Program Overview

Master of Rehabilitation

Overview

The Master of Rehabilitation is a postgraduate degree that aims to enhance your career in rehabilitation and health promotion. This degree is designed to maximise your professional expertise and extend your capacity in key areas of rehabilitation.

Course Details

Location

• Online (with some on-campus attendance required)

Commencing

• February, July

Fees

• Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD33,907.00
• Plus Student Services and Amenities fee
• Fee deferral and scholarships available if eligible

Duration

• 1.5 years full-time

Entry Requirements

• AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant health discipline; or
• B Physiotherapy, B Occupational Therapy, or B Speech Pathology

Course Structure

The Master of Rehabilitation degree is designed to maximise your professional expertise and extend your capacity in key areas of rehabilitation. You will choose from two streams — coursework or coursework and research — to build specialist knowledge, skills, and technical capability across a range of health contexts.

Coursework Stream

• Lifestyle medicine
• Health coaching and behaviour change
• Models of care
• Education for the health professional
• Advanced practice in a rural and remote context
• Rehabilitation for disability and palliative care

Research Stream

• Two main subjects:
  • Extensive literature review
  • Research project investigating an issue or topic relevant to rehabilitation and the allied health sector

Majors

• General Major in Rehabilitation
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Speech Pathology

Career Opportunities

Graduates pursue careers in various areas including acute wards and rehabilitation settings with public and private health providers, aged care, private practice, policy development, or research. You could pursue your specialisation in roles such as clinician, case manager, or researcher. Additionally, you progress further to study a PhD.

Inherent Requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course.

Real-World Experience

The Master of Rehabilitation provides practical and evidence-based clinical skills that apply to the community work environment and ultimately benefit clients.

Testimonials

• Tamara Matulick, Master of Rehabilitation student: "Doing the Master of Rehabilitation will help with career progression — especially in getting jobs I wouldn’t otherwise be able to get."
• Kestin Roberts, Master of Rehabilitation alumnus: "I chose JCU due to the flexibility of completing it fully online. Working full-time while completing the course was a highlight for me, as I could take things I was learning within my course and immediately implement them in my current practice with clients."
• Daniel Behary, Master of Rehabilitation alumnus: "What inspired me to undertake Master of Rehabilitation at James Cook University is my passion for Interventional Cardiology and interest in Medical research."
• Moira Smith, Course Coordinator, Rehabilitation: "The Master of Rehabilitation is an exciting pathway in your healthcare career. There is a great variety of subjects to help upskill in the area of rehabilitation, addressing perspectives from many different disciplines."
• Kathy Luke, RAR Therapy Director: "This course provides practical and evidence-based clinical skills that apply to the community work environment and ultimately benefit our clients."