Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Postgraduate Diploma in Specialty Care with optional endorsements in Pacific Health and Nursing, Māori Health and Nursing, Child/Youth Health, Mental Health and Addiction, Nursing, Older Adult Health, Palliative Care, Perioperative, Primary Health, and Paramedicine | |||
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Qualification Type | Postgraduate Diploma | |||
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Level | 8 | |||
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Credits | 120 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The programme has been designed for experienced health and social professionals to support
the development of enhanced practice and leadership to better meet the health needs of populations in Aotearoa New Zealand. The graduate will have advanced knowledge and skills within their specialty area of practice. The programme aims to ensure that health and social practice professionals can contribute to meeting the demand for services that integrate cultural practices, concepts and diverse world views into high-quality, evidence informed health services. |
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Graduate profile |
Graduates of the qualification will have:
1. Advanced knowledge and critical understanding of contemporary practice and service delivery issues and strategic policy priorities as they relate to people's health and well-being. 2. The ability to review and judiciously utilise research to advocate for best practice innovation which challenges poor population health outcomes. 3. The ability to recognise gaps in practice knowledge and to seek solutions to complex and unpredictable health issues within policy, funding and service delivery parameters. 4. Leadership and management skills that are able to be applied in operational and local contexts. 5. A sophisticated knowledge of the way power relations can operate to marginalise minority perspectives and to become an informed advocate for equitable access to culturally appropriate and ethical health care for populations. |
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Education pathways |
Graduates may progress to
· the Whitireia and WelTec Master of Professional Practice · other Master's programmes in New Zealand or overseas. |
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Employment pathways |
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Entry Requirements |
· Bachelor's degree or equivalent
· International or EAL: IELTS 6.5 in every band, · Registered Nurse, Registered Paramedic or associated with a relevant professional body, · Currently practising in the specialty area. |
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 2829 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2015-03-06 13:03:06.0 | |||
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Last Reviewed | 2017-10-25 15:37:54.0 | |||
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Next Review | 2020-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Content |
Content includes clinical leadership; specialty practice; Pacific health; Maukakala:
epistemologies. Health service policy, systems, and practice development; Su'esu'e Manogi; Te Puna Hauora; child/youth health; mental health and addiction; forensic practice, contemporary nursing praxis; older adult health; palliative care; perioperative care; primary health; Provider Credits 120 DAS Credits 0 EFTS Value 1 Part Time X Full Time X paramedicine; advanced assessment and clinical reasoning; contemporary health care practice/ models of care; research in specialty practice; pathophysiology for health professionals; applied pharmacology for health professionals. |
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