Graduate Diploma of Community Paramedicine Online

What you will study

Students must complete five core units and one core unit option.

Core units

• Advanced Clinical Examination and Leadership for Paramedics
• Paramedic Advanced Practice 1
• Ageing, Health and Wellbeing
• Paramedic Advanced Practice 2
• Paramedic Advanced Practice 3

Students must select one of the following core unit options:

• Advanced Obstetrics for Paramedics
• Advanced Cardiac Studies
• Introduction to Emergency Management
• Evidence-Based Practice
• Drug Use and Addictive Behaviours

Entry requirements

You'll need to meet the admission requirements for this course.

Academic Admission Requirements (Band 8)

The following course-specific admission requirements are mandatory and must be satisfied by all applicants. These requirements are in addition to or supersede the minimum requirements outlined within the Academic admission requirements band section below.

All applicants are required to have a Bachelor’s degree in Paramedicine, or have completed a Graduate Certificate of Critical Care Paramedicine, with equivalents considered. Alternatively applicants can apply if they have at least five years appropriate professional experience. Additionally applicants must Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) or equivalent accredited professional registration body, with equivalents considered.

Academic admission requirements (Band 8) may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• Bachelor degree in a cognate discipline; or
• Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience.

English Language requirements (Band 4)

English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:

• IELTS Academic Overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0);
• Bachelor degree from a country specified on the English Proficiency Bands page;
• Successfully completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent);
• Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years relevant professional experience; or
• Other tests, courses or programs defined on the English Proficiency Bands page.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You can get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. You'll need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university to apply. Please reach out to the university for more information.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

• Communicate complex medical and paramedical knowledge, research principles and methods to demonstrate an advanced level of extended care paramedicine.
• Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, evaluate and synthesise complex ideas, concepts and theories in authentic extended care Paramedicine contexts.
• Use high level self-management skills to initiate, appraise and operate in complex and dynamic extended care Paramedicine professional environments.

Career outcomes

• Extended Care Paramedic
• Advanced Care Paramedic
• Community Paramedic
• Specialist Paramedic
• Advanced Paramedic
• Site Paramedic
• Industrial Medic
• Industrial Paramedic
• Advanced Care Practitioner
• Paramedic Practitioner

Fees and FEE-HELP

Estimated first-year tuition fee in 2026: $9,550 (domestic full-fee paying place).

All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 120 credit points (normally six units) per year.

A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:

• The number of units studied.
• Choice of courses.
• Credit from previous study or work experience.
• Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee-paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.