Telehealth for Clinical Practice (Telehealth)
Information valid for students commencing 2022
Duration
Please contact the faculty regarding the duration of this program.
Commencing 2022
Program level
Shorter Form Credential
Units
.5
Program code
4000
Faculty
Teaching Location
St Lucia
Delivery mode
External
AQF level
AQF level 8
Fees for Australian students
$1320 AUD.
How to Apply
Applications must be lodged via the Online Application Form.
Closing Date
Applications are able to be submitted at any time
Enquiries for Australian students
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Email: enquiries.shrs@uq.edu.au
Phone: 07 3365 4506
Online enquiry: click here
Duration
Please contact the faculty regarding the duration of this program.
Commencing 2022
Program level
Shorter Form Credential
Units
.5
Program code
4000
Faculty
Teaching Location
St Lucia
Delivery mode
External
Entry requirements
International students who wish to undertake this program will not qualify for a Student Visa. To study this program in Australia, international students must hold alternative Australian Visa/Residency status with a sufficient study entitlement. See Department of Home Affairs for further details. Alternatively, for programs available in 'External' mode, students may study from their home country.
AQF level
AQF level 8
Fees for International students
$1200 AUD.
How to apply
Applications must be lodged via the Online Application Form.
Closing Date
Applications are able to be submitted at any time
Enquiries for International students
International Student Advisor
Phone: Outside Australia: + 61 3 8676 7004
Within Australia (Free Call): 1800 671 980
Why study Telehealth for Clinical Practice?
In this module we explore how telehealth is revolutionising healthcare systems in Australia, and around the world. Telehealth is a disruptive process, which has a broader and more far-reaching potential than first realised. This potential expands almost daily as new technologies emerge, and research confirms the merits of this innovative way of providing care. The telehealth paradigm has expanded from its early focus on remote care, to a much broader view, that telehealth should be used as a contemporary mode of service delivery within mainstream practice, for both remote and urban populations. While the uptake of telehealth has historically been slow, the COVID-19 pandemic has kick-started the adoption of telehealth services in a major way. Many of these recent changes related to the use of telehealth are likely to remain going forward. The meteoric development of new technologies, reduced costs of telehealth equipment, and ubiquitous access to electronic health records and administration systems, will all work in favour of new sustainable models of care, incorporating telehealth. Such models will bolster a health system facing escalating demands, and rising service costs.
What you can study
The urgent need for developing tomorrow's digitally enabled health workforce, has driven the development of this course, which will provide clinicians with core competencies in clinical telehealth. This module has been developed by several world-leading researchers and experts in telehealth from The University of Queensland, in Brisbane Australia. It consists of five different sections. Section 1 is he Fundamentals of Telehealth. Section 2 is Telehealth Technology. For section 3, we move onto Service Development and Implementation. Section 4 is how to evaluate telehealth services, and we also have a section which will consider telehealth from the perspective of specific healthcare disciplines.
Rules for Shorter Form Credential
To complete the Shorter Form Credential
For more information on program requirements, please contact the Faculty.
Students should be aware of the University of Queensland policies and rules which govern the conduct of UQ programs. These may be found on the UQ policies and rules page on the my.UQ website.