COURSE INFORMATION
Disclaimer
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
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INTRODUCTION
The Graduate Certificate in Dementia Studies is a course that is ideally suited to health care professionals working with people who have dementia. The course is relevant to acute care, long term residential aged care, and community care settings.
The course has a multidisciplinary focus. The varied backgrounds of students to whom the course is relevant reflect the growing need for high quality care for people with dementia across the health care sector.
The course is aimed at facilitating students' learning in areas relevant to the management of dementia. The key areas addressed are the knowledge and critical approaches required to underpin students' practice as leaders in the area of dementia care.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Students who are health care professionals with some previous experience or education in the area of working with people with dementia are eligible for admission. Although a relevant Bachelor degree is generally required, Registered Nurses with a hospital-based diploma will be eligible for enrolment at the discretion of the course coordinator, after assessment of relevant prior education and/or experience.
COURSE LOCATION AND MODE OF STUDY
All course units are available externally (part-time or full-time study). An optional on campus workshop is included for one of these units. One unit is also available on campus, annually, in block mode.
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COURSE STRUCTURE
There are three units in this course. Students who are progressing at the rate of one unit per semester are advised to take them in the order in which they are displayed. However, a student may choose to enrol in two or three units during the same semester, subject to the agreement of the course coordinator. Additionally, students may take single units in a different order to that recommended, subject to the approval of the course coordinator.
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| ACD5101 |
Advanced Concepts in Dementia Care |
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Practical Aspects of Dementia Care |
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Advanced Health Practice |
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| Advanced Concepts in Dementia Care ACD 5101 will cover the theoretical underpinnings of care for people with dementia and support for their family carers. As well as exploring the pathophysiology of the various types of dementia, the associated trajectories, and the worldwide impact of increases in the numbers of people with dementia, students will critically examine the evidence basis for practice in this area, and relevant legal and ethical issues. Practical Aspects of Dementia Care ACD 5102 will require the students to attend approximately six settings to observe health care practice throughout the trajectory of dementia in order to consider the translation of theory into evidence based practice. In Advanced Health Service Practice NPH 5201, students will write and carry out their own learning contract in a chosen relevant area. All these units will be offered externally. An internal option (block mode) is available annually for ACD 5101 and an optional on campus workshop is available for ACD 5102. |
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| Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | | | For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes, Graduate Attributes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Student Equity, Diversity and Disability Service website: | | http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/support/student-equity |
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 11/18/2004
