Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care

Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care

Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care

Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care

This Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care are post-registration programmes for New Zealand registered health professionals wanting to advance their clinical practice. A range of papers are offered, with a focus on advancing care, pathophysiology, pharmacology,  pain, and community practice. The postgraduate diploma/certificate is able to be credited into Master programmes throughout New Zealand. 

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Key Details
Invercargill
Qualification:
Postgraduate Certificate
Level:
8
Credits:
60
Duration:

One year full-time

or two years part-time

Blended Delivery

Study Modes:
On Campus
Dates:

2023 Semester 1: 08 February to 21 June. Intake has closed

2023 Semester 2: 20 July to 30 November. Closing date 07 July 2023.

Fees:

This programme is eligible for the Zero Fees Scheme.

  • NO tuition fees
  • Direct material costs is $1,225.60 (GST inclusive)

International Fees can be found here.

NZ$4,500.00 (International Students)

 

This Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care is a post-registration programme for New Zealand registered health professionals wanting to develop advancing skills. A range of papers are offered with a focus on high acuity care, community practice and the interfaces between hospital and home.

You, as a health professional, will be able to develop skills of research, critical analysis, constructive synthesis and advanced practice in your discipline.

This programme delivered through Blended Delivery.

Applicants should have either a degree in a nursing or health related subject or proven evidence of Level 7 study.

Semester One, 2020
HS801 Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning and Health Assessment for Health Professionals 
This paper enables registered nurses/New Zealand registered health professionals to develop, conduct and critically reflect on advanced nursing/health professionals health assessment and diagnostic reasoning in the individual's clinical setting.
Dates on campus: 12 (orientation) and 13 February, 4 March, 8 and 9 April, 6 and 7 May, 3 and 4 June
HS802 Pathophysiology for Health Professionals 
This paper explores the pathophysiological basis of complex disease processes in long-term and common conditions. This paper assumes existing knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology and engenders critical understanding of altered, complex health states.
Dates on campus: 12 (orientation) and 13 February, 20 March, 8 and 29 May, 25 and 26 June
HS816 Advanced Practice to Support Long-Term Conditions
This paper refines advanced long-term conditions' management by enhancing health professional practice in initiating, managing and co-ordinating care across  settings
Dates on campus: 12 (orientation), 18 and 19 February, 8 April, 28 and 29 April, 13 and 14 May
Semester Two, 2020
HS801 Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning and Health Assessment for Health Professionals 
This paper enables registered nurses/New Zealand registered health professionals to develop, conduct and critically reflect on advanced nursing/health professionals health assessment and diagnostic reasoning in the individual's clinical setting.
Dates on campus: 14 (Orientation) and 15 July, 30 July, 12 and 13 August, 9 and 10 September, 14 and 15 October
HS 809 Advanced Pharmacology for Health ProfessionalsThis paper enables the registered nurse or registered midwife to develop an enhanced knowledge of pharmacological principles informing the ethical delivery of medication to clients with long term and common conditions.Dates on campus: 4 and 5 February; 15 March; 11 April; 9 and 30 May; 6 and 20 June
HS 809 Applied Pharmacology for Health Professionals
This paper enables the registered nurse or New Zealand registered health professional to develop an enhanced knowledge of pharmacological principles informing the ethical delivery of medication to clients with long term and common conditions.
Dates on campus: 14 (orientation) and 15 July, 13 August, 10 September, 8 and 22 October, 05 and 19 November
HS810 Health Professional Practice to Support Older Persons' Health and Well-being
This paper recognises the diversity of the older adult age group and the complex relationship between determinants of health, health status and well-being.  The paper examines the scope of independent/ collaborative practice in relation to health promotion, maintenance and restoration of health, preventative care, rehabilitation and/or palliative care and encourages the generation of new approaches to the delivery of expert care in different settings.
Dates on campus: 14 July (orientation), 15 and 16 July, 7, 8 and 9 September, 19 and 20 October
HS812 Integrating Acquired Knowledge in Specialist Practice
This paper enables registered nurses/New Zealand registered health professional to develop advancing specialist skills within their clinical setting.  Through the use of a professional portfolio, practitioners will establish and validate competencies consistent with an advancing practitioner role: leadership; consultancy; involvement in standard and policy setting and monitoring; research and theory utilisation; interdisciplinary collaboration; and expert clinical practice.
Dates on campus: 14 July (orientation), 15 and 16 July, 10 and 11 August, 7 and 8 September,  19 October
HS815 Advancing Clinical Emergency Care
This paper refines advancing nursing/health professional practice by enhancing nursing/health professional skills and expertise in assessment, diagnostic processes, interventions, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics using evidence-based practice in emergency clinical settings.
Dates on campus: 14 July (orientation), 15 and 16 July, 27 and 28 August, 24 September, 29 and 30 October

