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Skin Cancer 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. Optional practical workshops available in Australia.

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Program overview

Skin cancer is one of the most common dermatological conditions seen in general practice – and it is not overly complex to manage if you have the right skill set. Due to a lack of dermatologists, general practitioners play a vital role in managing the skin cancer epidemic and providing effective care to patients with skin cancer concerns.

  • Gain the knowledge required to safely and confidently diagnose and treat the vast majority of skin lesions
  • Grow your practice and increase your revenue. 
  • Quality-assured by Bond University and CPD-accredited.

Study fully online or online with a one-day practical workshop.

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

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
  • Diathermy
  • Topical treatment options
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Incisions / haemostasis
  • Large elliptical excisions
  • Lower leg grafts
  • Suturing, including "paper-thin" skin

Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine

from $2095

The Professional Diploma course will extend 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

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.
  • 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 covered in the course under expert guidance.
  • Workshops are available in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth, and Sydney.
HealthCert 365 - a digital CPD library

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.

Vital training for doctors in Australia

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.

Entry requirements and medical course requisites

This medical program is suitable only 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.

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.
  • 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.

Postgraduate pathways

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.

Certified Clinical Attachments

Doctors participating the Skin Cancer Medicine program can attend a HealthCert Clinical Attachment at a clinic or university teaching hospital to further refine and enhance their professional knowledge. A HealthCert Australian Clinical Attachment is recommended as the first clinical attachment and a HealthCert International Clinical Attachment is recommended for subsequent clinical attachments.

University quality-assured and CPD-accredited education provider 

This organisation is an RACGP-accredited CPD provider under the RACGP CPD Program.

Quality-assured by Bond University
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners Major Provider
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine
Postgraduate RPL with UQ
Postgraduate RPL with Torrens University
Postgraduate studies with Rila
Clinical attachment with the Medical University of Lyon
Clinical attachement with the medical university of vienna
Clinical attachments with the National Skin Cancer Centres

Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

100% online or online with practical workshop

Workshops in: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney

From $1695

Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

100% online or online with practical workshop

Workshops in: Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth & Sydney

From $2595

Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine

Online only

 



From $2095

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