Study pathways in palliative care

For advice on special Palliative Care pathways for Nurse Practitioners with Prescribing Rights, and Nurse Practitioners, or general advice for other students interested in palliative care courses please contact Yvonne Bray, academic adviser for palliative care pathways.

Other general pathways in palliative care follow this framework:

Postgraduate Certificate in Health Science in Palliative Care

Core courses (30 points):

POPLHLTH 746 Ethics, Culture, and Societal Approaches to Death

POPLPRAC 720 Psychosocial Issues in Palliative Care

POPLPRAC 722 Symptom Management in Palliative Care 

Plus one courses (15 points) from:

POPLPRAC 723 Advanced Symptom Management in Palliative Care

POPLPRAC 701 Therapeutic Communication

POPLPRAC 724 Child and Adolescent Palliative Care

For the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences in Palliative Care an additional 60 points is required including a research course:

POPLHLTH 701 Research Methods in Health or

NURSING 768 Research Methods in Nursing and Health

Plus 45 points of other courses from the Health Sciences Schedule, such as Population Health (POPLHLTH), Population Health practice (POPLPRAC) Social Work Health Practice* (SOCWORK), Nursing (NURSING), Clinical Education (CLINED), and Family Counselling (EDPROFST) in the Faculty of Education schedule.

*a registered qualification in Social Work is required  to enrol in SOCWORK courses