Certificate and Diploma Courses in Skin Cancer Surgery

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery

from $2595

The Professional Certificate course will extend your ability to perform large elliptical excisions, flaps and grafts. You will learn advanced skin cancer surgery techniques for more complex skin cancer cases.

Surgical anatomy and skin lines
Local anaesthetic blocks
Large elliptical excisions
Advanced suturing techniques
Rotation flaps
Advancement flaps
Full thickness grafts
Dog ear repairs
Wound care and various dressings

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Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery

from $2595

Through the Advanced Certificate course, you will learn and hone advanced skin cancer surgery procedures, including various types of flaps and closure techniques to minimise scarring in cosmetically sensitive areas.

Anatomy of the head, neck, face, and limbs
Advancement flaps and rhomboid flaps on the face, upper lip and lateral nose
Rotational flaps in closure of scalp, cheek and distal limb defects
Full-thickness and split-thickness grafts on the face and lower limb defects
Closure of ear defects with flaps, grafts and wedges
Closure techniques to minimise scarring

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Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery

from $2595

Through the Professional Diploma course, you will learn how to manage skin cancers on anatomically complex and sensitive areas, including the nose, eyelids, ears, lips, and lower limbs.

Neurovascular island flaps
Bilobed flaps
Banner and rhomboid flaps
V-Y flaps
Lip wedges
Periorbital defects
Case presentations

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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.
Ask questions and discuss clinical cases in live tutorials.
Complete your assessment online and receive your CPD hours and certificate.
Participants who choose to complete the online course will receive the Professional Certificate, Advanced Certificate or Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Surgery Principles.

This medical program is ideal for acquiring and honing various surgical techniques with a special interest in skin cancer surgery. It is tailored for GPs and suitable for medical doctors and International Medical Graduates.

Participants of the Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Surgery should have experience in minor surgical procedures.
Participants of the Advanced Certificate course must have successfully completed the Professional Certificate course or have similar 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 in 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 Surgery 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

Master of Medicine (Skin Cancer)
Doctors who complete the HealthCert Professional Diploma programs in Skin Cancer Surgery, Skin Cancer Medicine and Dermoscopy will receive RPL for the units IMED 7011, IMED7010, and IMED7002, 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.