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Graduate Certificate in Primary Care Nursing (GC-PCN) // Attributes, outcomes and skills
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Intended learning outcomes
On completion students should be able to:
- Apply an evidence based approach to screening, health promotion and an advanced clinical area of their choice
- Consult with patients in primary care using a preventive approach
- Identify the elements of systematic chronic disease management
Graduate attributes
Academically excellent
- express a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarship
- apply in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)
- develop a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem solving and communication
- employ critical and creative thinking, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learning
- demonstrate learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
Knowledgeable across disciplines
- recognise the need to examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplines
- review analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjects
- develop the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problems
- develop flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
Leaders in communities
- identify opportunities to initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaces
- develop excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitations
- prepare to mentor future generations of learners
- prepare to engage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs
Attuned to cultural diversity
- value different cultures
- recognise the need to be a well-informed citizen able to contribute to their community wherever they choose to live and work
- develop an understanding of the social and cultural diversity in our community
- respect indigenous knowledge, cultures and values
Active global citizens
- identify and pursue opportunities to accept social and civic responsibilities
- is an advocate for improving the sustainability of the environment
- develop 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
- development of critical thinking and analytical skills
- an openness to new ideas
- the ability to communicate scientific knowledge through oral, written and web based media
- development of professional leadership skills
Last updated: 10 November 2023