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Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing (GD-PCN) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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About this course
Coordinator
Professor Kelsey Hegarty
Contact
Melbourne Medical School
Currently enrolled students:
- Contact Stop 1
- General information: https://ask.unimelb.edu.au
Future students:
- Further information and enquiries: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/9vca
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of the Graduate Diploma in Primary Care Nursing students should be able to:
- Practice effectively patient centred and preventive clinical care
- Contribute to effective teamwork and manage change and risk in the workplace
- Deliver safe and effective nursing care and case management to patients with chronic illness
- Provide an evidence based approach to clinical care in a range of clinical areas of their choice that builds on their previous experience
Graduate attributes
Academically excellent
- value a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship
- practice with in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
- establish a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem solving and communication
- demonstrate critical and creative thinking, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
- exhibit learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
Knowledgeable across disciplines
- examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
- expand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
- exhibit the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
- demonstrate a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
Leaders in communities
- initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
- demonstrate excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
- mentor future generations of learners
- engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
Attuned to cultural diversity
- value different cultures
- operate as a well-informed citizen able to contribute to their communities wherever they choose to live and work
- demonstrate an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
- respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
Active global citizens:
- demonstrate the acceptance of social and civic responsibilities
- advocate for improving the sustainability of the environment
- demonstrate a broad global understanding, with a high regard for human rights, equity and ethics
At the completion of this course, students should be able to demonstrate:
- the capacity for information seeking, retrieval and evaluation
- critical thinking and analytical skills
- an openness to new ideas
- the ability to communicate scientific knowledge through oral, written and web based media
- professional leadership skills
Last updated: 5 March 2021