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Build your expertise in Skin Cancer Medicine

Progress from foundational knowledge through to advanced diagnosis and management of skin cancer with a structured certificate pathway designed for doctors in primary care. 

Skin Cancer Medicine Case Management

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

Skin Cancer Medicine program overview

Skin cancer is one of the most common dermatological conditions seen in general practice, and GPs play an important role in recognising, diagnosing and managing skin cancer in primary care.

The Skin Cancer Medicine pathway is designed to progressively build the knowledge and clinical skills to confidently diagnose and manage the majority of skin lesions encountered in practice.

  • Diagnose and manage skin lesions with greater confidence through practical, clinically relevant learning.
  • Build skills you can apply in everyday practice, from dermoscopy and diagnosis through to treatment and management.
  • Grow your practice by expanding the skin cancer services you can offer your patients.
  • Progress at your own pace through three certificate levels, with optional hands-on workshop training.

New to Skin Cancer Medicine?
Start with our complimentary introductory course before beginning the certificate pathway.

Try the free introductory course ➔

Progress your Skin Cancer Medicine skills step by step

Build your knowledge progressively across three certificate levels, from the foundations of skin cancer diagnosis and management through to more advanced and complex clinical presentations.

Professional Certificate

 Develop essential knowledge and skills in skin cancer diagnosis, dermoscopy and management in primary care. 

Advanced Certificate

 Build advanced diagnostic, dermoscopic and management skills across a broader range of skin cancer presentations. 

Professional Diploma

 Develop expert clinical capability in diagnosing and managing challenging and complex skin cancer presentations. 

Explore the Skin Cancer Medicine pathway

Compare the three certificate levels and choose the right starting point for your current experience and clinical goals.

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Professional Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

Build foundational knowledge and practical skills to support the diagnosis and management of skin cancer in primary care.

From $1,795

  • 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

Explore Professional Certificate
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Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer Medicine

Build on your foundational knowledge with more advanced approaches to skin cancer diagnosis, treatment and clinical decision-making.

From $2,695

  • Advanced dermoscopy
  • Curettage and cautery
  • Biopsy, haemostasis, halo grafting
  • Diathermy
  • Topical treatment options
  • Local anaesthetics
  • Incisions / haemostasis
  • Large elliptical excisions
  • Lower leg grafts
  • Suturing, including "paper-thin" skin

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SCDIP

Professional Diploma of Skin Cancer Medicine

Manage complex patient cases and rare skin cancers using advanced dermoscopy, histopathology, cryosurgery, and electrosurgery.

$2,195

  • Merkel cell carcinoma and rare/aggressive skin cancers
  • Cutaneous cryosurgery and electrosurgery
  • Lesion- and field-directed treatments
  • Chemoprevention
  • Advanced histopathology
  • Dermal imaging
  • Factors influencing treatment
  • Managing special cases and complications

Explore Professional Diploma

 *For Australian residents only: Online course prices are shown exclusive of GST. If you are GST-registered, please enter a valid ABN at checkout to ensure GST is not applied. Otherwise, 10% GST will be added at checkout. View our FAQ for more information. 

Put your Skin Cancer Medicine learning into practice

Add hands-on workshop training to selected Skin Cancer Medicine certificate courses and practise key clinical skills with expert guidance in a small-group setting. Practical workshops are completed alongside the relevant Skin Cancer Medicine certificate course and cannot be purchased separately.

Designed to build real-world clinical capability

Go beyond short updates with structured certificate education designed to progressively build knowledge and clinical skills for everyday practice.

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.

Skin Cancer Medicine program details

Entry requirements

This medical program is suitable 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-assured and CPD-accredited Skin Cancer Medicine education 

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