詹姆斯库克大学

What to expect

Choose from a coursework degree or incorporate a research element to open doors to a future PhD. You will gain a broad understanding of rehabilitation and important topics including chronic conditions, evidence-based practice, and cultural principles.

Select from majors in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, or general rehabilitation.

Majors
General Major in Rehabilitation

Take the General Major in Rehabilitation to advance your career. Learn high-level skills to deliver assistance to individuals overcoming illness and injuries. Your additional therapeutic qualifications and advanced skillset will equip you for a range of roles to support clients in their daily life.

Occupational Therapy

Choose the Occupational Therapy Major with a specialisation in rehabilitation for a highly-valued qualification. Add a significant skillset to your resume to successfully assist individuals in overcoming illnesses and injuries which impair daily living activities.

Physiotherapy

Major in Physiotherapy with a specialisation in rehabilitation to enhance your existing qualifications. You will be equipped for roles in assisting clients at an advanced level. Help people to overcome mobility-impairing illnesses and injuries.

Speech Pathology

Gain advanced skills with the Speech Pathology Major. Assist individuals of all ages with communication and swallowing-related issues. Build your career and support clients confronting illnesses and injuries.

Career Opportunities

Grow your career in rehabilitation with the Master of Rehabilitation at JCU. Benefit from unique experiences in tropical, rural, remote, and regional areas and familiarity with Indigenous communities and their heath.

JCU’s Master of Rehabilitation gives you the contemporary knowledge and experience to update your clinical practice and expand your career prospects.

You will gain advanced skills in your specialisation and valuable expertise in tropical, Indigenous, rural, and remote practice.

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. Additionally, you could go on to study a PhD.