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Graduate Diploma in Grief and Palliative Care Counselling GD.Gr&PCC
2010

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

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 diploma builds on the graduate certificate, providing students with additional perspectives on grief and introducing them to specialised counselling interventions relevant to grief. Students are given an opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledge essential to the research process. Students in the graduate diploma are required to have a caseload and to be actively involved in grief counselling, waged or unwaged. Opportunities for supervision are provided.

Program Structure

A candidate shall satisfactorily complete a number of core courses chosen from the following: Nature of Grief; Supervised Field Education; Grief Counselling I; Grief Counselling II; Grief Counselling III; Advanced Grief Counselling IA; Advanced Grief Counselling II; Advanced Grief Counselling III; Advanced Grief Counselling IB. All candidates shall complete additional elective courses selected from the following: Loss & Grief; Issues in Death & Dying; Grief & Spirituality; Grief Studies; Research Design & Methodology.

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SATAC Code 3GD004
Annual tuition fees ?
Australian Full-fee place: $16,250
Mid-year entry? Yes
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only.
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: 3GD004

International applicants

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IELTS Total 6.5 [more info]
Annual tuition fees ? International student place: $23,100
Mid-year entry? Yes
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only
Prerequisites ?
Relevant Graduate Certificate 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: $23,100
Mid-year entry? Yes
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Selection Criteria ?

Graduate entry only
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