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Fee paying postgraduate:
Full-time - $28,880.00 pa
Part-time - $14,440.00 pa
The Graduate Diploma of Critical Care Paramedicine provides a pathway for qualified paramedics to pursue a professional specialisation in critical care. As paramedicine moves towards professional registration under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), this degree will ensure you start your career with the confidence to make a real difference.
Pursue a postgraduate qualification in paramedicine with a leading provider of paramedicine education. As Australia's first provider of a paramedicine degree, Charles Sturt University has a proud history of producing high-quality paramedicine graduates. Our graduates also enjoy excellent employment outcomes. You'll learn from academics who bring diverse overseas experiences to the course, while also maintaining close ties with the largest ambulance service in Australia, NSW Ambulance.
The Critical Care specialisation provides specialised skills in advanced critical care. You will learn to integrate advanced medical care, respiratory care, cardiac care and trauma techniques into your current practice and make expert judgments to ensure your patients experience the best possible care.
This postgraduate course is delivered online for maximum flexibility, so you can upgrade your qualifications while continuing to work and adding immediate value to your organisation.
The Graduate Diploma of Critical Care Paramedicine could open up a whole world of possibility, including positions beyond the scope of traditional paramedic practice. Employment opportunities occur in both advanced and developing countries. You could work as a critical care paramedic, intensive care paramedic, mobile intensive care ambulance paramedic, or community paramedic.
For each 8-point subject you are enrolled in, you should expect to spend 10 to 12 hours per week working on assignments and assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, and attending lectures, intensive schools, or examinations. If you are studying four subjects per session, this is equivalent to a full-time job. The workload for some subjects may vary as a result of approved course design.
You may need to attend an online or on-campus intensive school for certain subjects in this course. These schools usually involve lectures, tutorials and practicals that will give you a deeper understanding of your subject.
| APS402 | Foundations of Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS403 | Paediatrics and Maternal Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS501 | Cardiac Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS503 | Medical Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS504 | Trauma Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS502 | Respiratory Critical Care | 8 credit pts | ||
| IKC502 | Critical Studies: Indigenous Australian Cultures, Histories and Contemporary Realities | 8 credit pts | ||
| APS505 | Critical Care Skills | 8 credit pts |
As a Charles Sturt University student, throughout your course you have a responsibility to continue to develop skills in English language, literacy and numeracy as appropriate to your discipline. This ongoing development will enable you to effectively participate in your course and graduate prepared to enter the workforce.
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NOTE: Registered nurses without paramedic experience should apply to the Graduate Diploma of Clinical Practice (Paramedicine) rather than the Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine.
Standard English Language Proficiency (ELP) requirements apply. Click here to view the specific international course entry requirements.
If you’ve completed relevant tertiary study, or work experience related to your course, you could receive credit towards your degree. Which would mean completing your qualification quicker. Find out how to apply for credit and see our credit policy.
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