Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management
Join the Australian healthcare system’s fight against diabetes. Learn how to manage diabetes, and how to help diabetics self-manage their condition.
About the Course
More than 1.2 million Australians are living with diabetes. Now in epidemic proportions, fighting this condition is one of the major challenges facing Australian and global healthcare systems.
Play your part in improving diabetes knowledge, awareness, and self-management with this specialised postgraduate program. This course is designed to qualify nurses, midwives, dietitians, pharmacists, medical practitioners, podiatrists, exercise physiologists and physiotherapists as diabetes educators.
This important program links theory and practice, providing specialist knowledge about all aspects of diabetes, including its causes, complications, management and education strategies. A highlight is a professional placement flanked by a credentialled diabetes educator mentor.
Graduates can consider career opportunities offering diabetes-related services in private practice or other areas of the health industry.
Course Entry Requirements
All applicants must:
Have successfully completed a minimum Bachelor's degree (AQF Level 7) qualification, or equivalent, in one of the following health disciplines:
- Nursing
- Midwifery
- Dietetics
- Pharmacy
- Exercise Physiology
- Podiatry
- Physiotherapy
- Optometry
- Medicine.
- Be registered with AHPRA, or equivalent, as a Registered Nurse, Registered Midwife, Registered Podiatrist, Registered Physiotherapist, Accredited Exercise Physiologist, Registered Pharmacist, Accredited Practising Dietitian, Optometrist or General Practitioner (GP); and
- Be qualified for a minimum of one year, be in current practice and have been active in practice for a minimum of one year.
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this course are as follows:
Overall Score = 7
- Reading = 7
- Writing = 7
- Listening = 7
- Speaking = 7
Course Structure
Recommended study pattern
Term 1
HBIO5001 - Pathophysiology and Diabetes in a Global Context
Term 2
PBHL5001 - Managing Diabetes as a Chronic Condition
Term 3
PBHL5004 - Diabetes Self-management Education Theory and Practice
Term 4
PBHL6001 - Diabetes Management in Health Systems and Settings
Students gain knowledge and skills within the areas of primary health, chronic disease, teaching, management and leadership, research, client self-management and counselling. They gain an in-depth understanding of the diabetes disease process and management options, including medications for therapeutic effectiveness, problem solving for high and low blood glucose levels and reducing the risks of chronic complications.
Award requirements
To be eligible to receive the Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management students must complete the equivalent of 4 units (48 credit points), comprising all core units.
Course Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a course. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes (GA).
Course Learning Outcomes
GA1: Intellectual rigour
Operate effectively with and upon a body of knowledge of sufficient depth to begin professional practice as a Diabetes Educator
GA2: Creativity
Develop effective problem solving skills, capable of applying logical, critical and creative thinking to a range of problems.
GA3: Ethical practice
Develop an understanding of health practice informed by ethical and legal principles.
Demonstrate commitment to ethical action and social responsibility as a professional and citizen
GA4: Knowledge of a discipline
Practice as a Diabetes Educator with the knowledge and skills to be a valued member of the Diabetes team.
Embrace the multidisciplinary nature of diabetes management and seek to gain knowledge and skills in these areas
GA5: Lifelong learning
Prepare for lifelong learning in pursuit of personal development and excellence in professional practice.
GA6: Communication and social skills
Communicate effectively both in written and oral form and in professional practice as a member of the community
Apply skills, to work both autonomously and collaboratively as a professional.
GA7: Cultural competence
Embrace and respect multiculturalism and the diversity of Australian society, and international perspectives as a professional and as a citizen.