EACH PAPER IS WORTH 30 CREDITS AT LEVEL 8 AND REQUIRES APPROXIMATELY 300 HOURS OF STUDY (I.E. APPROXIMATELY 15-20 HOURS PER WEEK)

 

Semester One, 2023

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 12th December 2022

Orientation seminar 16/2/22 or 20/7/22 (on-line)

 

HS801 Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning and Health Assessment for Health Professionals

This paper enables registered nurses/registered health professionals to develop, conduct and critically reflect on advanced health assessment and diagnostic reasoning in the individual’s clinical setting.

Study days online: 15th & 16th March

Study days on-site: 15th February; 5th April; 3rd May; 1st & 2nd June (on-site assessment)

HS802 Pathophysiology for Health Professionals

This paper explores the pathophysiological basis of complex disease processes in long-term and common conditions. This paper assumes existing knowledge of normal anatomy and physiology and engenders critical understanding of altered, complex health states.

Study days (all online): 9th February; 10th March; 28th April; 19th May; 8th & 9th June

HS810 Health Professional Practice to Support Older Persons’ Health and Wellbeing

This paper enables New Zealand registered health professionals to develop knowledge which will assist in facilitating and providing evidence-based care to support older adults’ health and wellbeing.

Study days (all online): 22nd February; 15th March; 5th & 26th April; 17th May; 14th June

HS820 Health Services Management

This paper provides an opportunity for New Zealand registered health professionals to acquire knowledge and skills applied by managers and leaders in health services to ensure the achievement of improved patient outcomes.

Study days (all online): 20th February; 29th May

 

Semester Two, 2023

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 13th June 2023

Orientation seminar 16/2/22 or 20/7/22 (on-line)

 

HS809 Applied Pharmacology for Health Professionals

This paper promotes the advancement of ethically robust and socio-culturally aligned pharmacological knowledge to health professionals engaged with health consumers in a variety of clinical environments

Study days (all online): 20th July; 10th & 27th August; 21st Sept; 19th October; 2nd, 16th & 23th November.

HS815 Advancing Clinical Emergency Care

This paper refines advancing practice, by enhancing New Zealand registered health professionals’ skills and expertise in assessment, diagnostic processes, interventions, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics using evidence-based practice in emergency clinical settings.

Study days on-site: 26th & 27th July; 16th & 17th August; 20th & 21st September; 18th & 19th October (on-site assessment)

HS816 Advanced practice to support long term conditions

This paper advances the New Zealand registered health professionals’ knowledge, utilising evidence-based practice, to provide expert levels of management of care, to health consumers with common long-term conditions across settings.

Study days (all online): 25th July; 1st, 22nd & 29th August; 19th & 26th September; 10th & 17th October.

HS818 Pain, Pain Assessment and Pain Management for Health Professionals

This paper enables New Zealand registered health professionals to develop an enhanced knowledge of acute, subacute and chronic pain, including pain assessment and the different therapeutic pain management interventions within the New Zealand context.

Study days (all online): 26th & 27th July; 27th & 28th September; 1st & 2nd November.

