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Advance your knowledge with online courses across a range of special interest medical fields, tailored for nurses in Australia.
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Professional Diploma Program in Melanography
A comprehensive three-stage pathway designed for nurses, to equip you with the skills to become a Melanographer: a specialised nurse whose primary role is to conduct skin assessments and identify suspicious skin lesions for referral to a doctor.
Suitable for Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners working in specialist skin clinics.
Professional Certificate of Melanography
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Learn the foundations of primary care melanography, from common types of benign and malignant skin lesions through to best practice approaches for reaching a confident diagnosis.
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Foundations of skin cancer medicine
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Understanding basic skin cancers - The Big Three: BCC, SCC & melanoma
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An approach to pigmented skin lesions
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An approach to non-pigmented skin lesions
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Chaos and clues in lesion recognition
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Benign non-melanocytic lesions
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Malignant non-melanocytic lesions
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Dermoscopy for pink lesions
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Skin imaging techniques
Advanced Certificate of Melanography
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Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to conduct a thorough skin assessment with dermoscopy, and learn how to identify a broad range of suspicious skin lesions across all patient age groups and skin types.
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Dermoscopy for the management of non-melanoma skin cancer
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Dermoscopy for melanocytic naevi
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Dermoscopy for melanoma
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The broad spectrum of BCC and keratinocyte skin cancer
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Dermoscopy for difficult benign lesions
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Dermoscopy for screening children
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Dermoscopy for screening young adults
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Dermoscopy for screening older patients
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Lesion in different skin types
Professional Diploma of Melanography
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Round out your melanography skills with a comprehensive understanding of dermatopathology and the knowledge to identify suspicious lesions, including difficult, rare and aggressive skin cancers.
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Dermoscopy for difficult melanomas
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Dermoscopy for rare skin tumours
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Merkel cell carcinoma and rare/aggressive melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers
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Introduction to dermatopathology correlation cases
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Histopathology of melanocytic lesions
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Specimen processing and correlation cases
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Management of special cases including the immunosuppressed patient
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Acquire the knowledge to safely and confidently diagnose and treat commonly encountered skin lesions.
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Foundations of skin cancer medicine
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The BEST protocol ( BEnign or Suspicious Test)
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The importance of skin checks and how to identify patient risk
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How to perform a skin examination
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Partial and complete punch and shave biopsy techniques
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Patient cases
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Learn an approach to the screening, diagnosis, and management of pigmented skin lesions.
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Benign lesions (freckles, solar lentigo, seborrhoeic keratosis, haemangioma, dermatofibroma, blue naevi)
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Dermoscopy of pigmented lesions
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The Three-Point Checklist
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Dysplastic naevi and melanoma
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Risk factors for melanoma
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Key points for detecting benign and suspicious lesions
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Learn skin imaging techniques for detecting melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers, plus indications for each approach.
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Digital dermatoscopy
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Total body photography
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Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM)
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Optical coherence tomography
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High frequency ultrasound
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Electric impedance spectroscopy
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Multispectral analysis
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Raman spectroscopy
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Learn an approach to the screening, diagnosis, and management of non-pigmented skin lesions.
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Dermoscopy of non-pigmented lesions
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Biopsy approaches
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Treatment options (including field therapies)
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Solar keratosis
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Bowen's disease
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Keratocanthoma
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Basal cell carcinoma
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Squamous cell carcinoma
Courses in Geriatric Care
Address the complex medical needs of geriatric patients, effectively manage the health issues of an ageing population, and help provide early-stage identification of chronic health problems in older patients.
Suitable for all general practice nurses (both Registered and Enrolled).
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Understand how to screen fall risk, provide prevention strategies, and develop a management plan for geriatric patients.
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Risk screening tools
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Fall prevention strategies
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Management plans to reduce risk of falls and fall-related injury
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Patient examination and investigations, including home assessment
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Fall reduction programs
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Learn to recognise the signs of elder abuse (including general, physical, sexual, emotional, economic, and neglect) and understand the nurse's role in intervention.
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Ageing and healing process of the skin
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Physical signs of elder abuse
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Possible causal factors for injuries
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Risk factors, signs and symptoms of abuse
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How to assess elder patients and avoid diagnostic errors
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The nurse's role
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Accessing support services
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Gain an understanding of depression and suicide risk in older people, encompassing risk factors, causes, effects, screening, and management.
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Depression, psychological distress, and suicide risk
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Causes of depression
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Risk factors
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Effects and signs of depression
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Diagnosis, screening, and assessment tools
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Treatment (education, lifestyle changes, and psychological and medication considerations)
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GP Mental Health Care Plan
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Understand the role of the nurse in the primary prevention, screening, evaluation, treatment and ongoing monitoring of comorbidities in overweight and obese patients.
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Sustained behavioural change
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Lifestyle changes and counselling
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Patient education and lifestyle modifications
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Diet and exercise
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Medication as an adjunct to diet
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Weight loss surgery
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Nurse's role in education and advocation
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Learn to identify and manage paediatric presentations of commonly seen respiratory symptoms.
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Identification, triggers, risk factors, and diagnosis
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Investigations, medications, and ongoing review
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Hospital admission
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Asthma
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Croup and bronchiolitis conditions
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Community-acquired pneumonia
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Understand the health impacts of certain lifestyle choices and provide support to your male patients to encourage positive choices and prevent medical issues.
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Health impacts of smoking and alcohol
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Impact of obesity and sedentary lifestyle
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Preventing poor lifestyle choices in men
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Comorbidities
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How to work with male patients to encourage positive lifestyle choices
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Manage patients with diabetes from screening to treatment. Learn how to initiate and plan long-term diabetes management with the goal of achieving glycaemic control.
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Screening and pathology testing
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Step-by-step approach to explaining diabetes diagnosis and management to patients
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Long-term management plans
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Initiating all areas of lifetime diabetes care
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Management strategies for glycaemic and weight control, diet and exercise, lifestyle choices, renal function, eye and foot health, blood pressure, lipids, and comorbidities
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Medical management of glycaemia
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Learn the basics of wound care, healing, anaesthetics, and managing complications.
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Theoretical and practical concepts of wound care
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Skin anatomy, tension lines and wound healing
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Aseptic technique and local anaesthetics
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Safety, equipment and complications
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Gain the skills to manage skin ulcers, pressure sores and wounds in the primary care setting, and provide aftercare for patients.
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Identifying skin ulcers and pressure sores
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Symptoms and stages of pressure injuries
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Wound identification and healing stages
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Choosing dressings, bandages, and equipment
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Prevention strategies for high-risk patients
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Best practices for wound debridement, cleansing, dressings, and topical agents
HealthCert Education is a university quality-assured and CPD-accredited education provider for medical professionals.
Study mode
All courses are delivered 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.
- Complete your assessment online and receive your certificate with no face-to-face requirements.
Entry requirements
HealthCert Education offers courses suitable for all nurses, including Enrolled Nurses, Registered Nurses, and Nurse Practitioners. Please read the course description carefully to select a course that is right for your nursing role.
No other previous formal training is required. English proficiency is assumed. You require access to a computer, internet, and basic technology proficiency to access and navigate the online learning portal.
Certification
Upon successful completion of your course, you will receive a digital badge credential in recognition of your skills. Learn more about digital credentials.
Each course will be endorsed by a peak membership association (including the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association and the Australian College of Nursing) or the International Dermoscopy Society.
Our Education Advisors can assist you with any queries and tailor our education pathway to suit your current expertise, interests and career goals.
