[NARRATOR] The School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University has designed an
integrated approach to healthcare practice in response to the changing demands of the
health care industry. With more than two and a half thousand students and two hundred staff
the School is producing the health workforce of tomorrow.
[PROFESSOR IAIN GRAHAM] The health workforce is about inter-professional working, team working, good understanding
of evidence in research and its implications and its relevance to ensuring good patient
care. [NARRATOR] The School offers contemporary professional
training beyond the traditional model of acute care into a diverse range of primary and community
care services. [IAIN GRAHAM] The school is involved in the provision of
services and education research to improve patient care and we do this by working very
closely with our partners in the health provider services.
[NARRATOR] The School's comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees provides students
with strong foundations for a career in the health and human sciences industry. High quality
learning experiences are delivered to students in laboratories and advanced facilities for
practical training. Many courses also feature professional placements.
The expanding suite of undergraduate health courses includes bachelor degrees in nursing,
midwifery, biomedical science, psychology, occupational therapy, speech pathology, podiatry
and pedorthics, and sports science. Our clinical science degree incorporates studies in osteopathy.
[ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WENDY GILLEARD] We're very reliant on working with our national accrediting bodies to make sure that our courses
are absolutely up-to-date and the students are receiving the highest level of competencies
they can achieve. [NARRATOR] A distinctive feature of the School of Health
and Human Sciences is the community health clinics at its Gold Coast and Lismore campuses.
Where health professionals, students and staff deliver integrated healthcare to the public.
[ANNA SKEEN] The Clinic is my favourite, I definitely love working with the patients and it’s nice
to know that everything we’ve worked up until now has come together to be a therapy
for people to help them which is why people get into osteopathy.
[RORY DAVIES] We have a range of clients or patients in here today most of them have some sort of
chronic disease so they are in here trying to manage it and we help treat those chronic
diseases. [NARRATOR] Postgraduate qualifications include specialist
degrees in diabetes education, osteopathy and clinical exercise physiology, as well
as healthcare leadership and advanced health practice. The School of Health and Human Sciences
also offers Continuous Professional Development to health professionals.
[DR LOUISE HORSTMANSHHOF] This provides solid pathways where people can progress with this kind of learning so
that it doesn’t just remain continuing professional development but it also has the opportunity
to lead onto something else. [NARRATOR] To learn more about the School Health and
Human Sciences at Southern Cross University visitscu.edu.au/healthscience