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Doctors for Development scholarship

The HealthCert Doctors for Development Scholarship was established to provide access to quality education in the areas of skin cancer medicine and dermatology for physicians who practise in the world's least developed countries and are committed to providing care to their patients despite difficult circumstances. The goal of the scholarship is to enable these doctors to achieve better patient outcomes in their home countries by applying and sharing the knowledge they acquired in the online courses delivered by HealthCert Education.

The scholarship is available to physicians who volunteer some of their time to care for patients in need. Eligible physicians must permanently reside and practise in a developing country. The scholarship program provides access to Certificate Courses in Skin Cancer Medicine, Dermoscopy, and General Dermatology.

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"The training offered as part of the Doctors for Development scholarship program is invaluable. I learned so much and my community is already noticing many positive changes in pathology management. I can provide quality care to the local people and I am also delivering radio broadcasts to inform them about skin and venereal diseases in Guinea. I am now participating in the practical and theoretical training of medical students. This training has been a totally positive change for us, and I hope to benefit from the complete program in order to be more competitive and to contribute even further to the community." - Dr I. Traoré, Guinea

Read more about how the Doctors for Development Scholarship has benefited Dr Traoré and his community in this report.

Lions Cancer Institute skin cancer screening program

The Skin Cancer Screening program is one of the key components of the Lions Cancer Institute – a project of the Lions Club of Western Australia. The program provides free skin screening checks in rural and remote areas of WA where access to skin checks is not always available.

HealthCert is proud to provide Lions Cancer Institute volunteers with vital training in dermoscopy to facilitate the Skin Cancer Screening program.

Free, full-body visual examinations are delivered in around 40 locations annually by a team of 20 volunteer screeners including dermatologists, plastic surgeons, GPs and dermoscopists.

Patients are advised about all suspicious lesions found by the volunteers and are provided with a referral for their GP.

“I did the Skin Cancer Screening program with the Lions. The HeathCert dermoscopy course helped immensely. For years I utilised the ABCDEF system to diagnose and manage lesions. Adding dermoscopy to this system has added a positive dimension and enabled diagnosis of subtle malignant lesions that I was unable to discern with the naked eye and a hand magnifier. I am enabled to diagnose benign lesions I may otherwise have excised. I find the more I look, the more I see and understand. I can highly recommend this course.” - Dr Alan Wright

“I undertook the HealthCert dermoscopy course in order to be a volunteer dermoscopist with Lions Cancer Institute. As a retiring registered nurse and midwife, I consider myself a novice at examining skin lesions and this course has given me the knowledge to identify lesions that are suspicious and should be referred for biopsy. At the beginning of the course, I was not confident in identification of lesions. But now I am confident to take my place among the dermoscopist team. The knowledge I gained through the lectures and quizzes has enabled me to be a confident novice dermoscopist. The HealthCert course has been one of the best courses I've ever completed.” - Diane Wright RN

Bond University Sustainable Healthcare Awards

As a proud sponsor of the Bond University Sustainable Healthcare Awards, HealthCert Education presented the Educational Award in November 2018 to the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and University of Tasmania’s Graduate Certificate (Clinical Redesign).

The awards recognise leaders advancing high-value, evidence-based care that improves outcomes while using resources wisely. The Educational Award honours programs that strengthen understanding of sustainable healthcare.

The winning 12-month Redesign Program, delivered by ACI and UTAS, is a postgraduate qualification combining practical workplace application with blended learning. Aligned with AQF Level 8, it equips clinicians with the skills to design, implement and evaluate person-centred health service improvements.

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