Aesthetic Medicine Certificate Pathway | Courses

Progressive pathway

Build your expertise across 3 structured certificate levels

Flexible online learning

Study each certificate online at your own pace

University-assured CPD

Complete university assured and CPD accredited education

Practical workshops

Add hands-on training to selected certificate courses

Understand facial anatomy, skin ageing and patient assessment to plan safe, natural-looking treatments.
Learn the principles of botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, chemical peels and lasers.
Recognise and manage complications, and practise within Australian prescribing and advertising rules.
Progress at your own pace through three certificate levels, with optional hands-on workshop training.

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Professional Certificate

Develop foundation knowledge in cosmetic medicine, including chemical peels, lasers, botulinum toxin and dermal fillers.

Advanced Certificate

Build on the foundations with advanced injectables, peels and cosmeceuticals, laser treatments and sclerotherapy.

Professional Diploma

Gain expert knowledge in complex filler applications, threadlifts, laser resurfacing and non-surgical body shaping.

Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine

Develop foundation knowledge in cosmetic medicine principles and the safe practice of highly requested aesthetic procedures.

From $2,695

Introduction to Aesthetic Medicine
Office based treatments for aesthetic patients
Introduction to chemical peels
Introduction to lasers
Facial anatomy and planning safe treatments
Introduction to Botulinum toxin
Introduction to dermal fillers and filler rheology
Introduction to dermal filler techniques

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Advanced Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine

Increase your clinical knowledge of aesthetic principles and the safe practice of evidence-based facial cosmetic procedures.

From $2,695

Skin ageing principles
Complications including relevant anatomy in Aesthetic Medicine
Advanced Chemical Peels and Cosmeceuticals
Advanced Botulinum toxin and hyperhidrosis
Advanced dermal fillers
Lasers: Vascular conditions
Lasers: Pigment conditions
Lasers: Tattoo and Hair Removal
Sclerotherapy

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Professional Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine

Gain expert clinical knowledge in cosmetic medicine principles and treatments, including minimally invasive aesthetic treatments.

From $2,695

Dermal fillers, biostimulators and complex applications
Introduction to facial threadlift procedures
Laser use: Pigment melasma and resurfacing
Non-aesthetic use of lasers
Ultrasound and radio frequency treatment
Common modalities for non-surgical body shaping
Acne and Rosacea
Advanced Botulinum toxin part 2

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Put your Aesthetic Medicine learning into practice

Add hands-on workshop training to selected Aesthetic Medicine certificate courses and practise key treatment skills with expert guidance in a small-group setting. Practical workshops are completed alongside the relevant Aesthetic Medicine certificate course and cannot be purchased separately. Workshops that include treating patients are open to AHPRA-registered medical practitioners only.

Brisbane

13/14 Mar 2027
7/8 Aug 2027

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Sydney

10/11 Apr 2027
11/12 Sep 2027

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Melbourne

29/30 May 2027
16/17 Oct 2027

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Structured curriculum

Progress through a comprehensive curriculum that builds from foundational knowledge to advanced practice.

Clinical capability

Develop practical knowledge and clinical decision-making skills designed to be applied in everyday patient care.

University assured

University quality-assured education, developed and taught by practising clinicians and subject matter experts.

Flexible CPD learning

Flexible self-paced online learning, accredited for RACGP and ACRRM CPD requirements.

Entry requirements

The Aesthetic Medicine program is suitable for physicians, nurse practitioners and degree-qualified nurses registered with AHPRA. The Professional Diploma is suitable for physicians only.

Professional Certificate: no prior knowledge or training in aesthetic medicine is assumed.
Advanced Certificate: participants must have completed the Professional Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine (or a qualification deemed equivalent); successful completion of at least 25 cases of aesthetic medicine is recommended prior to enrolment.
Professional Diploma: participants must have completed the Advanced Certificate of Aesthetic Medicine (or a qualification deemed equivalent); successful completion of at least 50 cases of aesthetic medicine is recommended prior to enrolment.
Optional practical workshops include hands-on training on real patients, so participants must be AHPRA-registered medical practitioners. Cosmetic injectables are Schedule 4 medicines and Department of Health/TGA rules for prescribing, administering and advertising must be followed.
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.

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.
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

Postgraduate Pathway for Aesthetic Medicine awarded by the University of South Wales

This pathway is suitable for doctors who are mainly interested in clinical academic study. The Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Science in Cosmetic Medicine is studied entirely online through Diploma MSc and awarded by the University of South Wales (UK). Medical professionals who successfully complete the HealthCert Professional Certificate, Advanced Certificate and Professional Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine will be eligible to apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for module 1 of the Postgraduate Diploma of Cosmetic Medicine which will save them time. When the Postgraduate Diploma has been successfully completed, doctors can apply for credit towards the MSc in Cosmetic Medicine awarded by the University of South Wales. In addition, they will receive up to £500 scholarship for the MSc course and £250 for the PGDip course when they inform our partner’s applications team that they are a HealthCert graduate. Please apply directly here.

Postgraduate scholarships for Aesthetic Medicine

HealthCert graduates who successfully complete the Professional Diploma of Aesthetic Medicine receive a scholarship of up to £500 (approximately $1,000) towards the Master of Science in Cosmetic Medicine. The postgraduate course is offered entirely online through DiplomaMSc in the UK and awarded by the University of South Wales. This scholarship is only available to HealthCert alumni. Learn more or enrol here.

Certified clinical attachments pathway

Clinical attachments are optional and available on a 1:1 basis. These provide the opportunity to observe aesthetic medicine physicians and ask questions of the expert performing the procedures. Many doctors find this a very valuable learning experience.