Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences in Youth Health

The Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences (PGDipHSc) in Youth Health offers opportunities for students who wish to progress to leadership roles in youth health in such areas as planning and policy, clinical practice and programme leadership.

Students wishing to complete the PGDipHSc in Youth Health are required to enrol in and complete the following courses:

75 Points from:

• PAEDS 712 - Youth Health Clinical Skills (15 Points)
  
• PAEDS 719 - Health, Education and Youth Development (15 Points)
  
• PAEDS 708 - Population Youth Health (15 Points)
  
• POPLPRAC 754 - Infant, Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health (15 Points)
  
• PROFCOUN 700 - Counselling in Youth Mentoring (15 Points)
  
• SOCCLEAD 701 - Leading Social Innovation (15 Points)
• NURSING 773 - Advanced Assessment and Clinical Reasoning (30 points)
• PAEDS 710 - Clinical Care of Gender Diverse Youth (15 points)
• PAEDS 721 - Youth Health Clinical Skills (15 points)
• PAEDS 722 - Youth Health Practicum (15 points)
• PSYCHIAT 766 - Youth Addiction and Co-existing Problems (15 points)

a 15 point research course from:

• POPLHLTH 701 - Research Methods in Health (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 704 - Undertaking Qualitative Health Research (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 705 - Evaluation Research Methods (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 708 - Epidemiology (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 767 - Health Services Research Methods (15 Points)

and a further 30 points from:

• MAORIHTH 701 - Foundations of Māori Health (15 Points)
  
• NURSING 773 - Advanced Assessment and Clinical reasoning (30 Points)
  
• PAEDS 710 - Clinical Care of Gender Diverse Youth (15 Points)
  
• PAEDS 714 - Emergency Paediatrics (15 Points)
  
• PAEDS 721 - Clinical Care of Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer (15 Points)
  
• PAEDS 722 - Youth Health Practicum (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 735 - Mental Health Development: Theory and Practice (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 736 - Mental Health Promotion (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 737 - Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Studies (15 Points)
  
• POPLHLTH 739 - Pacific Health (15 Points)
  
• POPLPRAC 702 - Primary Mental Health (15 Points)
  
• POPLPRAC 712 - Project Planning for Lifestyle Change (15 Points)
  
• POPLPRAC 724 - Child and Adolescent Palliative Care (15 Points)
  
• PSYCHIAT 740 - Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (15 Points)
  
• PSYCHIAT 766 - Youth Addiction and Co-existing Problems (15 Points)
  
• PSYCHIAT 769 - CBT with Children, Adolescents and their Families 1 (15 Points)
  
• PSYCHIAT 770 - CBT with Children, Adolescents and their Families 2 (15 Points)
• HLTHMGT 729 - Strategic Health Management (15 points)
• HLTHMGT 754 - Health Leadership (15 points)
• PAEDS 712 - Youth Health Clinical Skills (15 Points)
• PAEDS 719 - Health, Education and Youth Development (15 Points)
• PAEDS 722 - Youth Health Practicum (15 points)
• POPLHLTH 732 - Population Youth Health (15 Points)
• POPLPRAC 754 - Infant, Child and Adolescent Primary Mental Health (15 points)
• PROFCOUN 700 - Counselling in Youth Mentoring (15 Points)
• SOCCLEAD 701 - Leading Social Innovation (15 points)

Detailed information on admission criteria, programme structure and content, and the schedule of courses can be found in the University Calendar regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. These should also be read in conjunction with the University's General Regulations - Postgraduate Diplomas.

New students: to ensure you enrol on time, please visit our step-by-step guide to applications, admission, and enrolment.