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The University of Newcastle is a multi-campus institution offering programs in a number of locations.
This degree is part of the programs offering government subsidised places
Gain advanced specialist knowledge and skills, advanced research skills training, and education about contemporary issues and interventions. Extending your secure and custodial healthcare education will place you in the optimum position to improve the delivery of clinical care for patients at an advanced practice level, delivering clinical practice based on new paradigms and recent evidence in contemporary health care.
This program offers you the opportunity to tailor your studies to your specialist area of custodial health while underpinning your knowledge with a strong social justice philosophy.
On graduating, you will have the knowledge and skills to become a leader in custodial and secure setting healthcare, improving clinical care and health outcomes for people in your chosen clinical specialty. You will be equipped with the skills to be responsive to contemporary issues in health care, and multidisciplinary collaboration in health education and research.
Discover more about the Master of Custodial Health from student, Lara Marshall, and program convenor, Jo Burton. Hear where the degree can take you from Lara's role in Cessnock Correctional Centre, Health precinct.
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The Master of Custodial Health will provide you with an advanced knowledge base to build your career in Custodial Health. You will have the opportunity to tailor your education to best suit your career objectives.
Key areas of study include:
A Master of Custodial Health will open your career pathway to include roles such as:
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Applications to study are now open. Submit your application now..
Both students and education agents can submit applications online. This is our preferred way of application. You can save your application after you have started, and come back to it later.
To ensure that the process goes smoothly for you, you should complete the following steps before applying:
You will be considered for entry based on criteria such as your undergraduate studies and/or equivalent prior learning and/or relevant work experience.
Make sure you double check the special entry requirements, assumed knowledge or recommended studies for the degree:
Admission to the program will be available for applicants who are registered health professionals, with:
Work experience can be identified through a detailed Curriculum Vitae, and a statement of service or signed letters from employers confirming your role, duties and period of employment.
You can look at Uni prep for options to brush up on knowledge before you start.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.