Graduate Certificate in Diabetes

In this course you will explore applied biological and behavioural sciences, principles of teaching and learning, chronic disease self-management education and best practice management of diabetes. Your studies will be complemented with a 10 day clinical practice placement which will support you to provide competent diabetes related clinical care.

This course has an earlier application deadline. Please visit the application deadlines page for further information.

What you'll learn

• apply theoretical knowledge to provide evidence based care and management to people with diabetes
• enact problem solving, critical thinking and decision making skills to respond to clinical and professional challenges in diabetes care
• locate, extract and interpret relevant evidence and scientific literature to inform decision making relevant to diabetes self-management
• demonstrate quality written, oral and interpersonal communication skills in academic, professional and health care contexts
• use information technology to inform on-going learning needs and evidence based practice; use technology applications to support client care
• use lifelong learning skills to maintain currency of practice
• recognise the national and global diabetes issues and examine strategic health care directions
• demonstrate cultural competence in the provision of diabetes related care to multi-cultural groups and the Indigenous people
• engage in health care settings, demonstrating foundation level skills and behaviours based on the physical, psychological, social, political, environmental and cultural perspectives of health and disease and perform in an ethical manner appropriate to the scope of practice of the individual's profession; work in multidisciplinary teams to support diabetes self-management