Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Clinical Education)
Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Clinical Education)
Overview Develop your nursing skills and expertise as a clinical educator, and facilitator for students, peers and other health professionals, with a focus on diverse healthcare settings. The Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Clinical Education) focuses on how learner-centred education occurs in a clinical setting. It explores how education can support…
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Overview
Develop your nursing skills and expertise as a clinical educator, and facilitator for students, peers and other health professionals, with a focus on diverse healthcare settings.
The Graduate Certificate of Nursing (Clinical Education) focuses on how learner-centred education occurs in a clinical setting. It explores how education can support principles and strategies, the creation of positive learning and teaching environments, networking and reflective development approaches for life-long learning.
You will need access to an educational setting where professional learning practices can be explored and developed.
Further study
After completing the Graduate Certificate of Nursing, there will be the option to take the credit from the courses and continue to complete the Graduate Diploma of Nursing or the Master of Nursing.
Career outcomes
This degree will enhance career opportunities as an education specialist in the clinical practice field of nursing and health care.
REQUIREMENTS
Completed a 3-year bachelor degree, or equivalent, in the area of nursing from a recognised university. Hold a current professional registration as a Division 1 Nurse, or equivalent, with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), or relevant regulatory body in applicant’s home country.
IELTS (Academic only) – minimum of IELTS 7.0 or equivalent.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) is Australia’s leading regional university. With a strong focus on research, teaching and positive student experience, we provide high-quality flexible programs producing some of Australia’s highest-paid graduates4. Our students benefit from flexible options of on-campus studies, delivered across three campuses in Queensland, Australia, online and multimodal study options and through trusted national and international education partners. UniSQ is ranked in the top 400 universities2 and 58 young universities worldwide3. UniSQ is also rated as a QS 5 Star university and ranked 5/5 stars in Australia for graduate employment and graduate starting salaries1.1         QS Stars World University Rankings, 20242         Times Higher Education World Universities Rankings, 20243         Times Higher Education Young Universities Rankings, 20244         QILT Graduate Outcomes Survey, Postgraduate Results, 2021-2022
