised Field Education; Grief Counselling I; Grief Counselling II; Grief Counselling III. Further to this, all candidates shall complete an elective course chosen from the following: Loss & Grief or Issues in Death & Dying.

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Domestic applicants

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SATAC Code 3GC004
Annual tuition fees ?
Australian Full-fee place: $7,752
Mid-year entry? Yes
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only.
You must have a completed Bachelor's degree and submit a written statement and Curriculum Vitae to the Discipline. Those successful must also attend an oral assessment.
Additional Entry Requirements ?
Applicants must submit to the Discipline of General Practice a 500 word written statement along with a request for additional information form downloaded from the website: www.adelaide.edu.au/health/gp/units/gpcc/enrol/ Eligible applicants must also attend an oral assessment.

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SATAC Code: 3GC004

International applicants

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IELTS Total 6.5 [more info]
Annual tuition fees ? International student place: $11,000
Mid-year entry? No
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only
Prerequisites ?
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Equivalent Scores
IELTS
Total
Reading
Listening
Speaking
Writing
6.5
6
6
6
6

How to Apply ?

International applicants applying with Australian year 12 results

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Annual tuition fees ? International student place: $11,000
Mid-year entry? No
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only
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Last updated: Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009

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