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Graduate Diploma in Child and Family Health (GDCFH)	2011

SATAC Course Code	1GD005:1GD505
Course Code	GDCFH
Faculty	INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Sector	HE
Standard full-time completion	1 year/s
Standard part-time completion	2 year/s
Total Credit Points Required	80



	About the Course
	Admission Requirements
	Credit Transfer and Pathways
	Course Structure
	Recommended Study Plan
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 1
	. . Students Commencing in Semester 2
	Course Fees

Availability

Open to School Leavers	No
Open to International Students	No
Available for Admission in	Semester 1 , Semester 2

Not Deferrable This course may not be deferred.

Location and Mode Offered

Year	Delivery Location	SATAC Code	Mode	Admin Location
2011	Casuarina Campus	1GD005:1GD505	M	Casuarina Campus

This course is available through distance education with residential attendance requirements each semester. Full fee paying and Commonwealth Supported places are available for this course. Separate SATAC course codes are allocated to each fee option.

About the Course
This course is designed to extend the student's previous professional experiences and provide opportunities to reflect on and critique knowledge, skills and attitudes in relation to contemporary evidence, research and literature and apply this to the practice setting.

The course will assist students in providing support to new parents. In addition to the traditional knowledge and skills around growth monitoring and developmental assessments, graduates of this course will understand the importance of psychosocial assessment and the central role of parents in the child¿s environment. It will strengthen the practitioner¿s role in promoting links with other services and prepare them to work in partnership with families in a strengths based model as opposed to the traditional problem-oriented models, commonly found in health services. The course is flexibly designed to meet the needs of rural and remote students as well as those in urban centres.

This course will prepare students to practice as professional and contemporary child and family health clinicians, sensitive to the cultural needs of consumers in acute, rural and remote environments; to be reflective practitioners, skilled in consuming and conducting research and evidence based enquiries.

Police check: Each State and Territory in Australia has requirements for students undertaking courses involving clinical placements to provide documented evidence of relevant health and security checks, eg completed immunisation requirements, criminal record checks and/or working with children clearances and/or fitness to practice requirements.

Students must have met the above requirements that are mandatory in their state or territory before they can undertake those units that include clinical placements. Students who have not met these mandatory requirements and not been cleared by the clinical sector to undertake clinical experience will not be able to undertake clinical practice experience and will not therefore be able to complete the requirements of the course.

Admission Requirements

Admission to Charles Darwin University higher education coursework programs are received and processed by the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre (SATAC). Detailed entry and special entry criteria for this course is published in the SATAC University Guide. Check out the following information about how to apply for undergraduate courses or how to apply for postgraduate courses.

Applicants must hold current registration with an Australian nursing and midwifery regulatory authority. Aboriginal Health Workers who hold Certificate IV, diploma or advanced diploma qualifications in Aboriginal Health Work (Clinical) or equivalent and can demonstrate the ability to succeed at tertiary level through the presentation of a portfolio will also be considered. Students will require access to clinical experience either by gaining employment in an appropriate clinical setting or through a supernumerary mode.

Additional Admission Requirements
At application students are advised to refer to www.cdu.edu/gshp/clinicalplacements to complete their clinical placement preference form and for those undertaking supernumerary clinical in any State / Territory to provide the first in-principle agreement from their chosen Child Health placement venue.

Credit Transfer and Pathways

Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education

Course Structure

The course comprises five core units, one specialist elective unit and two practicum based units (clinical experience). The clinical component of the course is vital in the preparation of child and family health clinicians. Clinical experience will be attained through a variety of settings, both within community health care facilities and other community services.

A minimum of 320 hours of clinical experience is required throughout the course, though many of the students will be already working in the specialty area or are encouraged to do so.

The course is available through distance education with one week of residential schools in three of the eight subjects. These residentials are not compulsory but highly recommended.

It is essential that the chosen clinical venue can support a student both in fulfilling the clinical requirements of the course and in providing appropriate clinical supervision and support. Students who have not met the clinical practice requirements will not be able to complete the requirements of this course.

A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 80 credit points as detailed below.

Unit type
Credit Points
Specific requirements
Core
(5 units)
50
Compulsory Core units totalling 50 credit points.

HEA401 Culture in practice
HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
HEA444 Practice in Partnership
Practicum
(2 units)
20 Compulsory Practicum units totalling 20 credit points.

HEA443 Child and family health specialty clinical practice
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
Specialist Elective
(1 unit)
10
Specialist Elective unit totalling 10 credit points selected from the list of available specialist elective units detailed below.

HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
HEA423 Financial management for health care managers (last offered in 2010)
PHM550 Alcohol and other drug issues among indigenous Australians
SNP410 Independent Study
SWK454 Building Safe Communities
Electives
(0)
0
There are no Elective units.
80
Total Credit Points

Summary of Pre-2011 Changes

The Specialist Elective unit HEA423 has been replaced by SNP410. Students who commenced this course prior to 2011 can count HEA423 as a Specialist Elective.

COURSE CHANGES
Students enrolled in this course prior to 2011 will note there have been some minor changes.

Summary of 2008 Changes

Core Units: SWK351 has been replaced by HEA444 - students continuing in this course who have not completed SWK351 prior to 2008, should enrol in HEA444 instead.
Core Unit: NUR401 Advanced Clinical Practice as been replaced by HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3.
Specialist Electives: HEA403 and HEA422 will not be available to students as of 2008.

Further Assistance
For further assistance please contact the Information Centre on (08) 8946 7766 or 1800 061 963. Information Centre staff will assist you with applying for or enrolling in a course and provide assistance with timetables, fees, HECS, external materials, enrolment changes and many other issues.
If you are a continuing student and have any queries about your course progression that you would like clarified, please contact enrolmenthelp@cdu.edu.au, or the relevant Faculty Academic Liaison Unit or Institute of Advanced Studies School office:

Education, Health &; Science: (08) 8946 7357
Law, Business and Arts: (08) 8946 7305
Graduate School for Health Practice: (08) 8946 7179
Menzies School of Health Research: (08) 8922 7873

Unit Repository - provides general information about each unit including a brief description and the semester and mode offered.
Timetables - provide detail on the individual class times for units offered internally. Timetables for the following academic year are available from the middle of December each year.
Bookshop - if text books have been prescribed, recommended or ordered for units in this course, details are available by unit code through the Casuarina Campus Bookshop.

Recommended Study Plan

Students Commencing in Semester 1

Study plans for 2011 are accurate as at 3 August 2010. The University reserves the right to make changes up until 1 October 2010. 2011 unit offering and fee information will be available from 1 October 2010.

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard full time load.

Legend: CO = Core Unit SE = Specialist Elective E = Elective

Semester 1

Semester 2

Year 1

HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO

HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
CO
HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
CO

HEA443 Child and family health specialty clinical practice
CO
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
CO

HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
Specialist Elective
SE

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard part time load.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Year 1

HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
CO
HEA401 Culture in practice
CO

HEA443 Child and family health specialty clinical practice
CO
HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
CO

Year 2

HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
CO

HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO
Specialist Elective
SE

Specialist Elective selected from the following: units in 2009:

Semester 1

Semester 2

HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE

HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE

SWK454 Building Safe Communities
SE

Other Specialist electives may be selected from the health disciplines following consultation with the Course Coordinator, taking into consideration unit level, recommended assumed knowledge and unit availability.

Students Commencing in Semester 2

The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard part time load. Students intending to select a different sequence of units should contact the course advisor to enrolment.

Semester 1

Semester 2

Calendar Year 1

HEA401 Culture in practice
CO

HEA442 Child and family health knowledge and practice 2
CO

Calendar Year 2

HEA441 Child and family health knowledge and practice 1
CO
HEA450 Clinical Specialisation 3
CO

HEA443 Child and family health specialty clinical practice
CO
Specialist Elective
SE

Calendar Year 3

HEA402 Informing practice with evidence
CO

HEA444 Practice in Partnership
CO

Specialist Elective selected from the following units in 2008:

Semester 1

Semester 2

HEA410 Clinical teaching and learning
SE

HEA423 Financial management for health care managers
SE

SWK454 Building Safe Communities
SE


Course Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places	Commonwealth Supported places are available in this course to students who meet one of the following residency requirements: (a) Australian Citizenship; (b) a New Zealand citizen or a permanent resident visa holder who will be resident within Australia for the duration of the unit. Unit fees for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011. Further information about 2009 and 2010 unit fees can be found at http://www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html or http://www.goingtouni.gov.au
Non-Commonwealth Supported Places	Full fee paying places are available in this course. Fees and charges for 2011 will be published on 1 October 2011 Fees and charges for 2009 and 2010 can be found at www.cdu.edu.au/hesa/fees.html.

Contact Details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Services on:


Email:	courses@cdu.edu.au
Phone:	(08) 8946 7766 or freecall 1800 061 963