Course Catalogue

The Graduate Certificate of Primary Health Care is designed for healthcare professionals seeking to expand their scope of practice and extend their knowledge of one of the following.

• Chronic condition management
• Dementia management
• Sexual health
• Remote nursing

This course covers the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards applied to Primary Health such as the Clinical Governance, Comprehensive Care, Partnering with Consumers and Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration.

This course will expand on your current or recent experience within the primary health care service, and you will undertake education and assessments that can be directly applied to your current or future professional practice.

On completion of the Graduate Certificate of Primary Health Care, you may progress to the Master of Nursing, with advanced standing of completed studies.

Graduating from this course will demonstrate expertise in the selected primary healthcare specialty. Career opportunities afforded to graduates of this degree include the possibility of working in specialised areas of primary healthcare. Completion of postgraduate education is a necessity for a wide range of career advances such as management, leadership or education roles or academic or research positions.