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Aesthetic Medicine

Start anytime online and enjoy the flexibility to study at your own pace with Australia’s only university-assured online health and medicine courses.

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Program overview

The latest trends in health and skin care result in an increased demand for aesthetic services and cosmetic treatments – and skilled practitioners.

  • Meet your patients' medical aesthetic concerns and help them regain their healthy appearance and confidence.
  • Build long-term loyalty and add non-Medicare based revenue to your practice.
  • Strictly science-based and not company-funded.
  • The online courses are quality-assured by Bond University.
  • The online courses are CPD-accredited.
Gain medical aesthetics training fully online or online with a one-day practical workshop. Tailored for general practitioner training, you will also acquire the medical and business knowledge required to integrate the services into your practice.

Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine

from $2595

Develop solid foundation knowledge in aesthetic principles and the safe practice of highly requested treatments for clinical conditions, including skin rejuvenation, anti-wrinkle injections and fillers.

  • Introduction to aesthetic medicine
  • Office-based treatments for aesthetic patients
  • Chemical peels
  • Lasers
  • Facial anatomy
  • Planning safe treatments
  • Botulinum toxin
  • Dermal fillers & filler rheology
  • Dermal filler techniques

Advanced Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine

from $2595

The Advanced Certificate course will increase your clinical knowledge in aesthetic principles and the safe practice of latest evidence-based aesthetic medicine procedures.

  • Skin ageing principles
  • Complications including relevant anatomy in aesthetic medicine
  • Advanced chemical peels and cosmeceuticals
  • Advanced botulinum toxin and hyperhidrosis
  • Advanced dermal fillers
  • Lasers: vascular conditions
  • Lasers: pigment conditions
  • Lasers: tattoo and hair removal
  • Sclerotherapy

Professional Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine

from $2595

In the Professional Diploma course you will develop advanced clinical knowledge and critical awareness of aesthetic medicine principles and treatment options.

  • Laser use for pigment melasma and resurfacing
  • Ultrasound and radio frequency treatments
  • Acne and rosacea management
  • Threadlifts
  • Non-aesthetic use of lasers
  • Dermal fillers, biostimulators and complex applications
  • Common modalities for non-surgical body contouring
  • Advanced botulinum toxin

BUNDLE & SAVE!

Bundle two courses and save 5% or three courses and save 10%. Talk to us about deferred payment options, registrar scholarships and special rates. 

Study modes

Study 100% online

100% online

Study at your own pace and to your own schedule. Interactivity, discussion, and feedback opportunities are included.

  • View and replay video lectures at your convenience.
  • Participate in online case discussions and interact with your peers.
  • Attend or watch recordings of live tutorials with experts in this field.
  • Ask questions and discuss clinical cases in live tutorials.
  • Complete your assessment online and receive your CPD hours and certificate.
Study online and complete a practical workshop

Online + workshop

Complete your course online and receive all the benefits of online study, then put theory into practice at a small-group workshop.

  • Gain hands-on practise in various procedures under expert guidance.
  • Workshops are available in Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney.
  • Get your CPD hours and a certificate for the online course.
  • The workshop is an optional self-submitted CPD activity and is not university reviewed.
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HealthCert 365

Did you know you can also study most of these course modules in HealthCert 365? 

If you're not interested in pursuing a full certificate or Professional Diploma in this field but simply want to enhance your skills in specific topics covered in this course, you can access the content of this (and almost all other HealthCert courses!) for a flat fee of $995 per year.

Entry requirements and medical course requisites

This medical aesthetics program is suitable for physicians, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and degree-qualified nurses.

  • No previous formal training is required for the Professional Certificate course.
  • Participants of the Advanced Certificate course must have successfully completed the Professional Certificate course or have equivalent qualifications.
  • In order to qualify for the Professional Diploma, participants must complete both certificate courses in sequential order.
  • Participants do not have to pass an IELTS test but, as the courses are delivered in English, proficiency in listening, reading and writing English is assumed.
  • Participants will require access to a computer/laptop, an internet connection and a basic level of technology proficiency to access and navigate the online learning portal.

Course inclusions

For your one-off investment, you will receive unlimited access to all course content, additional learning materials, ongoing post-course support and more.

  • Online pre-course activity to be completed in your own time.
  • All online video modules to be viewed, replayed and completed at your convenience.
  • All presentation slides and further learning materials available for permanent access and download.
  • Post-course online assessment to be completed in your own time within six months of the course start date.
  • Ongoing post-course support in monthly webinars with the opportunity to discuss cases with course presenters.
  • Access to the HealthCert Community with additional free learning opportunities, special offers and other benefits.

 

Postgraduate pathways

Postgraduate options with the University of South Wales

This pathway is suitable for doctors who are mainly interested in clinical academic study. The Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Science in Cosmetic Medicine is studied entirely online through Diploma MSc and awarded by the University of South Wales (UK). Medical professionals who successfully complete the HealthCert Professional Certificate, Advanced Certificate and Professional Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine will be eligible to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for module 1 of the Postgraduate Diploma of Cosmetic Medicine which will save them time and fees. When the Postgraduate Diploma has been successfully completed, doctors can apply for credit towards the MSc in Cosmetic Medicine awarded by the University of South Wales. Please apply directly. 

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Certified Clinical Attachments

Clinical attachments are optional and available on a 1:1 basis. These provide the opportunity to observe aesthetic medicine and ask questions of the expert performing the procedures. HealthCert certificates are awarded for participating in clinical attachments. Many doctors find this a very valuable learning experience.

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University quality-assured and CPD-accredited education provider 

Quality-assured by Bond University
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Major Provider
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

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