Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Overview

Palliative and end-of-life care services at Flinders University provides distance courses that give professionals from any health discipline the opportunity to deepen the knowledge base on which their practice is grounded.

The courses provide:

Leading edge content for students across the world
An interdisciplinary team approach, appreciating diverse professional perspectives
Relevance to your immediate and potential future professional needs
Enjoyable, successful learning through well structured topics
A flexible delivery mode to match your hectic work and life schedules

Up to 80% off fees due to Government subsidies*.

*Government subsidies enable Flinders to offer Domestic applicants a reduction of up to 80% off full course fees through Commonwealth Supported Places. Offer subject to change.

Courses

Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Duration: 6 months

Delivery mode:
Online

Location:
Bedford Park

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2GC204 (Commonwealth supported)
2GC704 (Full fee paying)

Annual indicative fees (2025):
$4,657 (Commonwealth supported)
$12,852 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Apply via SATAC

2GC204 (CSP)

2GC704 (FFP)

^{(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place

(FFP): Full fee paying}

Graduate Diploma in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Duration: 1 year

Delivery mode:
Online

Location:
Bedford Park

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2GD141 (Commonwealth supported)
2GD641 (Full fee paying)

Annual indicative fees (2025):
$9,314 (Commonwealth supported)
$28,800 (Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Apply via SATAC

2GD141 (CSP)

2GD641 (FFP)

^{(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place

(FFP): Full fee paying}

Master of Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Duration: 1.5 years

Delivery mode:
Online

Location:
Bedford Park

Availability:
Full-time
Part-time

Start dates:
March
July

SATAC code:
2CM322 (Commonwealth supported)
2CM622 (Full fee paying)

Annual indicative fees:
$9,577 (2025, Commonwealth supported)
$28,000 (2024, Full fee paying)

Further information on fees listed

Apply via SATAC

2CM322 (CSP)

2CM622 (FFP)

^{(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place

(FFP): Full fee paying}

Your career

Palliative and end-of-life care are developing at local and national levels within multiple health care settings. Organisations require practitioners with the specialist skills and attitudes provided by this course, whether experienced practitioners or graduates with basic palliative care skills. Graduates can find careers in areas ranging from rural and remote, acute, community, acute hospitals and aged care settings, to palliative care units and hospice care.

Potential employers include:

Hospitals
Hospices
Nursing Homes
Community Care

What you will study

Masters is designed to provide you with flexibility while aiming to deepen and extend the knowledge and skills required for practice in palliative care. It can be taken by coursework and a critical inquiry or research project. Topics cover areas such as communication at the end of life; oncology for palliative care; issues in the care of the spirit in palliative care; palliative care in aged care settings; palliative clinical management; suffering, futility and ethics in palliative care; understanding cancer; and design and ethics in research with vulnerable populations. Masters may include a topic in independent inquiry for evidence-based practice.

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Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Graduate Diploma in Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Master of Palliative and End-of-Life Care

Entry requirements

Graduate Certificate

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, and must have a minimum of one year full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field by the commencement date of the course.

Graduate Diploma

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, as well as a minimum of two years' full-time equivalent professional experience in the health sector or closely related field by the commencement date of the course; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care or equivalent qualification.

Masters

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor degree or equivalent qualification in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work, and have a minimum of two years' full-time equivalent clinical involvement in palliative care and/or supporting patients and families with a life-limiting illness by the commencement date of the course; or hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative and End-of-Life Care, the Graduate Diploma in Palliative and End-of-Life Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care.

How to apply

Select your preferred course.

Check entry requirements.

Check individual course entries on SATAC for information on important dates.

Apply online at SATAC.

Flinders students can apply to transfer to this course internally. Visit: www.flinders.edu.au/internaltransfer for more information.

Apply directly via SATAC

Select your preferred course and apply directly through the MySATAC application portal.

^{(CSP): Commonwealth Supported Place

(FFP): Full fee paying}

Course enquiries

For all course enquiries phone or email us or complete the course enquiry form.

1300 354 633

askflinders@flinders.edu.au

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Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care

Overview

Up to 80% off fees due to Government subsidies*.

Courses

Courses

Your career