UTS course code: C11115
Testamur title: Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management
Abbreviation: to be advised
Course Coordinator: Sue Dean (Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health)
Course fee: $141.67 per cp (local); $3,750 per semester (international)
Total credit points: 24

Overview
Course aims
Admission requirements
Attendance
Course duration
Course program
Assessment

Overview

This course is offered jointly by the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health and the Faculty of Education in collaboration with the Australian Diabetes Education Association.

Course aims

The course develops appropriately qualified students for work as health professionals in the area of diabetes education and management. As specialists in diabetes education you are able to perform as specialist clinicians, leaders and educators.

Admission requirements

Applicants should have a degree or equivalent diploma. As practitioners in the field it is assumed that applicants have basic knowledge of the practice of diabetes education and management.

Registered nurses with appropriate nursing certificates and three years' experience may be deemed to have the equivalent of graduate status for the purpose of entry to the course.

Attendance

The course is delivered in mixed mode. This means it uses a mixture of intensive workshops, individual learning materials, telephone counselling, learning partnerships, negotiated learning contracts and learning journals

Course duration

The course is offered over one year, part time and requires the study of four subjects in order to achieve a total of 24 credit points.

Course program

Assessment

Assessment is graded. Forms of assessment used in these subjects are:

• negotiated learning contracts
• a practicum-based assessment
• assessment tasks incorporated in the self-paced learning materials provided for each subject, and
• learning journal overview.