“The staff were approachable and Diva pre-empted learning needs such as providing an online tutorial about the assignments.””

“I am an allied health practitioner working in rural NSW in a position that provides care coordination for people with Parkinson’s and other movement disorders. There is no allied health post graduate education or specific guidelines for how to achieve expert knowledge in Parkinson’s in order to provide best practice care for this clinical population. I first approached the Australian College of Nursing about their Parkinson’s Care course in 2022 as I hoped that completion of the course would be a foundation of knowledge to build on and to ensure best practice care for people with Parkinson’s.

The assessments encourage research and exploration into Parkinson’s and content of the course was easily adaptable to the skills and experience of an allied health clinician. It covered the pathophysiology of the disease, assessment of Parkinson’s symptoms, best practice treatment and care involving the multidisciplinary team and the unique challenges of the person entering the palliative stages of the disease.

I have noted that I have been able to incorporate what I have learned from the course into my work, and my confidence has grown. The course would be very suitable for any allied health clinician who is interested in having a deeper understanding of Parkinson’s care.”

“Unit 055 has been extremely relevant to my clinical practice. I have been able to apply theory to practice, maintaining evidence best practice. I hope to use what I have learnt from this course to progress further in my studies and help improve health outcomes for older adults. The tutor was supportive and provided useful feedback to help improve my academic writing.”

“Thank you Diva and team for an informative and valuable learning experience.”

“I have enjoyed this unit (055) and Diva is a great tutor/facilitator.”

“The ‘Clinical issues in care of older person’ unit was well designed, it is relevant to current aged care practise. In depth information about care needs and how the care needs can be met. Very informative, the assessment made me think and reflect about my current practise.”

“Thanks very much Diva and David. You are both very helpful and supportive tutors! Tutors from other institutions I have studied with are not as supportive and prompt with replies and feedback. Very much appreciated, thank you.”

“I just wanted to extend my thanks to Diva for her recent post in the announcements forum regarding a leave of absence. I was unaware of this option but I have looked into it and have now deferred my enrolment for Term 4 to next year to give myself some time to breathe. The last few months have been extremely challenging with ongoing lockdowns, home schooling, starting a new position at work and studying as well.”

“I do not know how I could thank Diva enough for guiding and directing us through the previous term. If she weren’t there supporting me it would have been extremely difficult.
You are the best tutor I ever had!”

“Diva Madan was the facilitator in 3 of 4 subjects and was very supportive and approachable throughout the whole Graduate Certificate course.”

“Tutor (Diva Madan) very supportive, very clear and informative if any doubt, always responded and cleared the doubts, excellent. I would recommend my friend for a postgrad to join ACN.”

“The tutor (Diva Madan) was prompt in replies and helped me in understand the learning topic, engagement from other students made the journey and topic of studies very interesting.”

“Diva Madan is a fantastic teacher, so supportive and her guidance invaluable.”