Post Graduate Award Courses

Most of our courses are exclusively online, designed to be user-friendly and accessible for our students. These courses integrate a variety of multimedia elements, including videos, case studies, and author notes to enhance the learning experience. We encourage students to seek out a supervisor for hands-on practice within their workplaces.

For those looking for a more immersive experience, we also provide the Specialist Certificate of Clinical Ultrasound (Practical version) and concise FUSE courses. These options grant students the opportunity to engage in hands-on practice using the ultrasound simulators at the University of Melbourne.

The Specialist Certificate (Spec Cert) addresses key aspects of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), from fundamental machine settings to the examination of the heart, lungs, abdomen, lower limb veins and ultrasound-guided procedures. It delivers essential knowledge in both image acquisition and interpretation, in addition to practical insights to enhance scanning skills and integrate ultrasound findings into the broader clinical assessment process.

This course is tailored for health professionals seeking to integrate POCUS into their clinical practice, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physiotherapists, paramedics, and other healthcare providers.

The graduate diploma extends the graduate certificate to advanced diagnostic echocardiography including Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE)

Suitable for practitioners who want to develop advanced echocardiography interpretive skills such as cardiac anaesthetists, cardiologists, intensive care, and emergency medicine specialists.

The Graduate Diploma in Perioperative Medicine integrates the use of point-of-care ultrasound into the perioperative period. The perioperative medicine subjects provide students with current in-depth knowledge and application of perioperative medicine, including preoperative optimisation and risk stratification, prehabilitation, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathways, management of postoperative renal, hepatic, respiratory and cardiac complications, postoperative diabetic, fluid and chronic pain management, and postoperative quality of recovery. It is suited for medical professionals who wish to upskill in contemporary perioperative medicine, and where applicable, integrate POCUS into their everyday clinical practice.

Initiating your educational path with the Spec Cert offers several advantages:

· Achieve certification in half the time compared to the Grad Cert by focusing specifically on the areas that align with your interests.

· The Spec Cert program incorporates 'Stop and Practice' sections. These are excellent segments designed to offer practical tips and guidance, facilitating the immediate application of acquired knowledge.

· Seamless progression to the Grad Cert. The credits earned during the Spec Cert will be transferred to the graduate certificate program. Which means you only need to complete an additional 25 credits to meet the 50-credit requirement for the Grad Cert.

Both share similar content, with a significant portion delivered online. The practical version stands out for its hands-on sessions, a crucial component organised by the students themselves.

The practical variant involves a mandatory logbook and a hands-on exam, involving scanning either a person or a simulator, with the submitted images undergoing review.

Conversely, while the online version encourages practice, it does not enforce a mandatory practical exam or logbook completion.