Course details

Summary

The MHPrac is for health professionals with at least three years' clinical experience. It is ideal for those health and sport practitioners who wish to extend their practical knowledge and take their career to a higher level. Students select papers and areas of practice that reflect their needs and interests and make a coherent course of study in one of the approved subject areas.

An advanced specialised postgraduate qualification for health and sport professionals wanting to extend their practical knowledge in a chosen field.

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Science in Advanced Nursing Practice papers (120 points)

You complete 60 points from the following papers:

• HEAL816 Special Topic (15 points)
• NURS804 Science for Advanced Practice (30 points)
• HEAL824 Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning (30 points)
• NURS805 Long-term Conditions (30 points)
• HEAL823 Innovation in Primary Healthcare (30 points)

And select one research paper:

• HEAL840 Critical Inquiry for Evidence Based Practice (15 points)
• HEAL811 Integrative Research (15 points)

Select one professional paper:

• HEAL812 Health Professional Practice (15 points)
• HEAL813 Practice Reality (15 points)

Complete the following specialty core paper:

• NURS806 Advancing Nursing Practice (15 points)

And select one paper from:

• HEAL816 Special Topic (15 points)
• PHMY801 Pharmacology Science (15 points)
• RHAB805 Concepts of Rehabilitation (15 points)
• NURS802 Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Practice (15 points)
• NURS805 Long Term Conditions (30 points)
• HEAL823 Innovation in Primary Health Care (30 points)
• HEAL824 Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning (30 points)
• NURS804 Science for Advanced Practice (30 points)
• Pharmacology Science and Therapeutics (30 points)
• HEAL849 Specialty Practicum (30 points)
• HEAL850 Neonatal Pathophysiology (30 points)
• HEAL851 Assessment of the Preterm or Sick Neonate (15 points)
• HEAL852 Advanced Neonatal Practice (30 points)

AND

• HEAL997 Practice Project (60 points)

Entry criteria

Applicants must have completed one of the following with a B grade average or higher: relevant bachelor's degree, relevant graduate diploma, relevant professional qualification, and at least three years of professional experience. They must have at least three years’ clinical experience.

English Language requirements:

Minimum IELTS (Academic) score of 6.5 overall with all bands 6.0 or higher; TOEFL iBT score of 90; Certificate in English for Academic Study (CertEAS) with A grade; GIE with B+ grade; CAE minimum overall score of 176; PTE minimum overall score of 58.