HS821 Research Paradigms for Nursing Science

This paper provides New Zealand registered health professionals with the knowledge and skills required for scholarly research at a postgraduate level, covering a range of paradigms, approaches, and techniques, with particular emphasis on the New Zealand cultural and sociopolitical context.

Study days: dates are individualised & specific to each student

 

*PAPERS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL

HS823 Health in Aotearoa New Zealand

This course aims to allow students to explore the implications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi for healthcare in Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as cultural and socioeconomic influences on the health of the Aotearoa New Zealand population.

MHS8.424 Global Health

This course aims to provide students with a comprehensive and critical overview of the global burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in an interdisciplinary health context. MHS8.443 Health in Aotearoa New Zealand This course aims to guide students in developing and extending knowledge and skills related to health promotion by critically examining relevant issues in a global and Aotearoa New Zealand context.

MN8.406 Advanced Practice to Support Child and Family Health

This course aims to draw on students’ developing knowledge and understanding of children (tamariki), youth (rangatahi) and families (whanau) to examine the child/youth within the family as the centre of health care from a wide range of perspectives and disciplines.

MN8.412 Advanced Practice in Critical care Nursing – not until 2025

This level 8 online course provides for specialist practice in critical care. The course explores essential theory underpinning practice that assists the registered nurse working in a critical care environment, to develop advanced practice knowledge and skills. Students will explore and critically analyze all aspects of the critical care environment that impact on patient care and professional practice. This includes clinical governance, multidisciplinary team collaboration and the legal and ethical issues related to the provision of care in a bioscience/technical situation.

Graduates of this programmes will already be a New Zealand registered health professional.

After graduation (and further work experience in some cases), possible jobs in the private and public sectors include management roles, educators in tertiary education and clinical settings as well as advancing health professional practice in primary secondary and tertiary health settings

Application by Academic Qualification An undergraduate degree in a health profession discipline and with New Zealand registration in their health care discipline. It is expected that applicants
a) Minimum entry requirements (maximum 5000 characters allowed in this section) will be in current clinical practice. 0.4 full time equivalent positions is the expected minimum. However, applicants who are unable to meet this will be assessed by the postgraduate programme manager to ensure they have appropriate clinical placements. Where an applicant does not hold an undergraduate degree in a health professional discipline, evidence of extensive professional practice and scholarly achievement to the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree is to be presented in a curriculum vitae accompanied by a statement about advanced practice and postgraduate goals for the future.

Application by Academic Qualification

An undergraduate degree in a health profession discipline and with New Zealand registration in their health care discipline. It is expected that applicants will be in current clinical practice. 0.4 full time equivalent positions is the expected minimum. However, applicants who are unable to meet this will be assessed by the postgraduate programme manager to ensure they have appropriate clinical placements. Where an applicant does not hold an undergraduate degree in a health professional discipline, evidence of extensive professional practice and scholarly achievement to the equivalent of a Bachelor’s degree is to be presented in a curriculum vitae accompanied by a statement about advanced practice and postgraduate goals for the future.

Additional Criteria

A minimum of one-year full time post registration experience and so thus one year in practice at the discretion of the programme manager is required.

All applicants must be New Zealand Registered Health Professionals.

To be awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care at SIT, the student will have been credited with two papers of choice as specified in the structure of the Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care. The total credit value of the Postgraduate Certificate in the Art and Science of Health Care is 60 credits.

Please note that students failing to attend for 80% of the timetabled programme hours, may forfeit Zero Fee entitlement.

Graduates of these programmes will already be a New Zealand registered health professional.
Successful completion of these programmes may enhance opportunities for graduates to obtain leadership positions within their disciplines, to undertake, implement and evaluate research in t
Graduates may also pursue careers in the tertiary education sector as lecturers and researchers.

A student who has completed the Postgraduate Certificate may proceed to the Postgraduate Diploma in the Art and Science of Health Care programme with credit for those papers already completed.

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