The Graduate Diploma of Counter-Terrorism and Operational Medicine is a specialised course designed to prepare medical professionals to manage trauma in high-threat environments. Through this course, you will receive comprehensive training in Counter-terrorism and Operational Medicine, emphasising developing critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills necessary for success in dynamic and high-pressure situations.
As a participant in this course, you will gain new clinical knowledge and diagnostic skills, and you will learn how to assess, plan, prepare, and implement strategies for successful operations in civilian tactical environments, including diverse population groups and in direct, indirect, high-threat, and prolonged field care environments. The course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to operate successfully in high-risk environments, contributing to public safety and security.
Upon completing the course, you will be better equipped to handle the unique challenges of trauma care in dynamic and high-threat environments while focusing on clinical excellence and adherence to best practices in operational medicine. With the comprehensive training provided, you will be able to manage high-acuity trauma in various high-threat scenarios, ensuring you can provide the best possible care to patients while maintaining their safety and security.
The Graduate Diploma of Counter-Terrorism and Operational Medicine is a professional development course aimed at training health professionals to respond to and manage acute medical emergencies at critical care level in high-risk environments where their personal safety may still be under threat. It will also allow those with relevant qualifications to enter the fast-growing field of tactical medicine. Additionally, this course will provide transferable knowledge that can be applied in the resource limited medical contracting, search and rescue and expedition medicine environments.
Duration | 1 years full-time or 2 years part-time |
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Credit Points that Must be Earned | 48 |
Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24). |
Expected Hours of Study | One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term. |
Course Type | Postgraduate Award |
Qualification (post nominal) | GradDipCTOMed |
AQF Level | Level 8: Graduate Diploma |
Course Fees |
Indicative Year - 2025
Indicative Year - 2024
Indicative Year - 2023
Indicative Year - 2022
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Domestic Students Tertiary Admission Centre Codes (TAC) Codes |
Not Applicable |
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International Students CRICOS Codes |
Not Applicable |
Entry Requirements:
To be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must demonstrate one of the following:
English Language Proficiency Requirement:
If you were not born in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa or United States of America you are required to meet the English Language Proficiency requirements set by the University. Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion within the last 5 years of:
Completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America, which will meet the English proficiency.
If you do not satisfy any of the above you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores as below.
English test results remain valid for no more than two years between final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate.
Each student will be assessed individually.
Paramedic students English language skills are directly aligned with the requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
There is no recommended pre-study required for entry into this course.
There are no specific security requirements for entry into this course.
There are no specific health requirements for entry into this course.
Interim Awards | CL64 - Graduate Certificate in Counter-Terrorism and Operational Medicine |
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Exit Awards | CL64 - Graduate Certificate in Counter-Terrorism and Operational Medicine |
Accreditation |
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Compulsory Residential School | Some units in this course will require compulsory attendance at residential schools. |
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Not applicable |
Year | Number of Students |
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2024 | 10 |
2023 | 5 |
2022 | 9 |
2021 | 8 |
2020 | 4 |
Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.
If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting accessibility@cqu.edu.au. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.
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Course Learning Outcomes | ||||||||
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Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
1. KNOWLEDGE Have advanced knowledge within a systematic and coherent body of knowledge that may include the acquisition and application of knowledge and skills in a new or existing discipline or professional area | ||||||||
2. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge and identify and provide solutions to complex problems | ||||||||
3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to think critically and to generate and evaluate complex ideas | ||||||||
4. SKILLS Have specialised technical and creative skills in a field of highly skilled and/or professional practice | ||||||||
5. SKILLS Have communication skills to demonstrate an understanding of theoretical concept | ||||||||
6. SKILLS Have communication skills to transfer complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences | ||||||||
7. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to make high level, independent judgements in a range of technical or management functions in varied specialised contexts | ||||||||
8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate broad functions within varied specialised technical and/or creative contexts | ||||||||
9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILL Be responsible and accountable for personal outputs and all aspects of the work or function of others within broad parameters |
Number of units: 8 | Total credit points: 48 |
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