The Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation provides evidence based studies for health professionals including registered physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, nurses and other allied health professionals who seek to extend knowledge and skills in the fields of aged and neurological rehabilitation for promotion and professional recognition, or return to the workforce. This program enables articulation to the Master of Rehabilitation (Discipline).

The course builds on the health inquiry unit and units related to clinical reasoning, advanced studies in chronic disease and disability and inter-professional practice and delivers case-based, on-line studies of aged and neurological disorders for holistic management and participation, along with research methodologies to plan a work-based project and a discipline specific practicum.

Graduates of the Graduate Diploma in Rehabilitation should be able to:

• Demonstrate advanced rehabilitation clinical knowledge and skill required in interprofessional rehabilitation settings
• Synthesise and evaluate complex clinical information, problems, concepts and theories related to challenges within rehabilitation settings which is informed by evidence based practice;
• Apply effective ethical clinical leadership using advanced clinical judgement and decision-making to healthcare challenges within rehabilitation settings.

Graduates may be eligible to undertake the Master of Rehabilitation and specialise in one of the four areas of specialisation offered.

Graduate may also be eligible to undertake other postgraduate programs within the Faculty of Health Sciences.

To be eligible for admission to the course, an applicant must have completed the following prerequisites:

1. Hold one of the following qualifications with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 on a seven-point scale.
2. a Bachelor Degree from an accredited four-year program for speciality disciplines, or an accredited three-year program for non-specialty pathway; OR
3. a Graduate Entry Masters in a related discipline; OR
4. a Doctor (Extended Masters) in a related discipline; OR
5. an approved equivalent in a related discipline.
6. Have a minimum of two years clinical experience in the appropriate discipline.
7. Hold current registration with the required authority in Australia or registration authority in your country of current practice, as required by your discipline.