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A study planner will help you decide what topics to study and when. Use it as a guide to plan your enrolment and complete your degree, alongside the program of study, ensuring all requisites are met.

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Contact AskFlinders if you cannot find a relevant study planner.

To qualify for the Master of Palliative Care, a student must complete 54 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the program of study below.

Not all topics are necessarily available each year.

1. This Program of Study serves as a suggested study plan.  When core topics are offered in both halves of the year, students may enrol in these topics in either half of the year as long as requisites are met.

Applicants who do not hold the Graduate Certificate in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care or the Graduate Diploma in Palliative Care in Aged Care, must normally hold a bachelor degree or an equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution in dietetics, medicine, midwifery, nursing, occupational therapy, paramedic science, pharmacy, physiotherapy, psychology, speech pathology or social work.

Applicants must also have no less than two years' full-time equivalent clinical involvement in Palliative Care and/or clinical involvement in supporting patients and families with a life-limiting illness.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.