Duration

Please contact the faculty regarding the duration of this program.

Commencing 2022

Program level

Shorter Form Credential

Units

.5

Faculty

Health & Behavioural Sciences

Teaching Location

St Lucia

Delivery mode

External

Entry requirements

Prerequisites

There are no entry requirements for this shorter form credential.

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

Apply Online

Enquiries for Australian students

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Email: enquiries.shrs@uq.edu.au

Phone: 07 3365 4506

Online enquiry: click here

Web:

Duration

Please contact the faculty regarding the duration of this program.

Commencing 2022

Program level

Shorter Form Credential

Units

.5

Faculty

Health & Behavioural Sciences

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

Apply Online

Enquiries for International students

International Student Advisor

Phone: Outside Australia: + 61 3 8676 7004
Within Australia (Free Call): 1800 671 980

Web:

Enquire online

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.