Certificate & Diploma Courses in Skin Cancer Medicine

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

from $1695

The Professional Certificate course offers the ideal starting point for building your core skill set. Understand the fundamentals required to effectively diagnose skin cancer and perform basic treatments in the primary care setting.

Skin anatomy and histology
Diagnosis with dermoscopy
Benign and malignant skin lesions
Melanoma management
Punch and shave biopsies
Elliptical excisions and suturing
Dermatopathology
Topical treatment options
Workflow and Medicare billing

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Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

from $2595

The Advanced Certificate course will consolidate essential knowledge with more advanced dermoscopy, and will allow you to broaden your therapeutic options and practise performing large elliptical excisions and grafts.

Advanced dermoscopy
Curettage and cautery
Biopsy, haemostasis, halo grafting
Diathermy
Topical treatment options
Local anaesthetics
Incisions / haemostasis
Large elliptical excisions
Lower leg grafts
Suturing, including "paper-thin" skin

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Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine

from $2095

Round out the knowledge required to manage more complex patient cases and rare skin cancers using advanced dermoscopy, histopathology, cryosurgery, and electrosurgery.

Merkel cell carcinoma and rare/aggressive skin cancers
Cutaneous cryosurgery and electrosurgery
Lesion- and field-directed treatments
Chemoprevention
Advanced histopathology
Dermal imaging
Factors influencing the choice of treatment
Managing special cases and complications, including immuno-supressed patients

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Australia is the skin cancer capital of the world, with more than 1.1 million skin cancers treated every year! It is vital for all physicians practising in Australia to have the skills to manage skin presentations, which are common in general practice — or risk missing a melanoma. This skin cancer program provides formalised, accredited training which is suitable for doctors at every stage (including GP Registrars and International Medical Graduates) to help you treat every patient, stop referring off, and move past six-minute medicine.

This medical program is suitable for GPs, International Medical Graduates, nurse practitioners, 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.

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.
Eight 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.
Instruments and consumables for practical sessions in the optional practical workshop.
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.

Graduates of the HealthCert Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine may apply for a scholarship to an online Master degree from our partner in the UK. HealthCert recommends the MSc in Dermatology in Clinical Practice which is awarded by University of Buckingham. Please contact our UK partner directly regarding this scholarship: https://www.diploma-msc.com/s/healthcert

RPL with the University of Queensland

The Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine is guaranteed for RPL for the unit IMED7010, part of the Graduate Certificate of Medicine (Skin Cancer) which is the first step in the Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) at The University of Queensland. There are no further requirements for this RPL, it is automatic and guaranteed and provides a saving on fees. View The University of Queensland, Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) program.

Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer)
Doctors who complete the HealthCert Professional Diploma programs in Skin Cancer Medicine, Dermoscopy, and Skin Cancer Surgery will receive RPL for the units IMED 7010, IMED7002, and IMED7011, which are high-level subjects in the Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) at The University of Queensland. The Master of Medicine is open only to registered medical practitioners with at least two years' postgraduate experience. View The University of Queensland, Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer) program.

Please note, only HealthCert Education qualifications completed within the last ten years can be recognised.