Graduate Diploma of Rural Generalist Practice

Program Overview

This program prepares students for careers in allied health, particularly in rural and remote communities. Graduates gain specialist skills that enable them to work effectively in these settings and can advance their careers in various allied health professions, including nutrition, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physiotherapy, podiatry, psychology, radiography, social work, and speech pathology.

Program Outline

Careers:

• Allied Health professionals can advance their academic and clinical expertise in a wide range of community and clinical settings.
• Graduates are equipped with specialist, sought-after skills that allow them to work effectively in rural and remote communities.
• Career opportunities include employment in the allied health industry, particularly in rural, remote and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
• Graduates can advance their careers as nutritionists/dieticians, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, radiographers, social workers or speech pathologists.