Course details

Summary

The Postgraduate Diploma in Rehabilitation (PGDipRehab) is designed to provide a variety of health and health-related professionals with clinically-based academic postgraduate training in rehabilitation medicine. The emphasis of the programme is upon the acquisition of clinical skills, practical knowledge and an academic approach in rehabilitation. This should allow participants to be more effective in dealing with rehabilitation problems in their clinical practice as well as widening their perspective about how rehabilitation principles apply in all fields of medicine.

The Diploma includes a focus on how a holistic approach can make a positive difference to patients even when their medical condition is apparently deteriorating or incurable. The programme will be taught using an adult learning perspective, building on the life and work experiences of the participants.

Programme Requirements

Papers

REHB 701 Rehabilitation Principles; and

Either:

• REHB 710 Clinical Rehabilitation, or
• REHB 712 Rethinking Rehabilitation; and

Two optional papers from:

• REHB 703 Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
• REHB 704 Neurological Rehabilitation
• REHB 706 Work Rehabilitation
• REHB 707 Rehabilitation for the Older Adult
• REHB 713 Goal Setting and the Therapeutic Relationship
• REHB 714 Personal and Psychological Factors in Rehabilitation
• REHB 715 Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• REHB 716 Rehabilitation with Children
• HASC 701 Working in Interprofessional Clinical Teams

Entry criteria

Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences) on the advice of the Academic Board of the Otago Medical School, which must be satisfied that the applicant has the ability and experience to proceed to the programme. Every applicant shall have fulfilled one of the following conditions: have been admitted to a degree or diploma of a university in New Zealand; hold an appropriate professional qualification approved by the Academic Board of the Otago Medical School; have been admitted ad eundem statum as entitled to proceed to the diploma.

English Language Requirements: IELTS - Score of 6.5 in the academic module (with no individual band below 6.0); Internet-based TOEFL Score of 95 with a minimum writing score of 22.; Paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of 587 (TWE 4.5); Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) – Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169); APIEL Advanced Placement International English Language Examination - Grade 4 or higher; Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 64 with no communicative skills score below 57; University of Otago Foundation Studies Ltd: Completion of 'English for Postgraduate Academic Purposes' with a grade of C or higher.