Graduate Certificate of Clinical Facilitation

Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00300K

The Graduate Certificate of Clinical Facilitation is designed to meet the needs of health professionals as a foundation for facilitating clinical learning in health care workplaces.The course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement and evaluate on-going facilitation when involved with the delivery of clinical education. It will also provide you with formal training in teaching and supervision, including the ability to overcome challenges when facilitating learning.It is expected that you will already be employed in a clinical setting and will undertake assessments that have a direct application to professional practice and context.This course provides a strong theoretical and practical grounding that enables health practitioners to develop an analytical approach to clinical education and facilitates your capacity to think critically and to provide enhanced clinical facilitation and supervision of health professional students.

Structure

This course consists of four core units building on the foundation of specialist knowledge and skills and evidence-based practice. Existing units in this proposed program will also be offered in other courses across the School. This maximizes resources and enables students to diversify between courses.A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.Unit typeCredit PointsSpecific requirementsCore Units(4 units)40cpCompulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as per the list of units detailed below:HEA503 Fostering Curiosity for CareHEA504 Communication and Assessment Skills for Clinical EducationHEA505 Facilitating Clinical LearnersHEA506 Health WorkforceSpecialist Electives(0 units)0cpThere are no specialist elective units in this courseElectives(0 units)0cpThere are no elective units available in this course. 40cpTotal Credit PointsStudents who commenced in or after 2013The grade of "PC" cannot be counted towards a Graduate Certificate AQF Level 8 course award. Students should refer to the current Grading Policy and Common Course Rules for further information. 

Subjects

• Health and Medicine

Standard entry requirements

Applicants must hold current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Consideration may be given to applicants who work in health/allied health and have registration with their relevant professional body. Applicants who are not registered with AHPRA must attach evidence of current registration with their application.

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