Postgraduate Coursework
Graduate Certificate of Clinical Facilitation
2020
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The Graduate Certificate of Clinical Facilitation is designed to meet the needs of health professionals as a foundation for facilitating clinical learning in health care workplaces.
The course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement and evaluate on-going facilitation when involved with the delivery of clinical education. It will also provide you with formal training in teaching and supervision, including the ability to overcome challenges when facilitating learning.
It is expected that you will already be employed in a clinical setting and will undertake assessments that have a direct application to professional practice and context.
This course provides a strong theoretical and practical grounding that enables health practitioners to develop an analytical approach to clinical education and facilitates your capacity to think critically and to provide enhanced clinical facilitation and supervision of health professional students.
Career opportunities
Completion of the Graduate Certificate of Clinical Facilitation enables career opportunities for enhanced clinical facilitation and supervision of health professional students.
Credit transfers & pathways
Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For information about credit transfer available to students with complete or incomplete study at this or other Institutions refer to Pathways for Higher Education to Higher Education
For further information on credit transfer and how to apply visit ASK CDU
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This course is accredited by the University in accordance with the Higher Education Standards.
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Australian qualification framework
This course is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework at Level 8.
Contact details
For further information about the course, enrolment procedures, closing dates and other administrative issues please contact Student Central on:
Course structure
This course consists of four core units building on the foundation of specialist knowledge and skills and evidence-based practice. Existing units in this proposed program will also be offered in other courses across the School. This maximizes resources and enables students to diversify between courses.
A candidate must successfully complete units totalling 40 credit points as detailed below. All units are valued at 10 credit points unless indicated.
| Unit type | Credit Points | Specific requirements |
| Core Units (4 units) |
40cp | Compulsory Core units totalling 40 credit points as per the list of units detailed below: HEA503 Fostering Curiosity for Care HEA504 Communication and Assessment Skills for Clinical Education HEA505 Facilitating Clinical Learners HEA506 Health Workforce |
| Specialist Electives (0 units) |
0cp |
There are no specialist elective units in this course |
| 40cp | Total Credit Points |
Students who commenced in or after 2013
The grade of "PC" cannot be counted towards a Graduate Certificate AQF Level 8 course award.
Students should refer to the current Grading Policy and Common Course Rules for further information.
Study plan
Students Commencing in Semester 1
The Recommended Study Plan provided below is suitable for a student commencing in semester 1 and enrolling in a standard part time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
Part-time Study Plan
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| HEA505 Facilitating Clinical Learners | CO | HEA503 Fostering Curiosity for Care | CO |
| HEA506 Health Workforce | CO | HEA504 Communication and Assessment Skills for Clinical Education | CO |
Students Commencing in Semester 2
The Recommended Study Plans provided below are suitable for students commencing in semester 2 and enrolling in a standard full-time or part-time load. Students entering this course with advanced standing, or wishing to vary their study plan due to work, personal, financial or other reasons should use the table as a guide to create an individual study plan.
FULL-TIME Higher Education Relief Package Study Plan
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit |
| Semester 1 | Semester 2 | ||
| Year 1 | |||
| HEA503 Fostering Curiosity for Care | CO | ||
| HEA504 Communication and Assessment Skills for Clinical Education | CO | ||
| HEA505 Facilitating Clinical Learners | CO | ||
| HEA506 Health Workforce | CO | ||
PART-TIME Study Plan
| Legend: | CO = Core Unit |
Course fees
Charles Darwin University is offering this Graduate Certificate as part of the suite of university short courses subsidised by the Commonwealth Government.
The discounted fees only apply to new student course enrolments in Semester 2, 2020. To be eligible you must study full time and complete all 4 units by December 2020. Future enrolments (2021) will be charged at the standard rate, without a discount.
The indicative discounted fee for this course is AUD $1,250.00.
Non-Commonwealth supported places
Full fee paying places are available in this course.
2020: Information about fees and charges can be found at Fees and Payments.
2021: Information about fees and charges for 2021 are not yet available however will be published prior to 1 December 2020.