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Postgraduate programmes
Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (Clinical Rehabilitation)
- Information for Service Managers
Information for Service Managers
Please refer to "Information
for students" for more general information about the
course. This provides information that we think that you, as a
Service Manager, might need to know about the course and how it
might affect you and your Service.
How many students can enrol from our service?
There are 20 places available nationally which need to be divided
between Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. We reserve
the right to balance numbers from different disciplines rather
than a strictly geographical split of numbers. Centres other than
the four main ones listed here may be considered.
Which students should I recommend for the course?
That is up to you. Apart from meeting the qualification criteria,
you need to decide which students are likely to get the most out
of the course, and the opportunities for further study that the
course opens up (like Masters programmes), and which students
will contribute the most back to your Service. Students must also
be 0.8 of a fulltime position.
Who will the clinical mentors be?
The mentor would need to be someone with substantial clinical
experience, preferably a graduate of the Post-Graduate Certificate
or Diploma in Rehabilitation and the desire to help train others.
It is essential that the students are closely involved in the
process of selecting their mentor. All clinical mentors will receive
guidance about the mentorship process and their responsibilities.
From our experience this year the group mentoring process provided
for a much richer environment for both mentors and students, than
working one-to-one. We therefore suggest a 1:3 or 1:4 ratio.
How do we benefit?
The PG Certificate provides an opportunity for rehabilitation
clinicians to extend their knowledge of evidence-based theoretical
and clinical concepts, which will hopefully be reflected in their
clinical practice within your Service. The Certificate will also
be a valuable stand-alone qualification for some staff or a "stepping-stone"
to further study for others.
This year we also have a fulltime lecturer to oversee and develop
the programme over the course of the year. As a consequence of
this one of our goals for the first semester is to provide face-to-face
contact between the Academic Co-ordinator and your Service. This
will provide an opportunity to discuss course processes such as
Clinical Mentoring.
Services will receive a payment for student "time release"
to attend the regional workshop. This will be paid at $20/hour
per student. In addition, services will be paid for clinical mentor's
time at $40/hour + GST; we are allowing 90 minutes per fortnight
for each mentoring session.
Do I need to provide any other logistic support for students?
Allocation of study leave and contribution to study leave expenses
(including travel and accommodation) is at the discretion of the
clinical service although we would hope that services would be
generous in this regard. Access to the Internet for students would
be an advantage for web-based aspects of the course as well as
for finding up to date resources and using library facilities
available on-line.
Who do I contact for further information?
William Levack is the Course Co-ordinator and contact person
for this year. He will help with questions about the course and
the process for choosing and enrolling students. Contact him by
phone (Tel 64 4 385 5541 ext 6279) or email wlevack@wnmeds.ac.nz
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